Behavior Tip: 4 questions

I thought I'd share this amazing behavior tip with you as it has totally saved my life today.  I learned it from my amazing behavior specialist Sarah who should be world renown.  She shared this with us at a faculty meeting yesterday. 

You use these 4 questions to address a student's negative behavior. 

1.  What are you doing?
2. What are you supposed to be doing?
3.  Were you doing it?
4. What are you going to do about it?

The goal is to say them in a very boring way.  You want to be super enthusiastic when praising your little ones and totally robotic when redirecting.  Now let's be honest, not being emotional with bad behavior is incredibly hard.  So that's why this script works so well.  You don't have to think about what to say you just rattle off these questions.

Let me tell you....they work.  It just so happens I am fighting a sinus infection right now from a few weeks of allergy struggles.  Uggghh I feel completely awful.  It also happens to be that I have a little guy this year who needs constant repetition of expectations.  Well...today....I'm just not feeling like repeating myself.  I definitely don't have the energy to be emotional about it.  So, I tried using these questions and lo and behold.  SUCCESS!  He stopped and I didn't get stressed out.  I have them up on my board for me so I don't forget to use them.

Try it, I think it will work for you too. 

For all you allergy sufferers out there.  I feel your pain . I think this is this worse season ever!  I am praying for rain to wash out these infested skies.