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TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS FOR THIRD GRADE--INTERNET-BASED
What's included in the Third Grade Internet bundle:
Five step-by-step lessons, including reproducibles, grading rubrics, sample projects, extensions for advanced students and troubleshooting tips
Next-day email delivery in the universally-readable .pdf format
A brief summary of each project, including suggested grade level and prior knowledge, time required, software required, and other projects that should be completed prior to this one
Higher-order thinking skills addressed
Technology-specific skills taught (including National Education Technology Standards addressed
Here are the five lessons included in this bundle:
Click above for online keyboard sites
Project
#56 Free Online Keyboarding Programs Use
online keyboarding to provide variety to students' software-based
programs. Follow up with a quarterly quiz to graph improvement Click the image to the left for a sample.
One of the best online reading sides for kids
Project
#60 Online Sustained Silent Reading Sites Use
the internet to offer variety in Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) program
(which is the same as DEAR--Drop Everything and Read). Every student
can find something they'll like on these websites. Click the image to the left for a sample
Great spelling practice site
Project
#63 Online Spelling Practice. Use www.spellingcity.com to practice spelling words, site word or Dolch words. Click the image to the left for a sample
Click for sample lesson
Project
#85 Intermediate Research on the Internet Students learn to research information for a class report and organize it, complete with outline, citations, text and pictures. Click the image to the left for a sample
Collect wallpaper images in 'My Pictures'
Project
#90 Windows Wallpaper Though there are many ways to personalize a computer--desktop icons, fonts, taskbar placement--wallpaper is the most gratifying. By changing the computer's background, students take ownership in their station, making it more relevant to learning. Click the image to the left for a sample
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