Instructional Technology
Grade 3 - 1st Six Weeks
Below are ideas for technology integration that support the 1st six weeks grading period in Grade 3. Contact your Technology Facilitator for assistance.
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| Word Wall Words | 3rd Grade Word Wall Words Slideshow | |
| Unit 1 | Self Discovery | |
| Lesson 1 | My Beginning Journey | |
| Curriculum activity: | Create and write an acrostic poem that gives emphasis to important traits about you or a character. Show how these traits make you or the character unique. |
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| Technology idea 1 | Create and illustrate an Acrostic poem in Word or PowerPoint . Format the text size and font of the first letter of each word. |
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| Technology idea 2 | Create an Acrostic Poem in Read/Write Think interactive | |
| Technology idea 3 | Design Acronym Stationery |
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| Using edClass activBook e153 and Microsoft Word, students will learn about acronyms by creating an acronym and using it to make personal stationery. | ||
| Resource | Word Wall Words Slideshow | |
| Unit 1 | Self Discovery | |
| Lesson 2 | Oh Where? Oh My When? | |
| Curriculum activity: | Create and illustrate a brochure that includes the characteristics of a special personal retreat. Write a paragraph on the importance of this place. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Create a Three-Fold Pamphlet | |
Using edClass activBook e68, students will Create a three-fold pamphlet incorporating Word-Art and pictures. *There is a template embedded in this lesson that your students can use if you do not wish to complete all the steps of this lesson. |
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| Technology idea 2 | Use Microsoft Publisher to create a Tri-Fold brochure. Use Publication Wizard, choose a template to edit. Type the paragraph in Word. | |
| Unit 1 | Self Discovery | |
| Lesson 3 | Overcoming the Bump on the Road on my Journey! | |
| Curriculum activity 1 | Complete a story map that allows you to identify and organize key story elements in a story. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Create a story map in Inspiration, or use a premade template. Go to File>Template and choose Language Arts- Literary Web. | |
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| Curriculum activity 2 | Students create and use a plot cartoon strip to analyze a story. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Graphic Organizer - Sequence A |
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| Using edClass activBook e37and Microsoft Word, students will use a graphic organizer to sequence events. Optional, open-ended topics are provided. | ||
| Technology idea 2 | Plot Diagram Interactive- Read/Write/Thiink | |
| Technology idea 3 | Comic Creator- Read/Write/Think | |
| Unit 1 | Self Discovery | |
| Lesson 4 | I am Special and Unique | |
| Curriculum activity | Students will learn how to compose a narrative composition through the writing process. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Thinking Map |
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Create a Circle Map for pre-writing strategy. Students can also use templates: Inspiration: File>Template>Thinking Map>Circle Map 1 Kidspiration: Under activities, click on more. |
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| Technology idea 2 | Type narratives in Microsoft Word | |
| Math | ||
| Unit 1 | Comparing.Ordering of Numbers | |
| Lesson 1 | Multiple Representations | |
| Curriculum activity: | This lesson makes use of a multiple representations chart identifying the pictorial, place value, expanded notation, written, and numeric representations of whole numbers (through 999) and money. | |
| Technology idea: | Base 10 Blocks by NLVM Interactive | |
| Unit 1 | Comparing.Ordering of Numbers | |
| Lesson 2 | Comparing Whole Numbers | |
| Curriculum activity: | This lesson will relate findings in place value patterns to compare whole numbers through 99. | |
| Technology idea: | Not yet available | |
| Unit 1 | Comparing.Ordering of Numbers | |
| Lesson 3 | Ordering Whole Numbers | |
| Curriculum activity: | This lesson will relate findings in place value patterns to order whole numbers (through 999). | |
| Technology idea: | Not yet available | |
| Unit 2 | Addition/Subtraction with Estimation Strategies | |
| Lesson 1 | Compatible Numbers | |
| Curriculum activity: | This lesson will apply the use of compatible numbers to calculate multi-digit and/or multi-addends easily and/or apply compatible numbers to estimations. | |
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| Unit 2 | Addition/Subtraction with Estimation Strategies | |
| Lesson 2 | Rounding of Whole Numbers | |
| Curriculum activity: | This lesson will make use of the number line to introduce the rounding of whole numbers. | |
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| Unit 2 | Addition/Subtraction with Estimation Strategies | |
| Lesson 3 | Part-Part-Whole Addition/Subtraction | |
| Curriculum activity: | This lesson will integrate the use of estimation (compatible numbers and round) with the solving of part-part-whole type of real world application problems. | |
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| Unit 2 | Addition/Subtraction with Estimation Strategies | |
| Lesson 4 | Comparison and Change Type Addition/Subtraction | |
| Curriculum activity: | This lesson will integrate the use of estimation (compatible numbers and round) with the solving of comparison type of real world application problems. | |
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| Unit 3 | Application of Addition/Subtraction | |
| Lesson 1 | Interpretation of Bar Graphs | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will have prior experience constructing bar graphs (2.11A), drawing conclusions, and answering questions based on bar graphs (2.11B). This lesson will build on that prior knowledge by applying comparing/ordering of whole numbers, estimation, and two-digit addition/subtraction strategies to interpret data. | |
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| Unit 3 | Application of Addition/Subtraction | |
| Lesson 2 | Patterns in Addition/Subtraction | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will have prior knowledge of identifying, describing, and extending repeating and additive patterns to make predictions and solve problems (2.6C). This lesson will apply that prior knowledge to additive patterns with two-digit numbers, reinforce student’s knowledge of adding/subtracting two-digit numbers, and apply this concepts to real world problems. | |
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| Science | ||
| Unit 1 | Investigating the Solar System | |
| Lesson 1 | Navigating the Solar System | |
| Curriculum activity 1 | Identify and put the planets in the correct order from the Sun |
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| Technology idea 1 | Use Inspiration to create a model of the solar system. insert planet graphics from the Symbol Palette and arrange them in the correct order. |
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| Technology idea 2 | Describe Planets with Venn Diagrams |
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| Using edClass activBook e672 and Microsoft Word, students will use a diagram to tell others about planets. | ||
| Technology idea 3 | Navigate Google Earth- The Night Sky | |
| Curriculum activity 2 | Students can work together in pairs or groups to conduct a simple research project on one of the planets. |
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| Technology idea 1 | Windows to the Universe | |
| Unit 1 | Investigating the Solar System | |
| Lesson 2 | The Sun | |
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| Social Studies | ||
| Unit 1 | Communities | |
| Lesson 1 | Classroom as a Community-Problem Solving | |
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| Technology idea: | Not yet available | |
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| Unit 1 | Communities | |
| Lesson 2 | Timelines | |
| Curriculum activity: | Create a timeline using five events from the class timeline. | |
| Technology idea: | Timeline Constructor | |
| In edClass activBook e24, an Excel template automatically constructs a timeline structure. Students add events, pictures, pop-up text and sound. | ||
| Unit 1 | Communities | |
| Lesson 3 | Purpose of Communities | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will illustrate ways that six people in the local community work together to meet people’s needs. |
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| Technology idea: | Create a table in Word with 3 columns and 2 rows. Type each summary in a different table cell. | |
| Unit 1 | Communities | |
| Lesson 4 | Expanding and Creating Communities | |
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