TEACHER: Victoria Adams

SUBJECT/GRADE: Technology/Grade 3 DATE: 4/4/16-6/17/16

Academic Standard: Creativity and Innovation & Communication and Collaboration

1) CI: Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.

I can use virtual tours online

to help me to understand more about what I am studying.
2) CI: Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

movies into my projects.

software to share my ideas.

I can place photographs and

I can use technology

3) CI: Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

search engine on different types of technologies.

CO:

I can find information using a

4) CC: Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a
variety of digital environments and media.

to and complete a group project using technology.

I can work with others to add

5) CC: Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a

variety of media and formats.

I can work with other

students on a document that needs input and ideas from our group.
6) CC: Contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

I can work with others in a

group to present a project using a variety of technologies.
Essential Questions:
What are virtual tours and how can I take one?
6/6, 6/8, 6/10
How do I place images into my presentations? 5/9,
5/11, 5/13
How can technology help me share my ideas?
4/25, 4/27,5/2, 5/4, 5/6
How can I use technology to research
information? 5/16, 5/18, 5/20, 5/23, 5/25, 6/1, 6/3
How can I work with others to create a group
project? 5/2, 5/4, 5/6
Modifications:
Students who have difficulties performing any of
the tasks assigned will be accommodated through
the teacher assisting them in their task until they

Assessment & Performance:

Formative Assessment:
Observation
Questioning
Grand conversation
Interactive learning games
Summative Assessment:
Google Docs Mini Research Project

are successful on their own.

Materials: Chromebooks, internet

4/4 & 4/6 (noon

dismissal 4/8No 3C)

Learning Plan: Activities and Sequence of Instruction

3A-Monday 2:30-3:20
3B-Wednesday 2:30-3:20
3C-Friday 2:30-3:20
1. The teacher and students will read the objectives for the day together.
2. The third grade students will begin the final quarter practicing typing using
proper finger placement and posture. The teacher will ask the students to identify
what proper posture looks like. The teacher will also ask about finger placement and
the names of the different rows.
3. The teacher will model the program Dance Mat Typing and show the students
how to get there.
4. The students will perform a Google search for Dance Mat Typing and work their
way through the typing modules using proper finger placement.

4/11 & 4/13 (no

school 4/15-No
3C)

1. The teacher and students will read the objectives for the day together.
2. The students will be asked to recall what we did last week. They will then
proceed to Typing Club and practice using correct finger placement and posture.

4/18,4/20,4/22

1. The teacher and students will read the objectives for the day together.
2. The students will be asked if they know what email is and what it is used for.
3. The students will be shown how to sign up for their gmail accounts. They will
need to write their email and password in their planner.
4. The teacher will explain to the students what Google Drive is and how to use it.
The teacher will then introduce Google Docs, Slides, email, and Google Classroom.
During this time, the teacher will be asking a variety of questions such as, what
program does Google Docs remind you of?, What could you use Google Slides
for?, What can Google Drive replace?, etc.
5. Students will be shown how to get to Google Classroom and some of the features
of it. (this lesson will be continued)
6. Finally, the students will be asked to email the teacher with their name, their
favorite color and their favorite food.
***Quiz

4/25 & 4/27

(1:30 dismissal
4/29- No 3C)

1. The teacher and students will read the objectives for the day together.
2. The teacher will ask the students to recall what we did last class.
3. The teacher will direct the students to sign on to the Chromebooks with their
email addresses. The teacher will also be helping those who were absent or werent
able to establish an email address.
4. The teacher will ask the students to recall the purpose of Google Drive, Docs,
Email and Slides.
5.The teacher will model with a student how to share a document and where to find
it once it is shared.

6. The students will proceed to Google Docs where they will practice sharing
documents and collaborating with each other.
5/2, 5/4, 5/6

1. The teacher and students will read the objectives for the day together.
2. The teacher will ask the students to recall what we did last class.
3. The teacher will direct the students to sign on to the Chromebooks with their
email addresses. The teacher will also be helping those who were absent or werent
able to establish an email address.
4. The teacher will ask the students to recall the purpose of Google Drive, Docs,
Email and Slides.
5.The teacher will reteach how to share a document and where to find it once it is
shared.
6. The students will proceed to Google Docs where they will share a document and
collaborate with each other by creating a silly story. Each student will contribute one
word at a time.
***Classwork

5/9, 5/11, 5/13

5/16, 5/18, 5/20

1. The teacher and students will read the objectives for the day together.
2.The teacher will ask the students to recall what was introduced last week.
3. The teacher will then explain to the students that they are going to practice
copying/pasting and complete a research activity.
4. The teacher will model how to copy and paste images and text as well remind the
students how to share a doc.
5. The students will open a Google Doc and practice copying and pasting images
and text.
6. Students will then proceed to Google classroom where they will participate in a
Google Search assignment. The students will be copying and pasting their answers
into the assignment.
7. Using the last few minutes of class, the students will turn and talk to a partner and
discuss the benefits of knowing how to copy and paste.
***Classwork (Google Search)
***Quiz (copy/paste)
1. The teacher and students will read the objectives for the day together.
2. The students will be asked to recall the skill that we learned last week and the
three ways that information can be copied and pasted.
3. The students will be introduced to their mini research project. This research
project will be located on Google Classroom and the students will have a research
outline to follow that includes copying and pasting of information and pictures.
4. The students will proceed to Google Classroom where they will find their
research project layout. They will begin their research and copy and paste relevant
information back onto the layout.
***Classwork

5/23 & 5/25 (no

school 5/27-No
3C)

(no school 5/30No 3A) 6/1 &

6/3

6/6, 6/8, 6/10

6/13 & 6/15 (no

school 6/17- No
3C)

1. The teacher and students will read the objectives for the day together.
2. The teacher will remind the students about their tasks and the expectations of the
mini research project.
3. The students will continue working on their mini research projects. These projects
will be turned in today.
***Final for 3A and 3B
1. The teacher and students will read the objectives for the day together.
2. The teacher will remind the students about their tasks and the expectations of the
mini research project.
3. The students will continue working on their mini research projects. These projects
will be turned in today.
***Final for 3C
1. The teacher and students will read the objectives for the day together.
2. The teacher will ask the students to predict what a virtual field trip is. The teacher
will then introduce the students to the idea of virtual field trips.
3. The teacher will take the students on a group virtual field trip to places such a
Cedar Point, the Eiffel Tower, Hope of Detroit, the White House, and the
Smithsonian.
4. After the teacher is finished modeling how to take virtual field trips, the students
will get an opportunity to explore on their own.
5. Using the last few minutes of class, the students will share a Google Doc with the
teacher and describe where they went, what they saw, and what they learned.
***Classwork
Students are free to choose their own website.