Third Grade Technology Resources for the Language Arts
The
following page lists websites or technological resources teachers can utilize
in teaching language arts for third grade students. These resources correspond with the Utah State Core
Curriculum for the Third Grade Language Arts.
SOURCE ONE
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/poetry/index.htm
This website is so fun! It contains links to poets that kids can really connect to like Jack Prelutsky. Children can hear poems online or create a poem in the ÒPoetry Idea Engine.Ó This will help develop their writing skills in the poetry genre through technology.
Standard 8: Writing-Students write
daily to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.
SOURCE TWO
Have students use Inspiration to create a book report that connects media (pictures or drawings of characters) and written summary. Have them create a colorful display organized in the way that makes the most sense to them. They will love using the computers and the ownership they feel for their unique creation!
Standard 1: Oral Language-Students develop language for the purpose of effectively communicating through listening, speaking, viewing, and presenting.
Standard 7: Comprehension-Students understand, interpret, and analyze narrative and informational grade level text.
Standard 8: Writing-Students write daily to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences.
SOURCE THREE
To assist students in phonics decoding methods, teachers can create a short story using the Hyperstudio. Teachers can create a short story, correlating with the bird theme or not, that uses the blended consonants that the students are studying. Hyperstudio is a great tool for decoding because sounds can be recorded. Students then use an actual text, one that targets their background knowledge, to learn to appropriately decode new sounds using phonics. Teachers should use real sentences with new vocabulary. When students click on the new vocabulary, they will see the consonant blend (for example, ÒBRÓ) appear, and then they will hear the sound. Students should then repeat the sounds aloud. To reinforce this new knowledge, students should also encounter these new sounds in vocabulary in subsequent pages.
Standard 4: Phonics and Spelling-Students apply understanding of phonics and other strategies to decode and spell unfamiliar words while reading and writing.