….and the Mrs. T's Grade 3's SUPER STARS for March 7-14th are……..

Is Kiara for working hard to learn how this crazy classroom works

and Daman who is trying really hard to catch up and learn what she missed while she was absent.

They have both been demonstrating PERSEVERANCE!

..and the Mrs. T's Grade 3's SUPERSTARS for the week of February 8-13th are…….

Afreen for working really hard to catch up on her jobs and for persevering through challenges!

Sala for his excellent blog post today and for helping Ms. S learn about the insides of a laptop!

…and the Mrs. T's Grade 3 SUPERSTARS for the week of February 1-5th are……..

Gurkirpa for his extra effort to write interesting blog posts and for taking more responsibility for his learning!

Caidan for taking responsibility for his learning and for persevering through tough times!

Our Classroom Champions Perseverance Video……...

and the Mrs. T's Grade 3's SUPERSTARS of the week are……….

Sarah C. for her positive attitude and for working really hard to make it to school on time!

Kabir S. for his willingness to work and learn beyond the school day and for being ready and willing to accept challenges.

The Mrs. T's Grade 3's SUPERSTARS of the week are……...

Pavanvir for her willingness to struggle so that she can learn and for her calm, positive attitude!

Sathvik for his dedication to learning, for accepting struggle and for being okay with making mistakes!

The FIRST Mrs. T''s Grade 3's SUPERSTARS of 2016 are…….

Ferishta

-for her positive attitude towards life and for her dedication to learning outside of the classroom.

Rupinder 

-for her increased confidence and for knowing that lies can really hurt others.

Wishing our Classroom Champions Mentor a very happy birthday!

The final Mrs. T's Grade 3 SUPERSTARS for 2015 are…...

Zilaika for learning how to share her learning with others and for her perseverance!

Manzil for the quiet, thoughtful way that she interacts with others and for her determination!

Our Live Chat With Our Athlete Mentor, Francois Hamelin!!

BYOD Day!

We began our learning with a discussion on the strategies that we use to help us understand what we  read. Things like re-reading, slowing our pace, and using the text features. When then applied those strategies to help us understand and remember what we are watching in a video. We discussed how note taking and list making are fabulous strategies for helping our brain remember things. The writing was like the glue to hold ideas and facts in our brain. I let students know that I would be pausing the video so that they would have time to write their notes on what they had heard and seen in the video. It was like rereading and slowing our pace. Here is our photo story of our learning.

iPad2's and iPod Touches were a popular choice!

 Nintendo DS pictochat was used by several students.

 Brief discussions were held while the video was paused to encourage discussion and to discuss main idea. Students chose to record these ideas or to leave them out based on their prior knowledge and/or felt importance.

After watching the video, students refined their notes by writing down the 5 facts that they thought were most important to their learning.

 Some of the devices allowed students to add drawings as a visual cue!

 We had low tech options available in case of battery failure or technical difficulties!

All of the students had complete ownership of their writing/learning and were engaged 100% of the time!



This was our second successful BYOD day!