Harris- Grade 3 Ramsay

February 22-25 th It is hard to believe we are already bringing the month of February to a close. For the last two week our class has been busy preparing for our Pink Shirt day assembly. Along with the other grade 2/3 class we worked hard creating a skit to remind our school of the importance of being an upstander. The students did a fantastic job fulfilling a variety of roles to create or skit; some chose to do set design some wanted a speaking part in the play, some a non-speaking part and others preferred to read our announcements in preparation for our day. We learned and taught others that an upstander is someone who chooses to stand up to bullies. To be an upstander one can;  be a buddy  to someone who is being bullied,  interrupt  by asking that person to come and join you,  speak out  by facing the bully and letting them know what they are doing is wrong and lastly,  tell someone  by finding an adult.   We also revisited the book the ...

  Week of Feb. 14th  Despite our week only being three days, we had many wonderful activities. On Monday, we celebrated Valentine’s Day by discovering the history behind this holiday and how writing Valentine’s cards came to be. The students also extended their exploration of Kandinsky and found  Squares with Concentric Circles.  This work inspired our Valentine art project while applying our knowledge of complimentary and warm, and cool colours.  Our class exploration of Black Historical figures continued this week as we learned about Rosa Parks and her courageous act of standing up against segregation, the inspiring sound of Ella Fitzgerald, “The queen of Jazz,” and her unique scat singing style. After opportunities to practice summarizing the information we have learned about several biographies, the students will be researching their historical figures and independently writing a summary about them. Michael, the Magician, joined us for a virtual presentation...