3rd Grade Shared Drive
Click on the image to the left to add resources to the shared drive that include lesson plans, unit plans and anything you have created or have permission to share. To use a resource with Schoology, first, copy it to your personal Google Drive.
3rd grade teachers must be signed into Fort Thomas accounts to access.
Lesson and Unit Planning Resources
Technology
Click image to access Teach Learn Tech Resources
from the Writer's Vision Statement
The writing team envisioned standards that would afford students the opportunity to engage in becoming empowered as a learner, constructing new meaning and new knowledge, digital citizenship, computational thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration through demonstrated student technology skills. The writing team wanted standards that would:
initiate cross-curricular connections to enhance the understanding of learning through digital technology skills and concepts;
establish a continuum of technology competencies K-12 for to be demonstrated ;
provide opportunities for ALL students to engage in learning through technology experiences and
advanced demonstration of technology competencies and digital skills to prepare them for future success; and
prepare students to address a critical workforce need related to technology knowledge, skills, and application.
“...Demonstrating performance-based competency in technology” is included as a minimum graduation requirement in Kentucky public schools. For students to attain the required technology competencies, it is essential they have access to technology during the school day at all grade levels and during digital, distance, and remote learning. Instruction should provide opportunities for students to gain and demonstrate technology skills that build throughout their K-12 educational careers.
Standards Implementation
In order to facilitate the initiation of cross curricular learning through digital technology skills and concepts the KAS Technology standards have been deconstructed into a series of "I Can Statements" with skills identified and cross walked to other standards sets.
As units of study and lessons are developed, it will be important for teachers to consider:
Increase in choice
Use of technology to allow students to problem solve
Use of technology to allow students to represent data, knowledge and claims with evidence
Ways to encourage students to transfer understanding of applications to new situations
Ways to encourage students to learn transferable skills that include: digital literacy, troubleshooting, device and file management, communication strategies, and responsibility
Math
Edulastic
Create a free account to access Math assessments created for PARCC review and EngageNY
EngageNY
Access to free math curriculum.
Reading
Reader's Toolkit
Located in the 3rd Grade Shared Drive, the toolkits are customizable Google Slide decks with graphic organizers aligned to 3rd grade reading standards. Create a copy of the file for your own drive, or use the template copy links below:
3rd Grade Reading LIterature.pdfWonders: Reading Choices by CCSS
*similar to KAS
Wonders Scope and Sequence.pdfWonders: Scope and Sequence
Florida Center for Reading Research
Student Center Activities includes extensive library of skill based activities with all resources required to create games, activities and more.
UF Literacy Institute
Includes resources for teaching phonemes, decoding and encoding, irregular and high frequency words, connected texts and writing.
Scholastic News
Use KYVL to access Nonfiction articles from the Scholastic publication. You can save articles to your Google Drive as PDFs and assign to your students through Schoology
Readworks
Create a free account to gain access to reading comprehension instructional tools.
Writing
Composition in the Classroom
Released February 2021, this document details the different modes of writing and expectations with the new standards. Includes links to instructional resources.
Science
Mystery Science
Access through Classlink
NSTA: Daily Do
"Sensemaking tasks" teachers can use to engage students in science learning. Includes active learning strategies to help students engage in the engineering practices.
NGSS: Science Classroom Resources
Search for lessons and ideas here.
Core Knowledge: Science Texts
Create a free account to access downloads of teacher and student texts. Student texts should be saved as PDFs and can be shared through Schoology. Students will open the texts in the Books app on their iPad where they will have mark up features.
Units Include:
Investigating Forces
Life Cycles, Traits and Variations
Habitats and Change
Weather and Climate
Social Studies
Faces
KYVL Access: Magazine about different cultures. Click the link if it doesn't take you directly to the search page. Articles are in HTML Full Text format, but can be saved to your Google Drive then you can create a link to share with your class in Schoology.
Dig Magazine
KYVL Access HTML Access: Articles about culture, science and architecture of different societies
Ancient Greek Civilizations
Core Knowledge Curriculum ELA. Create a free account to download Teacher and Student Guides. Upload student guides to Schoology.
Ancient Greece
Core Knowledge Curriculum Social Studies.
To access all History and Geography from Core Knowledge for 2-3 Gr click here.
Ancient India
Core Knowledge Curriculum Social Studies
Ancient China
Core Knowledge Curriculum Social Studies
The Culture of Japan
Core Knowledge Curriculum Social Studies
World Rivers
Core Knowledge Curriculum Social Studies
Google Earth
Students have this as an app on their iPad. Choose the helm icon to access Voyager and find special geographical features with information and images. When you open a "story" choose the three dots at the top of the page, choose "Share this story" and copy/paste link into Schoology.
Pen Pal Schools
Browse topics you can use to connect with other schools around the world - or just find inspiration for Creative Problem Solving.
ePals
Create a pen pal exchange with another classroom or check out challenges with teacher guides.