GRADE LEVEL: 3

OBJECTIVE: Using the technology available to students and teachers in the

Patchogue -Medford School District, Students Will Be Able To
 

· Recognize, define and apply characteristics of language to weekly spelling words

· Discriminate sounds and word patterns

· Arrange weekly words in alphabetical order

· Solve puzzles using words from weekly list

· Apply weekly words to story form

· Read and interpret new material

· Read aloud expressively to convey a clear interpretation of the work
 
 
 

New York State Standards Addressed

. ELA Standard 1- Listening, Reading, Speaking, and Writing for information and understanding

Standard 3- Students will read, write, listen and speak for critical analysis and evaluation

Standard 4-Students will read, write, listen and speak for social interactions

MS&T Standard 2.1- Accessing, generating, processing and transferring information using appropriate technologies.
 

Procedure:

1. Group children in teams of four to six students for center work

2. Organize students according to assignments

3. With two students per computer, students will access the Internet to appraise information on spelling

4. Students will have agreed upon period of time at each Center to complete assignment

5. Students will enter the Internet through the Internet book on the School Vista bookshelf

6. Students will click on the left hand box, the Read mail box

7. Students will click on READ at the bottom of the screen

8. Students will click on the paper clip in the upper right hand corner of the screen to access sites

9. Students will cooperatively practice words at site

10. Students will compare and contrast value of sites to curriculum and report their decisions to classmates
 
 
 

Evaluation:

Students are able to access the Internet and read mail sent by teacher

Students are able to evaluate sites and present information clearly in a variety of oral and written forms

Students are able to spell correctly the words of the week

Students are able to recall and use previous words
 
 
 

C.Spiller Grade 3 River Elementary School
 
 

CENTER I
 

WORDSEARCH

· created by students or Teacher @

http://www.funbrain.com/detect/index.html
 
 
 

CENTER II
 

CROSSWORD Puzzle

Independent or Cooperative
 

Created on Power Puzzle Program in school library (model available in school library)
 
 
 

CENTER III

READING Teacher assisted center

Strategy and Topic of teacher choice
 
 
 

CENTER IV
 

COMPUTER Cooperative
 

· http://www.ash.udel.edu/ash/challenge/word.html