Grade 3 Golden Rules

For the past few days, students have been thinking about what kind of classroom we should have. We used our school motto "Take care of yourself, each other and this place" to determine what that looks like in our new Grade 3 classroom.

Yesterday, we read the story The Golden Rule By Ilene Cooper. It is a lovely story that taught us about a special golden rule: "Treat others the way you want to be treated". This story helped to shape our class Golden Rules and led us on a discussion about how we can play a big role in creating those important rules.

Students pair-shared with a partner today and came up with great ideas about how we can take care of our classroom together. After our discussion, students completed pages in our Golden Rules book. This book is now on our Prayer Table. Students can refer to it to see what their friends think are important golden rules in our classroom. 

After creating our Golden Rules, students signed it. We learned that we can make a promise when we sign our name. We were happy to create the Golden Rule together, and all promised to do our very best to follow our Golden Rules each day. Students had great ideas about what the rules should be. Have a look below!

Students were caught taking care of each other today - way to go friends!