2014_Trin_3rd

3rd Grade


 Welcome to the 3rd Grade Technology Page! You will find weekly lessons and links posted here!

== My Learning Final Reflection- Click HERE == (SEE 2nd grade page for links) 

Dates: April 14-23, 2014
 || Our Personalized Learning Specialist has developed a model of reflection called RIP3 Reflection. The students are encouraged to use this to prompt them in the process. Please make 2 new notes and upload the following files by DRAGGING and DROPPING them into the Evernote note. == When you are done... == ||    ||    ||
 * The children have created some amazing projects this year and I thought that we could use the time during this class to add new notes and upload a few things to their Evernote accounts. The classroom teachers can use their writing time to reflect on some of the projects that have taken place this year in and out of the classroom.
 * Colonial Essay
 * Brochure About Colonial _______

Dates: Feb 24-Mar 26, 2014

 * 3rd Graders will work on a Kidspiration activity in writing mode to explore several topics in Colonial America. They will use their power writing skills and research skills to create a piece that will later be published as 5 paragraphs telling about colonial life.

The students will open the file below and SAVE it in their own folder with their initials behind it. They will work in writing mode. |||| **colonial_america.kid** || [|Download File]
 * research
 * paraphrasing
 * writing
 * organization
 * publishing

3rd Graders: Please remember to write your sentences in the Writing View. All of your sentences should be typed on the BLUE lines. Don't forget your TOPIC sentence! You may use the Idea Wall, book and online resources to collect information for your essay. Ensure that you SAVE all of your work when class is over! || 

Dates: Feb 14-23, 2014

 * 3rd Graders will work in groups to gather information based on the categories that we discovered last class. The class will be divided into 6 groups...
 * Transportation
 * School
 * Clothing
 * Jobs and Gender Roles
 * Homes and Daily Life
 * Communication

Each group will use index cards, online resources and books to gather information on their topic. They will record facts on the index cards and tape them to the wall. Each class will use a different color of card and we will evaluate the information after it's all complete from each class.

|| ||  Transportation Transportation Travel and Communication ||   Tools Jobs Games School ||   Daily Life School School Homes ||   Clothing Clothing School ||  || ||  ||

Date: February 4-13, 2014

 * Mrs. Harris has prepared several images of colonial times that need to be sorted, classified and discussed. All of the images will be scattered around the room. The students will decide how to categorize all of them and decide as a group how that image relates to colonial times.

We will fill in a quick Venn diagram on the promethean board and discuss Now/Then/Same to lead up to the next activity. || || 

<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Date: January 15-Feb 3, 2014
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 * What does it mean to be a pilgrim? Why would a group of people want to leave their homeland and start somewhere new?

__Vocabulary Words to Explore- Graffiti Wall__ Mayflower, Voyage, Pilgrim, Religious Freedom, Mayflower Compact, Settlement, Colony

Voyage on the Mayflower Take the Journey Tour the Ship || || <span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">

<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Date: January 7-14, 2014
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 * 3rd Graders will continue to participate in Hour of Code and work through the tutorial provided by Hopscotch. The students have already completed exercises with this app, and will have enough prior knowledge to be able to master this activity.

The teacher will show the video while the students gather and follow the directions to complete the tutorial. ||   || <span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">

<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Date: December 12-January 6, 2013
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 * Hour of Code is a national program to expose children and adults to the basic understandings of programming and code. Students will be exposed to the fundamentals of code, it's purpose and basic functions. All of this will be done through the progression of different apps.

Students will learn about basic coding through Daisy the Dinosaur, Kodable and Hopscotch. The goal for them is that they understand that commands produce an action on a device.

Here is an example of two of my students in 4th grade sharing their experience with Hopscotch.

Challenge: Use Hopscotch to create different shapes.
 * 1) make a green square
 * 2) make a purple triangle
 * 3) make a blue hexagon

What do you know about grids, angles and distance? How can you make the command using the least amount of moves? Can you combine the shapes to create another shape? Can you create a word by using the commands?

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<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Date: November 19-December 13, 2013
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 * Students in Grade 3 will work in teams for their mountain range and begin to prepare an iMovie with all of the research information that they've gathered. Each team will find images that will represent each topic in their research, save them to the camera roll and insert them into their new project.

<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Date: November 5-18, 2013
<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> All of the resources are listed on the [|3rd Grade Mountain Ranges Page.] It is encouraged that all students take advantage of the subscription resources first, before searching independently on the internet. || Each student will be researching a mountain range of the world. They will include the following: || <span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
 * 3rd Grade students are beginning their Mountain Research Paper and will use the time in the Idea Lab to help gather information and research their mountain range. After this paper is written we will use the lab to create iMovies for each mountain range.
 * Weather and Climate
 * Maps and Location
 * Animals and Adaptations
 * Ecosystems
 * People and Culture
 * Notable Mountains in the Range
 * Fun Facts

<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Date: October 11-19, 2013
<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> 1. TSW click the file called __**Playing with Microsoft Word**__ that's located in the related links column. They will chose SAVE AS and save it to their folder. From there they may open it and begin editing. 2. TSW follow the directions on the page and complete the task. 3. TSW save their work in their folder and name it**mswordedit** || |||| **playing_with_microsoft_word.doc** || [|Download File]
 * **Goals:** Children will use a word processor to alter text size, color and font.
 * Objectives:** Children will learn that text size, style and color can be altered when using word processing software.
 * Procedure:**

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<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Date: October 22-29, 2013
<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Today we will spend time practicing our apples and then play games against one another. I love that this becomes a friendly competition! || ||
 * 3rd Graders will continue to work on their typing skills. We will focus on home row fingering and the importance of accuracy vs. speed. As the students complete apples, they can also work on the MOVE ON tab and type the Useful Words and the Games.

<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Date: October 10-21, 2013
<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> All students will log on to the Typing Pal Online website and enter the institution code trinitys along with their username and password that they've been given. This will be their username and password until they graduate in grade 6.
 * Third Graders will "officially" begin Typing Pal Online this rotation. We will discuss correct technique and the balance between accuracy and speed.

Each student's progress will be monitored and is individualized based on their needs. It is highly encouraged that all students spend 5-10 minutes each evening practicing their typing skills. || == [|Typing Pal Online]  ==



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<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Dates: October 2-10, 2013
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 * Students will learn about the importance of telling a trusted adult if they see anything online that makes them feel sad, scared or confused. They practice giving advice to friends who are upset about something they saw online.

Clicky, Nettie, and Webster race to stop Look-At-Dis Louie from spreading bad pictures online. But they better get to him fast, before he turns the whole town gray!

Discussion: Watch Video: == It's Ok To Tell- Video ==

Netsmartzkids.org
|| == Activity == After the students watch the video, we will work on the scenarios and advice handout. Students will get in small groups and work with one another to "act" out the scenario in front of the class. || ||

When You're Done
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<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Date: Sept 25-, 2013
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 * 3rd Graders will continue their unit on Internet Safety and discuss issues with being tricked by grownups who might be Meet Me Mack's or by websites wanting your personal information like Wanna Know Wally.

The teacher will show the picture cards for each of the tricks and discuss them The 8 Tricks are... After discussing the tricks, the teacher will show the slideshow with the scenarios for the students to predict which trick is being played. ** Beat the tricks ppt ** from ** Marsha Harris ** || **The common solution for all common tricks is to ALWAYS check with a trusted adult in charge before going or doing anything with anyone, even someone the child may know well.**  == Beat the Tricks ==
 * 1) The Offer Trick-candy, treats
 * 2) The Animal Trick-help me find my puppy
 * 3) The Emergency Trick-someone is in trouble
 * 4) The Help Trick-help me carry my bags
 * 5) The Friend Trick-your mommy is my friend
 * 6) The "Bad" Child Trick-you need to stay here
 * 7) The Flattery/Model Trick-let me take your picture
 * 8) The Open-the-Door Trick-knock, knock

Watch the video called Beat the Tricks and see if you can spot the 8 tricks that we discussed.

Delivery for Webster


Listen to the story about how Webster is tricked while playing on the internet. This story teaches a great lesson about Pop-Ups and sharing personal information! || <span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">

<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Date Sept 16-23, 2013
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 * 3rd Graders will be using the NetSmartz workshop curriculum to continue to learn about Internet Safety and related issues. Today we will learn about how to behave online through appropriate conversations and the use of ALL CAPS, Emoticons and Smileys!

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<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">**Date:** Sept 6-13. 2012
<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> My name is... I am in the 3rd Grade and.....is my teacher. My friends are... After school I like to... My favorite thing about being at Trinity is...
 * Students in 3rd Grade will use the ** iPads ** to log on to their EVERNOTE account. They will open the Evernote app and log on using their Trinity username and password. We will discuss the notebooks that they have and how they will be adding to the 3rd Grade My Learning notebook for this year. Students will learn how to make a new note, add a title, take their picture and brainstorm a list of adjectives that describe the first few weeks of school. We will also make an audio recording telling the following things.

We will use this entire period to ensure that all students can log on, and are able to complete the task. Add a title, image, text, and audio recording || ||  Open the Evernote app on your iPad  ||  Sign in  || <span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">
 * Click on the NOTEBOOKS tab ||  Click on the notebook that says 3rd Grade and create a new note.  ||

<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Date: Aug 28-Sept 5, 2013
<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Here is MINE! Go to this website to generate your code. Select the FREE TEXT option and type your message in the text box. []
 * Students in 3rd grade will learn how to create a QR code and add text to it. Each child will write 3 things about themselves that their classmates and teacher might not know about them.

When you are done generating your QR Code, please click Download and open it in Preview and then PRINT it. We will use iPads to see if we can figure out who they belong to. == Hansen or Lynah  ==

McIntosh or Wood
|| ||  Add your text  ||  Save your QR Code  ||  It will download at the bottom of your window  ||  Double click on it and it will open in Preview  || When you open it in Preview, you can print it! <span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">

<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #181818; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 27px;">Date: Aug 16-23, 2013
<span style="background-color: #e0edf6; color: #626262; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"> Today we are going to participate in a QR Code Scavenger Hunt. What is a QR Code? How do you read it? QR stands for Quick Response, it is a trademark that automotive factories used to track and mark their vehicles. The code consists of black modules (square dots) arranged in a square pattern on a white background. When you scan it, information is read and stored. Mrs. Harris will introduce the lesson with __**"Where did Mrs. Harris go this summer?"**__. The lesson is on the bulletin board. We will scan all of the codes and see where I went this summer!
 * Welcome back to Trinity and the IDEA LAB! This is a place where students and teachers can get together to create, plan, collaborate and celebrate amazing ideas!

During this activity, students will learn about QR Codes, but more importantly, they will become familiar with the iPad and the CAMERA app and all that it is capable of. After this lesson, students will be able to say... || ||
 * I can take a picture
 * I can record a video
 * I can take a screenshot
 * I can use the MAPS app
 * I can reverse the camera lens
 * I can work effectively with a partner
 * I can learn more about my school