Instructional Technology
Grade 3 - 4th Six Weeks
Below are ideas for technology integration that support the 4th six weeks grading period in Grade 3. Contact your Technology Facilitator for assistance.
| ELA | ||
| Unit 4 | Reading Comprhension Skills | |
| Reading Skill 1 | Story Elements- Parts of a Story | |
| Technology idea 1 | Elements of a Story | |
Interacitve story elements by Annenburg -This is based on the story "Cinderella." |
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| Technology idea 2 | "Thinking about Stories" Kidspiration Template | |
| Open Kidspiration- click on Reading and Writing in activities. | ||
| Technology idea 3 | Literary Web Graphic Organizer | |
Open Inspiration. Click on File>Template Choose Language Arts Literary Web |
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| Reading Skill 2 | Summarization | |
| Technology idea 1 | Summarization A | |
| edclass activBook E43 | ||
| This is a good graphic organizer for student to practice summarization strategies and skills. | ||
| Reading Skill 3 | Sequencing Events | |
| Technology idea 1 | Sequencing Events Graphic Organizer |
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Sequencing A |
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| edClass activBook E37 | ||
| Technology idea 2 | Flow Map Template in Kidspiration | |
| Open Kidspiration- click on More under activities. | ||
| Technology idea 3 | Comic Caper- Read/Write/Think Interactive | |
| Students create comic book scenes based on literature they read to practice sequencing skils. This is a student favorite. | ||
| Reading Skill 4 | Cause & Effect | |
| Technology idea 1 | Cause & Effect Graphic Organizer | |
| edClass activBook E31 | ||
| Math | ||
| Unit 9 | Measurement | |
| Lesson 1 | Measuring Length, Area and Perimeter | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will select standard units, customary and metric/SI, to measure classroom items then figure area and perimeter of an object. | |
| Technology idea 1 | How Long is Your Hand? | |
| In edClass activBook e315, students measure the length of their hand and, using this as a frame of reference, find objects that have the same length. | ||
| Technology Idea 2 | Area on a Geoboard |
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| In this Connected Tech lesson , students use Geoboards to make rectangles and find their areas by counting square units. | ||
| Technology Idea 3 | PowerPoint Template Practice Customary and Metric Measurement -Click on Edit>Edit Slides to begin the lesson. |
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| -Students click on objects and drag them up to a ruler to measure. They can resize objects to measure different sizes. The last two slides students compare standard to metric (inches to centimeters.) | ||
| Teachnology idea 4 | Measure Perimeter and convert in Google Earth Launch Google Earth and follow the directions in this handout. |
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| Unit 10 | Geometry | |
| Lesson 1 | Congruency/Symmetry and Patterns |
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| Curriculum activity: | Students will examine two-dimensional patterns to find shapes that are congruent and may have lines of symmetry. | |
| Technology Idea 1 | Flash Turtle: Symmetry Drawing |
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| Using edClass activBook E670, students practice drawing symmetrical shapes using Flash Turtle, a simple turtle graphics program (included). | ||
| Technology Idea 2 | Students insert graphics into a Microsoft Word or Kidspiration and then use the line tool to see which objects they can draw a line of symmetry. | |
| Unit 10 | Geometry | |
| Lesson 2 | Two Dimenional Figures | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will sort and classify two-dimensional shapes using defining attributes. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Draw 2 dimensional shapes in Word using the drawing toolbar. Add text to describe attributes. | |
| Technology idea 2 | Identify Shapes |
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| Using edClass activBook E695, students look for shapes in a picture and record the number of counted shapes by typing in response boxes. | ||
| Unit 10 | Geometry | |
| Lesson 3 | Three- Dimensional Figures | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students classify three-dimensional figures according to the defining attributes. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Lesson Idea in Word: |
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| Technology idea 2 | Create a graphic organizer in Inspiration. Insert the solids graphics: Select geometry category and Choose Transparent 3-D Shapes. Insert a text box to write the number of vertices, sides and edges of each shape. |
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| Science | ||
| Unit 5 | Investigating the Natural World | |
| Lesson 1 | Forces of Nature: Inside and Out | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will use a variety of models to demonstrate how forces such as earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis cause changes in the Earth’s surface. | |
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| Unit 5 | Investigating the Natural World | |
| Lesson 2 | Earth Matters: Investigating Rocks and Minerals | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will collect picturesand things in the local area that show the use of rocks and minerals. They will use their collection to assemble a picture collage. | |
| Technology idea1 | Students use the digital camera to take images and put these into a powerpoint to create collage. | |
| Technology idea 2 | Create a slide in Microsoft PowerPoint. Use clipart to find multiple images to create collage. | |
| Unit 5 | Investigating the Natural World | |
| Lesson 3 | Earth Matters: Investigating Soil | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will explore properties of soil and the importance of soil as a natural resource. | |
| Technology idea: | Soil- Ask the SK Worm | |
| The Dirt on Soil by Discovery Education | ||
| Soil Types- Great Plant Escape | ||
| Unit 5 | Investigating the Natural World | |
| Lesson 4 | Earth Matters: Earth Movers | |
| Curriculum activity: | Evaluate: Given an assortment of photographs, students will identify and describe changes in the Earth’s surface caused by one of the following forces, volcano, earthquake, glacier, tsunami or hurricane, tornado, weatheringand erosion, and will explain in oral or written form, how the force caused changes in the Earth’s surface. |
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| Technology idea: | Forces that Change the Earth - Click on the link to download the document for students to complete on the computer rather than pasting to newsprint. | |
| Unit 5 | Investigating the Natural World | |
| Lesson 5 | Earth Matters: Investigating Water and Air | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will explore the properties of water and gases of the atmosphere and the importance of these natural resources. | |
| Technology idea: | Use Kidspiration Template Circle or Bubble Map Open Program: Under Activities>More | |
| Unit 5 | Investigating the Natural World | |
| Lesson 6 | Earth Matters: Classifying Natural Resources | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students will identify and then classify natural resources as renewable, nonrenewable, and inexhaustible. | |
| Technology idea: | Create graphic organizer in Inspiration | |
| Social Studies | ||
| Unit 7 | How Communities Work: Economic Systems | |
| Curriculum activity: | Write a narrative story about saving and spending money. Include a budget and information about the choices made. | |
| Technology idea 1: | Create the budget in Microsoft Excel and create a pic chart graph to help analyze the information. | |
| How to create an Excel Spreadsheet and graph | ||
| Technology idea 2: | Create the budget and graph online | |
| NCES online Graph Creator | ||
| Unit 7 | How Communities Work: Economic Systems | |
| Lesson 1 | Saving and Spending | |
| Curriculum activity: | Elaborate: Write a class “Choose-Your-Own-Adventure” story to provide students with opportunities to consider consequences of choices. | |
| Technology idea 1: | Students could use MS Power Point to create a final draft of their part of the story. The slides could be linked to create the "Choose-Your-Own-Adventure" story. | |
| Unit 7 | How Communities Work: Economic Systems | |
| Lesson 1 | Saving and Spending | |
| Curriculum activity: | Write a narrative story (fiction or nonfiction) about saving and spending money. Include a budget and information about the choices made. Use academic vocabulary. |
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| Technology idea 1: | Students could use MS Word or Publisher to create a document that fulfills this required activity. | |
| Unit 8 | How Communities Work: Economic Systems In Practice | |
| Lesson 1 | Scarcity | |
| Curriculum activity: | Explain: Give each student a piece of blank paper and assign each student an Economic Concept word discussed so far in this lesson. Students write the word in large letters at the top of the paper (either landscape or portrait) and then draw a picture that represents the economic concept. | |
| Technology idea 1: | Students could use MS Paint to create a document that fulfills this lesson. | |
| Unit 8 | How Communities Work: Economic Systems In Practice | |
| Lesson 1 | Scarcity | |
| Curriculum activity: | Write a poem or song explaining the effects of scarcity on businesses. | |
| Technology idea 1: | Students can use one of the following web sites to assist them in creating a poem that fulfills this required activity. |
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| Unit 8 | How Communities Work: Economic Systems In Practice | |
| Lesson 2 | Market Economy | |
| Curriculum activity: | Create an illustrated flow chart showing the relationship of economic activities in a market economy. |
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| Technology idea 1: | Students could use Inspiration to create a document that fulfills this required activity. | |