Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Rationale for curriculum use: Thousands of books for children from preschool to Grade 7.
Offers many levels of books and a variety of ways for children to learn to read with proficiency,
including read-alongs.
Standards:
1. Empowered Learner
a. Students articulate and set personal learning goals, develop strategies leveraging
technology to achieve them and reflect on the learning process itself to improve learning
outcome
5. Designer
Educators design authentic, learner-driven activities and environments that recognize and
a. Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster
ELA
Grade 3
Know and apply grade-level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Grade 3
Reading for Meaning 1.3 identify a variety of reading comprehension strategies and use them
Languages: English
Rationale for curriculum use: A creative way to respond to writing prompts. Students can add
writing, images, and photos to enhance their writing. The students can all work on the same
prompt or find creativity in a prompt that entices them to write. Students can also partner up to
work together on the same project. The final project can be saved to pdf or emailed to share with
Standards:
ISTE Standards for Students:
1. Empowered Learner
b. Students build networks and customize their learning environments in ways that
3. Citizen
digital world.
b. Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online
ELA
Grade 3
With guidance and support from adults, use technology to produce and publish writing (using
Grade 3
Developing Ideas 1.2 Generate ideas about a potential topic, using a variety of strategies and
resources.
3. ENL/ELL App
Subject Area: ENL/ELL and ELA
Rationale for curriculum use: American Wordspeller ESL Edition is an excellent for ENL/ELL
students, as well as students who are struggling readers. Moreover, it’s great for special
education students and those with dyslexia. Wordspeller is a phonetic dictionary app that allows
words to be entered phonetically and it will try to match the word to words with similar sounds.
The app gives the definition of the word, as well as prefixes and suffixes that may change the
spelling and meaning of the word. Perhaps the best feature of this app, is that an internet
Standards
1. Empowered Learner
c. Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and
2. Facilitator
Educators facilitate learning with technology to support student achievement of the ISTE
a. Foster a culture where students take ownership of their learning goals and outcomes in
ELA
Grade 3
Grade 3
Effectively
Spelling Unfamiliar Words 3.2 spell unfamiliar words using a variety of strategies that involve
about spelling
4. Students with Disabilities
(SWD) App
Subject Area: All Areas
Rationale for curriculum use: Claro allows students to upload worksheets in PDF format and
interact with them. The application allows students to have the words read to them and take notes
on the worksheet. The student can then save their completed work and email or airdrop it to their
teacher for review. This application can be used in all subject areas where worksheets are
provided to students.
Standards
5. Computational Thinker:
Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways
that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.
d. Students understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a
2. Leader
Educators seek out opportunities for leadership to support student empowerment and
ELA
Grade 3
By the end of the year, read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies,
science, and technical texts, at the high end of the grades 2–3 text complexity band
Grade 3
1.3 identify a variety of reading comprehension strategies and use them appropriately before,
to understand texts
Languages: English
students in grades 3 through 8. The website is set up for teachers to use with a classroom of
students, but there are also options for schools to enroll. Parents could also sign up to supervise
science exercises for the children in their family. Topics include Earth Science, Life Science and
Physical Science.
Standards
3. Knowledge Constructor
knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for
3. Citizen
digital world.
b. Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online
Science
Grade 3
physical setting and living environment and recognize the historical development of ideas in
science.
Grade 3
1.1 assess the impact of human activities on air and water in the environment, taking different
points of view into consideration (e.g., the point of view of parents, children, other community
members), and plan a course of action to help keep the air and water in the local community
clean
Languages: English
Rationale for curriculum use: Prodigy is a online game that is aligned with the curriculum
standards in mathematics. The content is for grades one to eight. The students create a wizard
that will grow stronger. They learn spells and acquire new equipment while facing opponents by
answering math questions. Teachers can log in and assign their student questions that match the
mathematics lessons that are occurring in class. This allows the teacher to assign each student the
content they want them to practice and create individual learning of the content. Teachers receive
feedback of student responses and attempts. Students have fun practicing their mathematics skills
while teachers are able to gain insight into where they are struggling and excelling.
Standards
1. Empowered Learner
c. Students use technology to seek feedback that informs and improves their practice and
6. Facilitator
Educators facilitate learning with technology to support student achievement of the ISTE
b. Manage the use of technology and student learning strategies in digital platforms,
Mathematics
Grade 3
3.OA.8 Solve two-step word problems using the four operations. Represent these problems using
equations with a letter standing for the unknown quantity. Assess the reasonableness of answers
Grade 3
By the end of Grade 3, students will: solve problems involving the addition and subtraction of
Rationale for curriculum use: A dry erase board for your device! Students and teachers can use
this application to share thoughts and ideas in real time. With the use of video, audio, and
notation teachers can bring their lessons to life and students can respond in a creative way. The
assignments can be shared on a cloud, so teachers can upload assignments, students can respond
and reupload. This application allows students to share what they know in a fun creative, and
interactive way, they can use media to tell the whole story.
Standards
4. Innovative Designer
Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve
2. Citizen
digital world.
b. Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online
ELA
Grade 3
led) with diverse partners on grade 3 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas
Grade 3
including paired sharing, dialogue, and small- and large group discussions
8. Choice Area App #2
Subject Area: Social Studies and Art
Rationale for curriculum use: This app allows students and teachers to virtually visit over
1,200 museums, hundreds of historical places and tens of thousands of works of art in one app.
Over 70 countries have contributed to this resource, making it one of the most significant
cultural, societal and art repositories available as an app. Through this app, students can also
walk through museums and historically significant places through virtual reality. In addition,
students can take guided tours of exhibits in the world’s foremost museums by their curators.
Standards
knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for
c. Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods
3. Citizen
Educators inspire students to positively contribute to and responsibly participate in the
digital world.
b. Establish a learning culture that promotes curiosity and critical examination of online
Social Studies
Grade 3
Social Studies
Grade 3
Describe some of the similarities and differences in various aspects of everyday life (e.g.,
housing, clothing, food, religious/spiritual practices, work, recreation, the role of children) of