Grade 3
Caution: Creative Geniuses at Work
"And will you succeed? Yes, you will indeed! 98 3/4% guaranteed! Kid, you'll move mountains!" ~Dr. Seuss
Kelly Sine is the three teacher at St. Ignatius School. She says that the best part of teaching is watching her students grasp a new concept or discover a new passion in learning. The smiles, hugs and kind words from the kids are nice too!
Mrs. Sine loves teaching at St. Ignatius but is off this year with her two boys. Teagen, her oldest, is a lot of fun and her baby, Kian, grows and gets cuter everyday! Although she considers spending time with her family the biggest blessing in her life, she is excited for next year when she gets to have fun with the 'Terrific Three's' again.
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Think left and think right and think low and think high.Oh the thinks you can think, if you only try!"Dr. Seuss |
Mrs. Kirby is delighted to teach the grade three students at St. Ignatius School this year. The class will learn about magnets, soil, Canadian citizenship, multiplication, division, and much, much more. They will also prepare for the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
Olweus- Cooperative Relay
One of the Olweus lessons that the grade three students participated in was a Cooperative Relay. The object of the game was to promote collaboration rather than competition. Students were reminded that a relay is a game or a race where team members work together to finish the game or complete the task.
The students formed two straight lines and were given objects to pass from one student to the next student in line, using only their forearms. Objects ranged in difficulty from a hackey sack or a roll of masking tape to a feather and a paper plate. If an object was dropped, classmates were allowed to help their team but reminded that they too were to use only their forearms.
The outcomes the students learned were to practice working together as a team to achieve a goal, to practice helping others who need help, and to build awareness about the consequences of not being kind to each other.
After the game, the class discussed which objects were more difficult to pass and took more cooperation to pass than others. They also discussed examples of ways classmates helped each other. The grade threes learned about teamwork and cooperation from this activity! This opened them up to further discussion about the many chances our class has to work together as a team in the classroom, in the gym, and on the playground.
The captions on the pictures are some of the students' thoughts during our discussion session after the relay.
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| A team is stronger than one person! | Think we, not me! |
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| There is no "I" in team! |
It doesn't matter if you win or lose; |