Tech for 3rd Graders
September Lessons
- Lesson #1:
Library:
-Review of rules and procedures
-Book care and etiquette
-Review the neigborhoods
Read aloud: Finding Winnie Part 1 (Mattick)
Lab:
– Logging in/logging out
-Review of familiar terms (desktop/toolbar/scrollbar/browser)
-Quick searches (finding Long and DuVall blog)
-Placing useful sites on the bookmark bar/using bookmarks
-Revisiting the links on “Useful Links for Everyone”
-Leaving a clean lab/logging out
I can place the Long and DuVall blog page on my toolbar.
- Lesson #2:
Library:
-What makes a good fit book?
-Elements of fiction
-Popular elementary series
Read aloud: Finding Winnie Part 2 (Mattick)
Lab:
– Review the following terms: logon screen, desktop, bookmarks bar,
icon, logoff/shutdown
– Opening Long and DuVall blog from the Bookmarks Bar
– Logging in and keyboarding using Google Docs
– Looking at and accessing eBooks
I can navigate to the BookFlix site all by myself.
- Lesson #3:
Library:
-More with fiction
-Making sense of spine labels
Read aloud: Iggy Peck Architect (Barnett) - Lab:
– More with Google Docs
– Type the Pledge of Allegiance on a Google Doc
– Shift vs. Caps Lock
– Read a BookFlix/Storyline Online/other eBook (Epic or Capstone)
– Logging in and using Typing.com (6 minutes)
I will concentrate on using the Shift key when making capital letters.
- Lesson #4:
– Continue the Pledge of Allegiance
– Using online and dictionary, thesaurus, and rhyming dictionary.
– Trick: Quick Command Copy: (Control + C) Paste: (Control + V)
Activity: Define the challenging words in the Pledge and add them to your Doc.
October Lessons
- Lesson #1:
– Pledge of Allegiance (define the challenging words)
– MyOn
Read aloud: The Widow’s Broom (Van Allsburg) Part 1 - Lesson #2:
– Continue with discussion on book series (ordering books for the library)
– Continue with the Pledge Activity
-MyOn, MobyMax, Typing.com, BookFlix
Read aloud: The Widow’s Broom (Van Allsburg) Part 2 - Lesson #3:
– Continue Pledge
– Utilize the online thesauras and rhyming dictionary
Read aloud: Diary of a Worm (Cronin) /Scaredy Squirrel (Watt)
- Lesson #4: Capstone (Halloween Hide and Seek)/ Space Case (Discovery)/ Finish Pledge
November Lessons
- Lesson #1: Pledge/Choice time RA: Grandfather’s Journey (Say)
- Lesson #2: Word Cloud: School RA: A Fine, Fine School (Creech)
- Lesson #3: Acrostic Poem: type Thankful
- Lesson #4: Reward Week
December Lessons
- Lesson #1: Destiny/MyOn/Typing.com RA: Courage (179 Waber)
- Lesson #2: Destiny/MyOn/Typing.com RA: Tuesday (Wiesner)
- Lesson #3: Destiny/MyOn/Typing.com/Space Case RA: Dogs (Simon)
January Lessons
- Lesson #1: More Destiny
- Lesson #2: Cyber Five/More Destiny/ RA: The Best Story (Spinelli)
- Lesson #3: Destiny Quest/Adding a Chrome app/eBooks /RA: A Bad Case of Stripes(Shannon)
- Lesson #4: Preparation for Destiny Test
February Lessons
- Lesson #1: Destiny Test/Introduction to Slides project/Google Maps
RA: Saturdays and Teacakes (Laminack) - Lesson #2: Slides/Another chance to pass your Destiny test/Themes and Layouts
- Lesson #3: More Slides/ Introduce and explore Google Maps RA: The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Van Alsburg)
- Reward Week!
March Lessons
- Lesson #1: More Slides (research project)
- Lesson #2: Continue research project presentation
- Lesson #3: Continue research presentation RA: Olivia Goes to Venice (Falconer)
- Lesson #4: Continue research presentation (transitions) RA: Lon Po Po (Young)
or one of the Lagoon books (Thaler)
April Lessons
- Lesson #1: Spring Break
- Lesson #2: Continue presentations RA: The Garden of Abdul Gasazi (Van Alsburg)
- Lesson #3: Continue presentations
- Lesson #4: Finish presentations RA: Runny Babbit (Silverstein)
May Lessons
- Lesson #1: More Google Sheets RA: Zoom (Banyai)
- Lesson #2: Create a Reading Log RA: Thank You, Mr. Falker (Polacco)
- Lesson #3: Storyboard That RA: Flotsam (Weisner)
- Lesson #4: Reward Week!
June Lessons
- Review/Final Project
- Review