3rd Grade - Persuasive Essay

LESSON

• On my summer vacation I would like to...
• Think about what you would like to do this summer - go to camp, take horseback riding lessons, learn to play an instrument, visit a relative... Using Kerpoof's "Make a Picture," you will choose a scene that relates to what your summer dreams are.  
• You will write a persuasive essay that states what you want to do and at least three reasons why you should be able to do it!  
• Make sure that you give compelling arguments as to why you should be able to do this activity!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Writing - Persuasive Essay
• Art

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Kerpoof

3rd Grade - Asia Presentation

LESSON - Day 1

• Students will bring their completed research to the lab. You will start typing your information into the Asia Template.

LESSON - Day 2/3

• You will format the slide design, you will format the fonts, and add animations/transitions.
• Practice giving your presentation!

View the student's presentations here:

• Mrs. Russell
• Ms. Kettring
• Ms. Becker
• Mrs. Nevels

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Research skills
• Writing

SOFTWARE USED

• Google Chrome

WEBSITES USED

•  Google Docs - Presentation
• Asia Template
  

3rd Grade - Mother's Day

LESSON

• Students will create a Mother's Day card on Kerpoof.

• Students must compose an acrostic poem.

• Students may write their card to any female in their family (mom, grandmother, step-mom, etc)

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Writing - acrostic poem
• Art

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Kerpoof

3rd Grade - Teacher Appreciation

LESSON

• THANK YOU TEACHERS!!!
• The school year is almost over, so let's make a card for your teachers to show them how much we appreciate their work!
• We will watch the BrainPOP movie "Adjectives" to learn about using descriptive words.
• Using ComicLife, you will create an acrostic poem based on your teachers name.  Make sure that you use descriptive adjectives!
• You need to format the layout of the page, the font styles and colors.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Writing - Acrostic Poem

SOFTWARE USED

• Comic Life

3rd Grade - Earth Day Rebus Poem

LESSON

• Students will watch "Poems," "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" on BrainPOP Jr. and "Recycling" on BrainPOP.
• Students will use Kerpoof's "Make a Card" to create an Earth Day Rebus Poem.
• Students must include at least 4 sentences!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Science
• Writing - Rebus Poem
• Art

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

3rd Grade - Instant Poems

LESSON - Day 1

• I bet you didn't know it, but today you will become a poet!
• We will watch "Poems" on BrainPOP Jr.
• Choose the form "Hello Spring" on Instant Poetry Forms and fill it out.
• You will copy and paste your completed poem into a textbox on Kerpoof's "Make a Drawing." 
• Format the text and create a picture around your poem!

LESSON - Day 2

• Choose the form "All About Me" on Instant Poetry Forms and fill it out.
• Copy and paste your poem into OpenOffice "Writer"
• Format the font!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Language Arts - Poetry
• Art

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Instant Poetry Forms
• Kerpoof

(first name)

funny, pretty, smart, and weird

Sibling of Grant and Brooke

Lover of funny, smart, fuzzy, sweet, cuddly dogs

Who fears my awesome parents getting divorced

Who needs to fly and have adventure with my not living grandma

Who gives love and happiness

Who would like to see someone fly and do flips

Resident of the beautiful neighborhood Long Knife Run

(last name)

3rd Grade - Your Heart

LESSON

• In collaboration with science class where students are learning about their circulatory system, students will watch "Heart" on BrainPOPJr.
• Students will create a poster on Kerpoof illustrating the answer to the question: "How they you keep a healthy heart?"

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Science - Circulatory System - Heart
• Art

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Kerpoof
• BrainPOPJr

3rd Grade - Senses

LESSON

• Watch "Senses" on BrainPOPJr.
• Students will write about how their senses keep them safe, and how they can protect their senses using graphic organizer on Kidspiration.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Health - Senses
• Writing

SOFTWARE USED

• Kidspiration
• Mozilla Firefox

3rd Grade - Internet Safety

LESSON

• Today you will read "Surfing Safely.com" on TumbleBooks and have a class discussion on internet safety.
• You will play Internet Safety games the 3rd Grade Websites.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Internet Safety

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

3rd Grade - TumbleBook Book Report

LESSON

• Today you will choose a storybook to read on TumbleBooks!
• The username = kcd
• The password = books
• When you finish reading the book, you need to complete the TumbleBook Book Report!
• Make sure you use correct punctuation, capitalization, and write using complete sentences!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Reading Comprehension
• Writing
• Keyboarding

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• TumbleBooks

3rd Grade - MOBASSO

MOBASSO

LESSON

• MOBY + PICASSO = MOBASSO!!!
• In collaboration with your Spanish teacher, Señora Jennings, we are going to study the famous Artist Pablo Picasso!  
• We will watch the BrainPOPJr movie "Picasso" and the BrainPOP movie "Cubism" to learn about how Picasso's art has influenced artists all around the world.
• Using Kerpoof, you will draw MOBASSO!  
• Once you have completed your masterpiece, you will take your drawing to Spanish class and write a descriptive paragraph in Spanish describing Moby's body parts and their colors! 

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Art
• Spanish
• Writing - descriptive paragraphs (in Spanish!!)

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Kerpoof
• Picasso
• Cubism

3rd Grade - Make a Movie!

LESSON

• Learn how to program a movie using Kerpoof's "Make a Movie!"
• Watch a MOVIE on how to create a Kerpoof Movie!
• Click here to read how to make a movie.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Programming
• Movie Making

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Kerpoof

3rd Grade - Valentine's Day Acrostic Poem

LESSON

• Go to Kerpoof's "Make a Card" and choose the Valentine's Day card.
• You will write an acrostic poem for one person in your family - use their name as the beginning for each line of your poem!
• Make sure you decorate the card.
• You can learn what an acrostic poem is here.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Writing - Poetry

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Kerpoof

3rd Grade - PicassoHead

LESSON

• In collaboration with Senora Jennings Spanish class, our students are learning about Picasso and Cubism!
• Students will watch "Cubism" on BrainPOP.
• Students will create and print their own Picasso masterpiece using the PicassoHead website!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Spanish
• Art - Cubism

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• PicassoHead 
• Kerpoof's Cubism Scene

3rd Grade - Lemonade Stand

LESSON

• Students will learn about economics by playing Lemonade Stand!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Math - Economics

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Lemonade Stand

3rd Grade - Run Moby Run!

LESSON

• Students will watch "Exercise" on BrainPOPJr.
• Using Kerpoof, draw Moby exercising!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Art
• Science - Health

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Kerpoof
• BrainPOPJr

3rd Grade - Dance Mat Typing

LESSON

• Students will learn proper keyboarding skills on Dance Mat Typing
• This lesson will continue throughout the school year.  Students have a checklist to mark off every stage that they complete.
• When students have free time or if they finish a project early, they will work on keyboarding skills.
• More typing games can be found here. 

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Computer Skills - Keyboarding

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

3rd Grade - Snowman Glyph

LESSON

• Snowman Glyph
• Using Kerpoof's "Draw a Picture" you will create a Snowman Glyph using the instructions!
• Make sure to add extra details, and add a beautiful snowy background!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Reading - Following Directions
• Art

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Kerpoof

3rd Grade - Moby is...

LESSON

• Today you will use Kerpoof's "Make a Drawing" to illustrate BrainPOP's Moby!
• Draw Moby as.... anyone!  Be creative!

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Art

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Kerpoof

3rd Grade - Make a Digital Flip Book

LESSON

• Watch "Traditional Animation" on BrainPOP and learn how cartoons were made!
• Learn how to animate your drawings using Disney's Flip Book!
• You will learn how to use frames to organize and add detail to your animation.

CLASSROOM CONNECTION

• Art
• Programming - Animation

SOFTWARE USED

• Mozilla Firefox

WEBSITES USED

• Flip Book