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Instructional Technology Resources - Grade 3

Language Arts

3.1- Group Activities, Speaking manners, Ask/Answer questions orally, explain

3.2 - Oral reports, Volume, clear, pitch, rate, Organized, Vocab and grammar appropriate

3.3 - Word-analysis skillls, Vowel patterns, Homophones, Multisyllable words

Verb Power - Students identify underlined words as main verbs, helping verbs or contractions.
Parts of Speech - noun, verb, preposition, etc
Spelling - put the letters in order to create the word that is said aloud
Noun Dunk - Classify words as common nouns, proper nouns or not a noun. Score points for correct answers.
What Do You Mean By That? - a show on multiple meaning words
Rocket to the Moon - Build and launch a rocket to the moon by identifying synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms.
Concentration Style Synonym Matching
Breaking Down Compound Words - In the following sentences, find the compound word and type it in as two separate words.
Crystal Castle - Prefixes hold the key to building the castle and making it light up.
Putting Down Roots - Drag and drop the roots into the blanks to complete the words.
Root Words - Underline the root words in the slides. Circle the prefix or suffix.
Prefixes Make New Words - Drag and drop the prefixes to complete the words correctly.
Blends - Click on the blend that begins or ends the picture name
Rhymes

3.4 - Non/Fiction, Apply clues, lang structure, phonics; use context to clarify, reread and self correct

Brainchild - Select a state, your grade and then reading
Fact/Opinion/Habit - online quiz
Get The Idea - read text to determine the main idea or essential message and identify relevant supporting details and facts
Brainchild - Select a state, your grade and then reading
Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World - an index of folk tales from many countries
folk tales, fables, and myths.
New Twist on an Old Tale - An Internet WebQuest on Cinderella
Main Idea practice - eight online interactive quizzes on Main Idea
Get The Idea - read text to determine the main idea or essential message and identify relevant supporting details and facts
Making Predictions
Brainchild - Select a state, your grade and then reading
Main Idea practice - eight online interactive quizzes on Main Idea
Get The Idea - read text to determine the main idea or essential message and identify relevant supporting details and facts

3.7 - Comprehend different print sources (dictionary, glossary, thesaurus, encyclopedia, online) use tech

The Thesaurus - a reference book that lists words and their synonyms - Drag and drop the words to the right thesaurus entry.
Explore the parts of a book - Click on each of the pictures on this page to learn more about that part of the book.

3.8 - Write legibly in cursive

3.9 - Write descriptive paragraphs, develop plan, focus on idea, group/organize, include details, revise

Establish a Purpose for Writing - tutorial and many online practices
Main Idea practice - eight online interactive quizzes on Main Idea
Get The Idea - read text to determine the main idea or essential message and identify relevant supporting details and facts

3.10 - Write stories, letters, explanations, reports (use planning, organize info, identify audience, revise, use tech)

Sequencing - large list of sequencing activities
Sequence the Story - drag the pictures in the correct order - (students can have the story read to them if necessary)
Establish a Purpose for Writing - tutorial and many online practices
Instructions on how to use Excel to create a graphic organizer
Graphic Organizers from Education Place
Sequencing - large list of sequencing activities
Cause and Effect Relationship Lesson and Practice - Online lesson with practice.

3.11 - Edit writing for grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

Power Proofreading - Choose 3rd grade
Sentence Clubhouse - Identify the type of sentence, then capitalize the sentence and put the end punctuation in place.
Parts of Speech - noun, verb, preposition, etc
Noun Dunk - Classify words as common nouns, proper nouns or not a noun. Score points for correct answers.
Verb Power - Students identify underlined words as main verbs, helping verbs or contractions.
Establish a Purpose for Writing - tutorial and many online practices
Go for Grammar Gold- Types of Sentences

Kids Lab - GREAT reading activites for all levels
CyberGuides K-3

Math

3.1 - Read and Write 6 digit numbers and know place values

Read and Recognize Numbers

3.2 - Round whole number less then 10,000 to the 10, 100, and 1000

Estimation Valley Golf
Round About

3.3 - Compare numbers between 0 and 10,000 using greater then/less then/or equal

Alligator Lunch
Compare It
Wabbit Words
More Than Marsh
One False Move
Less Than Lake Maze

3.4 - Use number facts to compare add/sub and multi/div

Checking Subtraction - Students explore the inverse relationship of addition and subtraction.
Addition and Subtraction Word Problems
Math Fries
Math Mastery
Tackle Math Ball

3.5 - Divide regions to match fractions; ID models as fractions; Fractions include 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/8, 1/10

Shade - Shade in the correct amount of units to equal the fraction by clicking on the unit.
Tony's Fraction Pizza Shop
Fractions/Estimations,

3.6 - Compare fractions

Tony's Fraction Pizza Shop
Fractions/Estimations,
Similiar Fractions

3.7 - Read and Write deciamls as tenths/hundredths

Really Big Numbers
FunBrain.com - Cookie Dough Spell the Number Day
Count decimals
There Must Be Thousands

3.8 - Solve problems involving sum/difference of two numbers less then 10,000

Draggable Math

3.9 - Recall Mulitplication/division facts through the nines table

Fun on the Farm
mulitplication
Mulitplication Tables

3.10 - Represent multi/div using 1 double digit number and 1 single digit number

Draggable Math

3.11 - Add/Sub proper fractions w/like denominators of 10 or less with models

Equivalent Fractions - concentration game style of matching fractions

3.12 - Add/Sub decimals expressed as tenths

Frog Palace
Let's Do Lunch
Money Program

3.13 - count money and determine change for $5 or less

Money
Change It!
Sovereign Bank Presents: KidsBank.com!

3.14 - Use metric and US Customary units to measure length, volume, and weight/mass

menu

3.15 - Tell time to nearest 5 min interval and minute

Clockworks - Try to set the time on the clock. (four difficulty levels to choose from)
matching Time

3.16 - Identify equal periods of time - days, months, years, hours, min

It's A Date
Is It PE Time?

3.17 - Read to nearest degree on Celsius and Fahrenheit thermometers

Hot Stuff
Be a Scientist
Thermometer

3.18 - analyze 2D and 3D shapes for # of corners, square corners, # and shape of faces

2D shapes
Mr. Mumble
Ask Hannah
2 and 3D shapes Activities
Identify Shapes

3.19 - Identify and draw line segments and angles using a straight edge

Anglemania

3.20 - Identify and describe congruent and symmetrical 2D figures

2D shapes

3.21 - Collect/Organize data and create a graph

Graphing Skills - What's the point? find the point on the grid
Gere's Bike Shop - Read and Interpret Graphs at this BBC site

3.22 - Read and Anaylze data in graphs

Graphing Skills - What's the point? find the point on the grid
Gere's Bike Shop - Read and Interpret Graphs at this BBC site

3.23 - Investigate and Describe the concept of probablility - list possible results of a situation

What Should I Wear?
Why Can't I Win?
What Are My Chances
Pin The Tail
Lions and Tigers
Heads I Win

3.24 - Recognize, describe, and extend a pattern of objects, numbers, picturs, etc

What comes next? - find the next shape in the pattern
Ambleweb Function Machine
Christmas Lights
Brenda's Bedroom Border
Fruity Flip Flop
Missing Numbers
Number Cracker
Super Sequencer

3.25 - Create patterns - understand the equal sysmbol

http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_184_g_2_t_1.html
Ambleweb Function Machine
Create your own pattern

VA SOL Online Practice Tests
Third Grade Math Lessons
K-12 Powerpoints Math

Science

3.2 - Simple machines: Uses, function, types

MIKIDS - the only site your child needs!
Edheads - Simple Machines Activities - Lever - Pulley - Wedge - Screw - Inclined Plane - Wheel and Axle - Gear
Dirtmeister: Simple Machines
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Work Schedule
Take Flight!
Machines Make Life Easier
Simple Machines

3.3 - Materials described by physical properties; components, parts (atoms etc), properties remain dispite reducation in size

BBC - KS2 Revisewise - Science: Materials
States of Matter
Life Science Connections - Periodic Table
BBC - KS2 Revisewise - Science: Materials

3.4 - Animals: behavior and adaptions

Interdependence and Adaptation
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum : Hands-On Habitat
Animal Adaptations
Animal Adaptation E-Safaris
http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm

3.5 - Food Chains

Interdependence and Adaptation
foodchain
BBC - KS2 Revisewise - Science: Living Things
http://www.kidwings.com/index.htm

3.6 - Environments: types, populations, community

Exploring Ecosystems
WebQuest
Living Things
Alien Invasion

3.7 - Soil

Changing Leaves to Soil
BBC - Schools Science Clips - Rocks and soils
Ask the Answer Worm!

Phases of the Moon - from Harcourt School
Phases of the Moon - from Harcourt School

3.8 - Cycles in Nature: Natural events (day/night, seasons, moon phases, tides); Life Cycles

The Night Sky Live - best as a whole class activity
The Phases of the Moon - from Enchanted Learning
Phases of the Moon - from Harcourt School
BBC - Schools Science Clips - Earth, Sun and Moon
Phases of the Moon
Wonderville - Phases of the Moon
Living Things
Father Knows Best
My Webquest
What is the relationship between the moon and the tide?

3.9 - Water Cycle: Sun, processes, essential for life, conservation

Water Cycle Mini Quest
Water Cycle
Bell LIVE: The Watershed Game
Water Science

3.10 - Impacts on survival of species: interdependency, human activity, natural events, conservation

EPA Environmental Kids Club: Home Page
Wild Critters
Recycle City

3.11 - Energy: Sun, sources of energy, fossil fuel, non/renewable

ippex online
Sun Racers
EIA Kids Page - Energy Facts
Animation showing how coal
Energy Resources: Nuclear power

Science resources to use in any classroom
Bill Nye The Science Guy
K-12 Powerpoints Science

Social Studies

3.1 - Explain how ancient Greece and Rome have influenced the present world

Ancient Greece and Rome
The Greeks
Roman Empire
The Romans

3.2 - Study Mali and describe its oral traditions, government, and economic development

Maps of Mali
Mali Online Resources
Mali (State Website for Mali Studies)
Geography and History of Mali
History Channel on Timbuktu, Mali
About Mali in Simple Language

3.3 - Exploration of the Americas: describe CHris COlumbus, Juan Ponce de Leon, Jacques Cartier, and Christopher Newport

Christopher Columbus
Juan Ponce de Leon
General Biographical Resource
Jacques Cartier
World Atlas - Click on the continents for more maps.
Reading a Road Map - Pick a state and use the Map Key.
Maps of U.S. cities - find your city and locate places
Landforms - Learn the natural physical features of the earth's surface.
Virginia Studies
Infoplease Atlas
Maps.com Online Geography Games
GeoNet Game

3.6 - Interpret geographic information from maps, tables, graphs, and charts

3.7 - Explain how producers use natural resources, human resources, and capital resources to produce goods and services

producers
consumers

3.8 - Recognize the concepts of specialization and interdependence

"The Incredible Econ Rap"

3.9 - Identify examples of making an economic choice and will explain the idea of opportunity cost

3.10 - Recognize why government is necessary in the classroom, school, and community

3.11 - Explain the importance of the basic principles that form the foundation of a republican government

Ben's Guide to U.S. Government for Kids

K-12 Powerpoints Social Studies

For Teachers and Parents

Skills Builders (Lang Arts, Math)
Links to help K-12 teachers.
Online Tutorials for PowerPoint, Word, Excel, and others!
Education News (latest news in education periodicals)
Grants
K-12 Powerpoints Language Arts

For All Teachers

MarcoPolo.com GREAT lessons for K-12 all subjects
TALK - Classroom Literacy Guide Activities
Mrs. Renz's Math Web Sites
K-12 Powerpoints Language Arts
K-12 Powerpoints Science
K-12 Powerpoints Math
K-12 Powerpoints Social Studies
Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception
Interactive Plagarism Webpage!
Everyday Mathematics K-5
KidsHub.org K-8
Virtual Field Trips
Molecular Expressions
Phonics and Word Study K-6
Crossword Puzzle Maker
AskERIC lesson plans
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a teacher's resource offering ideas to enhance curriculum.
FunBrain.com - The Internet's #1 Education Site for K-8 Kids and Teachers
http://www.microsoft.com/education/LessonPlans.mspx
Reading Rockets : Reading Comprehension & Language Arts Teaching Strategies for Kids
CIESE - Curriculum: K-12 CIESE Online Real Time Data Projects
CIESE - Curriculum: K-12 CIESE Online Tele-Collaborative Classroom Projects
CIESE - Curriculum: K-12 CIESE Online Primary Source Classroom Projects
CIESE - Curriculum: K-12 CIESE Partner Projects
CIESE - Curriculum: Educational Links
Clip Art Listing
Exploratorium: the museum of science, art and human perception
Teacher Created Resources: Free Weekly Lessons
Online Teacher Tools
Story Arts | Story Arts Online!
The Writing Process
Lesson Plans for Teachers on Scholastic.com
step.com
Frank Potter's Science Gems
Education World® The Educator's Best Friend

Technology

Bellingham Schools Online Research Investigations
INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
Best Practices of Technology Integration
Nicholson's Lesson Plan Blues
Integrated technology lesson plans
Online Technology Tutorials
Microsoft Office Assistance: Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Handouts, Hints and Helps
Technology Integration Web Links
Leadership and Learning with Technology: Designing Professional Development for Integrating Technology
Grade Level Skills Help - Index Page
Math - Interactive Sites
Internet4Classrooms - Helping Teachers Use the Internet Effectively
GameGoo - Educational Games
www.mrnussbaum.com - a thousand sites in one !!!®
NCES Students' Classroom
Science resources to use in any classroom
Microsoft Lessons
TrackStar : Home
Software Tutorials - Atomic Learning, Inc.
Templates for Teachers - The Classroom
Microsoft Office Resources
GCF Global Learning®
http://www.4teachers.org/tools/
Untangling The Web
LibraryThing | Catalog your books online
webTeacher (Windows Version)
QuestGarden 1.0
WebQuest Portal
Excel_Templates_for_Classroom
MS Excel Resources
To Excel in the Classroom
Munch and Learn
Interactive Sites for Elementary Students
Grade Level Resources
Using Technology to Teach Balanced Literacy
NETS for Students
Instructional Technology Quicktips - Murray County Schools
Essentials
Online Activities on Scholastic.com