Interrupting Chicken | Classroom Behavior & Respectful Student Activities

Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein | Interrupting vs. Respectful Student Activities

Bring Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein into a classroom discussion about interrupting, listening, waiting your turn, and respectful communication!

This resource gives students multiple opportunities to think about what an Interrupting Chicken looks and sounds like compared to a Respectful Student. Use the activities as a read-aloud follow-up, classroom community lesson, or quick behavior discussion.

What's Included?

🐔 Text-to-Self Connection Activity
Students reflect on times when they might act like an interrupting chicken.

🐔 “Don’t Be Like Interrupting Chicken!” Classroom Displays
Use the visual pieces as reminders to encourage students to raise their hands and avoid interrupting.

🐔 Class Goal Activity
Set a class goal for reducing interruptions while the teacher is teaching.

🐔 Interrupting Chicken vs. Respectful Student Activity
Read classroom scenarios aloud and have students decide together which category each behavior belongs in. Students can explain their thinking and discuss what a respectful choice would look or sound like.

🐔 Student Reflection Activities
Students draw and write about what an Interrupting Chicken and a Respectful Student look like, as well as what respectful behavior sounds and looks like.

Great For

• Read-aloud follow-up
• Classroom community discussions
• Behavior expectations
• Social-emotional learning
• Beginning-of-year routines
• Classroom management
• Reinforcing listening and turn-taking skills

The activities are designed to encourage discussion rather than simply telling students what they should or should not do. The whole-class sort gives students an opportunity to think through realistic classroom situations and explain their reasoning.

Please Note: Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein is not included. This resource is designed to accompany the book.

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