Tucker Turtle
Adapted November 2011 by Traci Evans
(SOESD) and Colleen Nolan (NWRESD)
from the original story by Rochelle Lentini
March 2005
Lentini, R., Vaughn, B.J., & Fox, L. (2005). Teaching Tools for Young Children with Challenging Behavior. University of South Florida.
Created using pictures from Microsoft Clipart® and Webster-Stratton, C. (1991). The teachers and children videotape series: Dina dinosaur school. Seattle, WA: The Incredible Years.
Here is a turtle named Tucker.
He went to school everyday.
He loved to run, jump and swing
And with his friends would play!
Sometimes when he got angry
His face would look real mad.
He would hit and kick and say mean words
And make his friends real sad.
“Think like a Turtle” his teacher said one day
Stop and tuck inside your shell,
And breathe your anger away!
So the next time he
got angry
He tucked inside
his shell.
He took 3 breaths and he
started to think
For a solution he could tell.
So there was a turtle named
Tucker.
He went to school everyday.
He learned to “Think like a Turtle”
And with his friends he would
play!