Idea+Treasure+Box+~+Gr.+3

Idea Treasure Box ~ Grade 3 Please share your ideas here! scroll down for more resources!

[|Pulse of the Planet] audio clips provide non-fiction information that is interesting to students and will connect to your ELA standards for listening comprehension, note-taking,research, inferring and more. All are short clips that can be played from the site or downloaded and saved. Transcripts provided if you want students to follow along and/or highlight key points.

[|PBS Design Squad] has demos, materials lists and hands-on lessons for STEM standards

__ Inspiration Journals __
 * Mrs. Shea’s Journals: Learner Profile ideas ~ Caitlin Shea **

10/2015 UPDATE: This has evolved to an inspiration journal.Students view a short video showing people demonstrating positive or inspiring actions and then write about it in their journals. 4th grade teachers Sarah Moennich and Jen Bernath added a vocabulary sheet with the learner profile attributes and IB attitudes (see below) that is pasted in student journals and have students glue a copy of the rubric to the left page on their journal so they can consult it. 3rd grade teachers, Lois Leonard and Kayleigh O'Neill added a self-reflection column to their rubric. Students write, and self-evaluate, then the teacher evaluates in the adjacent column so students get meaningful feedback.

Two good sources of inspiration videos are [|On the Road with Steve Hartman] and [|NBC Making a Difference]

Some uses:
 * Use this small tree for student self-reflection. (Bassett 3rd grade team)** [[file:StudentSelfReflectionTree.pdf]]
 * Have students assess themselves in the context of the Learner Profile Attributes, Attitudes or Transdisciplinary Skills.You can also have the students set a goal or write an action plan to improve in an area they see need.
 * Before introducing an topic or unit, ask students to self-assess their comfort, understanding or knowledge, using the figures on the tree. After having experience with the topic or unit, have them self assess to see their own growth.
 * As part of a behavioral self-assessment, have students use the tree to self-assess the way they follow the Essential Agreements, manage their time, work in a group, etc.(Connect the Learner Profile, Skills and Attitudes here, as well.)

**Introducing "CARING" (Pam DeAnna)**

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We briefly talked about the word caring and then got into three groups of 8 students. Each group was to further discuss and brainstorm ideas of what a caring person looks like, what they do, how they act. I told the students to list words to begin and then to write about three complete sentences to describe the word CARING. They gave me their completed work and I typed it on the ACTIVBOARD as they were watching as a whole group. We had three short paragraphs and I made sure they were typed in different colors. We then, as a class, picked out the words that we saw in more than one paragraph and highlighted them on the board. We crossed off sentences that may repeat themselves within a paragraph. We tried to focus on what we saw over and over again. We then took those highlighted words and formulated them into the existing sentences, tweaking it a bit. I was able to take a full sentence from each group's paragraph for our final statement. I typed it up, printed it out, and put it on colored construction paper and posted it in the classroom. The students were excited to see their own ideas posted as our class definition for CARING. It was definitely student generated and ended up being a very cohesive and meaningful activity! I plan to do the same activity as I introduce each of the Learner Profile Attributes. ======


 * Communicator ~ How to Wrap a Present ~ Sue Jennings ** //Includes lesson outline and link to video of lesson [[file:Communicator_How_to_Wrap_a_Present.pdf]] //

Pam DeAnna, share ideas and collaborate on a paragraph defining this attribute. Video, in 2 parts, total time about 15 minutes. || Attributes: Inquirer, Reflective, Risk-taker, Open-Minded Attitudes:Cooperation, Respect, Confidence, Independence ||
 * **Risk-taker ~ Guided Inquiry** Students, guided by their teacher,
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