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Online Literature-Based Resources
for Third Grade Teachers
A Sampling of How Third Graders Can Make A Difference With Technology
Literacy Opportunity Resource to Explore Documenting Work, Constructing New Knowledge, and
Communicating Ideas with
Technology ToolsKid Pix Studio:
Martin Luther King Slide Show, created by 3rd Graders
Illustrate the setting of a story, draw by 2nd grader
Favorite parts of a story, created by 1st graders
Art Extension with King Tut, and Egyptian people colored by 3rd graders
Label maps from non-fiction texts, created by 3rd grader
Water cycle learning template and student drawing
Art Extension for Tiger Slippers, by 3rd gradersInspiration: and Kidspiration
Animals in Our Backyard, created by 2nd Graders
Living and Non-Living Things
Student Work Samples: (by 5th graders) solve a murder mystery,
the earth's interior, summary outline of course's units
See templates on the software programHyperStudio:
Animal Habitats, created by 3rd Graders
Simple Machines, interactive quiz
Asia Quest Presentation, created by 3rd GradersPowerPoint:
Trout Slide Show, designed by third graders
Third Grade Class Scrapbook
Teacher designed presentations on BatsNetscape Composer (Web Page Design):
Nancy Ferguson's Third Grade Web Site
Pocantico Elementary School Curriculum Projects
West Elementary Internet Projects
Access to Age-Appropriate
and Current
InformationEnchanted Learning: Age-appropriate information, visuals, Little Explorers Dictionary, Rebus Rhymes, Zoom Learning Units, Holiday Activities and Printables for Students Internet Project Responses to Text (Fiction and Non-Fiction) Third Grade
- Predicting: Sarah, Plain and Tall
- Point of View: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
- Summarizing & Adapting: Holidays Around the World (with a followup of their own holidays)
- Art Extension: The Vingananee and the Tree Toad
- Personal Narrative: Sally Salamander Story by third grade student
- Online Storybooks with Clay Animation
- Summarizing Research: The United States Project - Study the states, draw a map, write ten facts and publish
- Writing How-To Paragraphs
Literature-Based
Internet ActivitiesSCORE Cyberguides for Third Grade Webquests for Third Graders Interactive Online
Reading GamesBetween The Lions Adventures and Activities from PBS Children's Author - Related Background & Activities Eve Bunting Ann Cameron
- Eve Bunting: Authors Online Project
- Eve Bunting Teacher Resource File: Many links to resources
- A Talk with Eve Bunting
Chris Van Allsburg
- Ann Cameron's Ideas for Teachers; part of Ann Cameron's Website
Randomhouse Ideas for Cameron's BooksIdeas for Using Software ProgramsEarly Childhood Technology Literacy Grant: project ideas, training resources, student samples, literacy lesson plans, assessment ideas Thematic Literature Units for Primary Grades: an excellent model of top-quality unit and theme plans for how to integrate good literature with software and Internet links. Includes specific title recommendations and suggested instructional tips and ideas for each unit.
Efficient Search Engines
for TeachersSafe Searching or Browsing with Children
- Yahooligans: use search feature or "browse" through topic-based menus designed and screened for children; websites with pictures, music or video are highlighted first; nice teaching integration ideas
- Ask Jeeves (just type in a question)
- KidsClick (get a suggested reading level for each website)
Literacy Extension Activities
- African Animal Limericks and Tales: written by students with nice photos
- A Report of What We Learned (2nd Grade Tlingit Tribe) (nice comprehension word links and credit for photo; can use as final summary of K-W-L chart created by students to summarize learning; can publish a series of these throughout the year. Nice simple format
- A huge list of 3rd grade projects: check out for good ones and link to directly if needed (a few links do not work, but it's still a great resource)
- Build a Virtual Garden Webquest: A very involved webquest that assists third grade students with their creation of a wildflower garden.
- Civil War / Slavery Project Reports
- Chronicling the birth of baby chicks in their classroom and writing advertisements and link to egroups for parent / teacher communication (neat networking idea for teachers)
- Emporer Penguin Activities: (Grade 2) Nice ideas: Bibliography is in print out form with directions for students on what to look for in each book, plus tons of penguin links (also link to Grade 1 Zookeeper Webquest)
- Examples of third grade lesson plans (and student samples) using word processors, Kid Pix drawing tools, and spreadsheets. (Lessons for other grades available here too).
- Fairy Tale Unit (many mini-units of popular Fairy Tales)
- Illustrations of teachers by third grade students
- Online Claymation Books by third graders
- Thematic Units: lots for grade 3 through grade 5; this is a great resource for ideas and student work samples
- The Important Project by fourth graders
Classroom Web Pages
Online Interactive Activity Pages for Thid Grade Students
- Great Project Ideas
- Mrs. Bogucki's Third Grade Class: Ideas for Technology in their classroom, including an online newspaper created by students
- Mrs. Sefero's Third Grade Class: teacher links are good and include some good technology lessons
- Mrs. Davidson's Class: nice grid of real-life activities and connections to Internet
- CFSD Technology Literacy Projects (check out these projects developed by teachers for students from Grade 1 to Grade 5)
- Clow School 3rd Grade Student Contributions (poetry calendars, expository writing, inventions)
- Nancy Ferguson's 3rd Grade Projects (Massachusetts) lots of great work samples; also archive of previous third grade classes (watch progress of teacher and students over the years; some great integration ideas and links too)
- Third Grade Class Homepage with an interesting division between a creation of girl and boy websites
- 3B homepage: great way to communicate with parents (events, photos, weekly letters to parents)
- Third grade teachers at Winston Salem community (links to each classroom with some neat features)
- Carminati School Third grade students: original story Magic School Bus Goes to the Olympis, classroom newsletter, and writing project samples
- KidzPagePoetry for Older Readers
- Great Links for Third Grade Topics
- Robert Clow Elementary School Third Grade Class: great links and project ideas for weather, rainforest, Washington D.C., biographies, immigration and matter
- Third Grade Solar System Resources
- Lots of content related good third grade website ideas
- Oswego City Schools Language Arts Links
- Waunakee 3rd Grade Links for Egypt, Insects, Japan, Minerals, Fossils, and the Solar System
- Discover what interests you at DiscoveryKids.com
- Solve A Mystery at The case.com
- University of Illinois Extension Activities
- Just for Kids: Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
- Flat Stanley Project
- Spywatch Comic Strip Adventure With Reading for 7-9 year olds; after popular BBC program
- Treasures @ Sea: Exploring the Oceans Through Literature
- Lunaland.com: explore interactive fantasy stories
Teacher Resources
- Texas Bluebonnet Books (1999-2000) (2000-2001) Great third grade books with lots of Internet extensions. "Children's literature provides powerful learning and entertainment opportunities that are catalysts to creativity and research."
- Third Grade Teacher's Q&A from 4-Blocks Literacy Discussion Board
- Thematic Links Grades 3-5 from EdTech Department in Kennessaw, Georgia: what begins as a simple list emerges into an incredible resource for upper elementary teachers
- Dr Amy McClure's website from Ohio Wesleyan Univerisity on Children Literature Activities with students