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Grade three activities

Victory Logs - (Able)

Purpose: A way to set goals and reflect on efforts taken in and out of the classroom.

Materials: A journal or notebook for each person.

Activity Description: Students are asked to start the day writing down three goals.

  • I will pass the ball in soccer.
  • I will check my work for capitals and periods.
  • I will make good choices and use my words when I get upset.
  • I will eat all the fruit and vegetables in my lunch.

At the end of the day, or the next morning, students review their statements from the day before and if they have achieved it, they write VICTORY next to the sentence. The class can set a joint goal of so many Victories in a week or month. Momentum takes over and before they know it, they are feeling victorious all day long.

Guiding Questions:

  1. Were you surprised by how many times you celebrated a victory?
  2. How did it feel when you realized your goal(s)?
  3. Did you help anyone else get a victory? How was that different from doing it on your own?

Fabulous Fitness Fun - (Belonging)

Purpose: To increase fitness levels with friends.

Materials: Equipment of all kinds: hula hoops, balls, bowling pins, bean bags, pinnies, pool noodles, pylons, sport utility balls.

Activity Description: Students are given a few lesson periods to come up with some fun and fabulous ways to be fit in class, on the school yard and at home.

Inspire a group of students to take part and host a fitness fair where they can share their ideas with other classes and peers as well as family members.

Guiding Questions:

  1. Did working with others allow you to enjoy being active more?
  2. What challenges did you face working as a group?
  3. When everyone is included, people will participate for longer. Why do you think this is?

Shining Stars - (Able)

Purpose: To have the class work towards a common goal!

Materials: Stars cut out of shiny gold paper, or stars wrapped in tin foil.

Activity Description: The class sets a goal. For example: The class will bring in 100 canned goods for the canned food drive. For every three cans, the class receives a shiny star. The goal will be met when they have 30 shiny stars. When the goal is met, the class gets an extra physical education period playing actively with their peers.

Guiding Questions:

  1. What is involved in achieving a goal? (motivation, hard work, perseverance)
  2. Why do people set goals?
  3. How does positive reinforcement help you achieve your goal?

Mystery Mediator - (Able)

Purpose: To have students practice being a mediator and actively solve problems as they arise.

Materials: Anchor chart – define the role of a mediator, hang in class as a point of reference, hypothetical situations written on index cards, slips of paper.

Activity Description: Deliver a lesson to students on being a mediator, talk about what it looks like and what it feels like. A mediator is someone neutral that helps people in conflict resolve the problem peacefully. Use time in drama, social studies or language and have students in groups of four or five. Assign each group a hypothetical situation that includes conflict. They act it out. When a conflict arises in the skit, the teacher requests the help of a mystery mediator. Students can volunteer to be the mediator. The teacher leads the student volunteer through the mediation process, modelling what to say and the steps to take.

Guiding Questions:

  1. What are the positive parts of having a mediator?
  2. What challenges are involved when you are a mediator?
  3. Can you think up some other situations when using a mediator would be important?

Share your success: Silent Seat Ball - (Caring)

Purpose: To share successes and be proud of accomplishments.

Materials: Soft squishy ball(s).

Activity Description: This can be played at any point in the day and it is a great game to play right before going home.

Students stack chairs and stand at the desks and pass the ball back and forth without saying a word. Students communicate non-verbally to get the attention of others (eye contact, tap on shoulder, head nod) before passing the ball. If the ball is dropped, the person picking it up recognizes a success he or she saw that day at school and then passes the ball to that person and the game resumes.

Guiding Questions:

  1. What body language or actions did you use to get the attention of another person in this game?
  2. How can you show others you care without talking?
  3. Do you feel differently when you focus on the successes of the day?