Instructional Technology
Grade 3 - 6th Six Weeks
Below are ideas for technology integration that support the 6th six weeks grading period in Grade 3. Contact your Technology Facilitator for assistance.
| ELA | Enhancement not yet available | |
| Unit #6 | The Complete Puzzle | |
| Math | ||
| Unit #13 | Fractions/Measurement | |
| Lesson #1 | Fractions | |
| Curriculum activity: | Use color tiles to build rectangles for fractional parts. Record on Fractional parts sheet. | |
| Technology idea 1: | Fractional Parts Template | |
| Students use this Excel template to build rectangles using the paint bucket. This is an electronic version worksheet Pg. 16 that goes with this activity. | ||
| Technology idea 2: | Equivalent Fractions | |
| Students use this template to shade in the parts of each portion of a rectangle to create equivalent fractions. | ||
| Technology idea 3: | Fraction Action | |
| Students use this Powerpoint to create fractions with white and shaded tiles. They build a fraction in more than one way to show equivalence. | ||
| Technology idea 4: | Create Equivalent Fractions | |
| Students use these directions to create fractions in Microsoft Word using the rectangle and line tool that are equivalent to one half. | ||
| Technology idea 5: | Equivalent Fraction Interactive Activities- Basic | |
| Technology idea 6: | Illuminations- Equivalent Fractions Interactive | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students identify parts of a set. | |
| Technology idea 1: | Fractional Parts of a Set | |
| Students use this Inspiration Template to create groups that are all equivalent to one-half and use the oval tool to group half of each set. | ||
| Technology idea 2: | Fraction Sets | |
| Students use this powerpoint by North East ISD to shade in different fraction sets. | ||
| Unit #13 | Fractions/Measurement | |
| Lesson # 2 | Measure-A-Thon | |
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| Science | ||
| Unit #8 | Investigating Ecosystems | |
| Lesson # 1 | Home is Where the Habitat is | |
| Curriculum activity: | Identify the habitat needs for any three animals in a specic ecosystem. | |
Technology idea 1: Teacher Resources |
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| These are the slide shows that go with this unit. | ||
| Curriculum activity | Research 4-5 animals from an assigned enviornment and complete each of the habitat components on the That's a Habitat worksheet. | |
| Technology idea 2: | That's a Habitat | |
| Students use this Word template which is an electronic version of That's a Habitat worksheet for this lesson on Pg. 14. | ||
| Technology idea 3: | Hotlist of recommended websites for research listed in CScope. | |
| Students use this list as a resource of websites for searching information to complete the That's a Habitat assignment for their chosen animals. | ||
| Unit #8 | Investigating Ecosystems | |
| Lesson # 2 | Competition and Survival | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students investigate predator/prey relationships and construct a food web in a prairie ecosystem. | |
| Technology idea: | Food Web | |
| Students use this Powerpoint template to create a food web. | ||
| Unit #8 | Investigating Ecosystems | |
| Lesson # 3 | Living Things Modify the Environment | |
| Curriculum activity: | Produce a brochure about an animal and how it modifies its enviornment. | |
| Technology idea 1: | Animal Brochure Template | |
| Students use this Microsoft Publisher template to create the tri-fold animal habitat brochure. | ||
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Online Brochure Maker | |
| Directions for using Brochure Maker | ||
| Online tool to create tri-fold brochures. . Note- students have to finish this in one session because it only allows you to save an html version that cannot be edited. Suggestion: Create the outside of your brochure on one day and save and print. On another day create the inside of your brochure and print it on the back of the outside brochure you already printed. | ||
| Unit #8 | Investigating Ecosystems | |
| Lesson # 4 | Enviornmental Changes | |
| Curriculum activity: | Students compare and contrast their field infomation from observations of the plywood experiment. | |
| Technology idea: | Plywood Habitat Venn Diagram | |
| Students use this template in Inspiration to record their observations. | ||
| Social Studies | ||
| Unit #11 | Cultural Heritage: American Heroes reflect National Identify | |
| Lesson # 1 | American Legends | |
| Curriculum activity: | Make a mini book by illustrating heroic deeds in the lives of Daniel Boone or Davy Crockett. | |
| Technology idea 1: | Mini Book | |
| Students use activBook e135 to create a mini book using a Microsoft Word template. | ||
| Technology idea 2: | Stapleless Book by Read/Write/Think | |
| Planing sheet for book | ||
| Students use this online template to create their mini books. Make sure students complete the planning sheet because they must finish their book in one session since they cannot save it. | ||
| Curriculum activity: | Write a poem about a favorite heroic deed attributed to Davy Crockett or Daniel Boone. | |
| Technology idea 1 | Biopoem template | |
| Students use this template as a guide to writing their biopoem. After they write each line, they can erase the direction for that line. | ||
| Technology idea 2 | Acrostic Poem Interactive by Read/Write/Think | |
| Unit #11 | Cultural Heritage: American Heroes reflect National Identify | |
| Lesson # 2 | Real American Hero Tales | |
| Curriculum activity: | Create a quilt square representing a heroic deed of an American hero. | |
| Technology idea: | Trading Cards | |
| Students use activBook e729 Power Point template to create a card slide for quilt project. | ||
| Unit #11 | Cultural Heritage: American Heroes reflect National Identify | |
| Lesson # 3 | Local Heroes | |
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| Unit #12 | People Influence Community: Ordinary People | |
| Lesson # 1 | Individuals have changed the community | |
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| Unit #12 | Cultural Heritage: American Heroes reflect National Identify | |
| Lesson # 2 | There’s still work to do! | |
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