Talking about self-regulation

The teachers at St. Dominic Savio Catholic School have been actively in engaged in exploring and discussing the learning skills with their student to help them establish a deeper understanding of each one.  Three of the classes I work discussed the learning skill of self-regulation by showing them the video "Me Want It (But Me Wait)" starring the one and only Cookie Monster from Sesame Street.  The video was a hit with the primary, junior and intermediate students who watched it, not only because of it's humourous take on self-regulation, but the deep conservation it illicited.  Here is a snapshot of the brainstorming the that Grade 3/4 class did together to establish their understanding of self-regulation:

Following this, the students broke out into small groups to write their own ideas of what self-regulations means and how to show it in class.  Then, they came together as a class to compile a class success criteria to refer to on how to show self-regulation independently.  Here's what they came up with:

 

The Grade 2 class also shared ideas on how to use self-regulation in class.  Here is what they discussed together:

As we unpack self-regulation and other learning skills, I will continue to post on our discussions, activities and explorations, so stay tuned!