What do responsible students do?
This week we talked a lot about the responsibilities of being a third
grader in Room 9. In order to create a class pledge and determine our
classroom rules we answered 4 important questions.
First, we shared why we thought school was important. Most of us said that school is important because it helps us learn.
I wanted to know why learning was so important. As a class we decided
that learning helps us prepare for college or jobs, so we can have a good future. It teaches us how to make good friends, and discover our own
talents. Most importantly it makes our lives and the world better!
Next, I asked Room 9 to tell me what they hope to learn this year. After categorizing our answers we found 5 major themes.
1. Math - multiplication and division
2. Technology including blogging
3. How to become better writer's including writing in cursive
4. Science and history
5. How to improve our reading skills.
Since we all agreed that school is important and listed all of the
things we are eager to learn, we needed to come up with some specific
behaviors that will help us reach our goals.
We sorted our answers into categories and found that listening and being
respectful were the most important. We also talked about our attitude
toward our learning and our responsibilities as students. Once we put
all of our ideas together we created our classroom pledge!
A few ways to show you are a
responsible student is by the way you act on the carpet. Brutus and Tank
helped me demonstrate some key behaviors.
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Always raise your hand before speaking!
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Stay in one place and don't distract other learners!
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Keep your focus on your learning!
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In
your opinion, what is the most important thing you can do to be a
responsible student?
What are your personal strengths as a student and
what do you think you need to work on?
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteI think there are many things you can do to be a responsible student. In my opinion, the most important thing is working well with others. I love working with my brother, Tank. We share, help each other problem solve, and listen to each others ideas. I think one of my strengths is that I am good at collaborating and working with a group of friends on class assignments. As you can see by the picture above, Tank and I love hanging out but we often get distracted. This is definitely a weakness. I think being PROACTIVE and choosing to sit away from Tank on the carpet would be a great way to make me an even more responsible student.
Love,
Brutus
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteThe most important thing you can do to be a responsible student is to put your tools away when your done using them. For example, when you are done using a ruler make sure you put it back where it belongs. This helps you stay organized. When you loose things you waste time trying to find them. That takes away from your learning time.
Lily’s strengths are reading. Lily reads a lot of books. She reads everyday like a responsible student. She can always find her book because she is organized.
Noah feels he can do better at following directions. Because sometimes he doesn’t know what to do.
Catch a wave,
Topanga Beach
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteTo be a responsible student, you have to be organized .For example don’t shove paper into your desk. Also be brave so that you can learn. Even though you don’t know the answers, raise your hand and try. You might actually be right and learn if you make a mistake.
One of Claude’s strengths as a student is good at following directions. He can listen and learn. Angelisse’s challenge is asking question. Asking questions is good so you can find answers, learn, be brave.
From,
Surfrider
Dear room 9,
ReplyDeleteTo be a responsible 3 grade student we have to stay organize and be positive. Being organized makes sure we don’t loose things. When you loose things you get confused, waste time and you don’t have the right things to learn.
Our strength is helping others and are weakness is talking. We work well as a team and show cooperation. Talking at the wrong times can get us into trouble.
We are successful students and we love to learn new things.
We are kind to others and respectful to are teachers.
From,
Venice
Dear Room 9,
ReplyDeleteThe most important thing you can do to be a responsible student is listen and control your body. For example, keep your eye on the teacher so that you can listen. Also keep your hands to yourself so you don’t distract someone.
Kaden’s weaknenss is shouting out the answer. He needs to work on controlling his body. Shouting out doesn’t give other people a chance. Devyn’s strength is following directions. You learn things you know what to do and you will be able to do it.
From,
Zuma