Instructional Technology
Grade 3 - 3rd Six Weeks
Below are ideas for technology integration that support the 3rd six weeks grading period in Grade 3. Contact your Technology Facilitator for assistance.
| ELA | ||
| Unit 3 | Belonging | |
| Lesson 1 | The Most Important Family | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students try to determine the importance of text by using comprehension strategies to infer and summarize and uncover the essential ideas. | |
| Technology idea: | Summarize A | |
| Using edClass activBook E43, students use a graphic organizer to structure their thinking about a summary. | ||
| Math | ||
| Unit 7 | Multiplication/Division | |
| Lesson 1 | Multiplication Two Digits by One Digit | |
| Curriculum activity: | Introduce two digits by one digit multiplication through the use of representations and various strategies based on our base ten number system. | |
| Technology idea: | Multiplication Turn Around |
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In edClass activBook E353, color models show that the two numbers in a multiplication equation are reversible. Students use a grid to solve multiplication problems. |
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| Unit 8 | Fractions | |
| Lesson 1 | Fraction Models | |
| Curriculum activity: | The focus of this lesson is to construct, identify, and compare models of whole objects, or sets of objects using Fraction names, and symbols with denominators of 12 or less. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Excel Template- This template is also located in the 3rd Grade Student Folders. |
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| Technology idea 2 | Pattern Block Fractions by NLLVM | |
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| Unit 8 | Fractions | |
| Lesson 2 | Linking Fractions to Money, Length, and Time | |
| Curriculum activity: | This lesson makes the connection between fractions and the fractional parts of money, the fractions of halves and fourths in linear measurement, and the fractional parts of an hour. | |
| Technology idea: | Not yet available | |
| Science | ||
| Unit 4 | Investigating Properties of Matter | |
| Lesson 1 | Science Sleuths: Investigating Matter | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students investigate and describe matter by observing some of its physical properties, such as color, texture, hardness, composition, state, shape, and odor. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Harcourt Interactive on States of Matter | |
| Technology idea 2 | Discovery Streaming Video | |
| Properties of Matter- Segments 1 & 2 | ||
| Technology idea 3 | Solids, Liquids and Gases Kidspiration Template Scroll down to science to find template. Students can also create their own graphic organizer and then use the graphics to illustrate examples of each state of matter. |
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| Unit 4 | Investigating Properties of Matter | |
| Lesson 2 | Measuring Like a Scientist: Mass | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will investigate mass as a property of matter as they collect information about samples of matter by comparing and measuring mass. | |
| Technology idea: | Not yet available | |
| Social Studies | ||
| Unit 5 | Cultural Heritage: Community Celebrations | |
| Lesson 1 | Celebrating What We Value | |
| Curriculum activity: | Who are we and what is important to us? Students explore what is important to themselves, their families, school and community by examining holidays and celebrations. On the way, they learn about our celebrations with roots in pride of immigrant groups. | |
| Technology idea 1: | Create and illustrate an Acrostic poem in Word that compares celebrations and addresses the significance of celebrations. Use one fo the words from the lesson as the foundation for the poem. | |
| Technology idea 2: | Create an Acrostic Poem in Read/Write Think interactives. | |
| Unit 5 | Cultural Heritage: Community Celebrations | |
| Lesson 2 | Local Culture and Celebrations | |
| Curriculum activity: | Create a poster advertising a local celebration. Indicate the significance of
the celebration as well as activities and other components that are part of the celebration. Explain how they reflect the local community. |
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| Technology idea: | Students can use MS Publisher to create a document that fulfills this required activity. | |
| Unit 5 | Cultural Heritage: Community Celebrations | |
| Lesson 3 | Contribution of Artists | |
| Curriculum activity: | This lesson studies works of art as a way of finding out about America and the local community as well as a way to convey the “heart” of the place – America and the local community. | |
| Technology idea: | Not yet available | |
| Unit 6 | Cultural Heritage: People Influence The Community (Good Citizens) | |
| Lesson 1 | Good Citizens Influence Their Communities | |
| Curriculum activity: | Create a bio-poem about the good citizenship of one of the people studied. Include an illustration of the person performing an act of good citizenship. | |
| Technology idea: | Students can use the following web site to create the bio-poem: |
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| Unit 6 | Cultural Heritage: People Influence The Community (Good Citizens) | |
| Lesson 2 | Good Citizens Impact Our Local Community | |
| Curriculum activity: | Create a postcard to a friend explaining how local community members work together to improve the community. | |
| Technology idea: | Students can use MS Publisher to create a post card to fulfill this required actifity. | |
| Unit 6 | Cultural Heritage: People Influence The Community (Good Citizens) | |
| Lesson 3 | I Can Make A Difference | |
| Curriculum activity: | Create a work of art that will bring the community’s attention to a local
problem. Works of art could include posters, songs, poems, Public Service Announcements, plays to be performed. |
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| Technology idea 1: | Students can use MS Publisher to create a poster, song, or poem that would fulfill this required activity. | |
| Technology Idea 2: | Students can use MS Power Point to create a presentation of the song, poem or Public Service Announcement. | |