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3rd Grade Non-Fiction Literature – Communication

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General Information: “Growing Friendships. A Kids’ Guide to Making and Keeping Friends”. Dr. Eileen Kennedy-Moore & Christine McLaughlin, 2017, Simon & Schuster-Children’s Publishing Division. Content: Communication, Grade Level: 3rd. This book is a clear guide to the social skills needed for making and keeping friends. The authors have organized topics into chapters that include subtopics. … Continue reading 3rd Grade Non-Fiction Literature – Communication →

Internet Resources for 3rd Grade Teachers- Communication

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General Information Lesson Ways to Communicate http://www.sdcda.org/office/girlsonlytoolkit/toolkit/got-05-communication.pdf This website provides multiple lesson plans and examples of how students can strengthen their communication skills in a variety of settings. Some of the lessons focus on individual communication while others focus on team communication. One of the lesson plans allows for the children to act out relatable … Continue reading Internet Resources for 3rd Grade Teachers- Communication →

Internet Resource for 3rd Grade Parents- Communication

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General Information: 8 Methods for Effectively Improving Student Communication Skills https://globaldigitalcitizen.org/8-methods-improving-student-communication-skills This website does a really good job explaining the different ways teachers can incorporate opportunities for students to communicate within the classroom. The 8 methods include how teachers can structure their classroom lessons in order to support communication and how teachers can phrase questions … Continue reading Internet Resource for 3rd Grade Parents- Communication →

Internet Resource for 3rd Grade Students- Communication

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General Information Learning how to communicate and deal with emotions in a healthy way https://kidshealth.org    Click on the “For Kids” tab This website offers a large amount of content about topics specific to children and teens.   Specific to our topic is a tab titled “Feelings” with subtopics of: My School My Home and Family My … Continue reading Internet Resource for 3rd Grade Students- Communication →

Social Skills App for 3rd Graders- Communication

  • General Information:

App name DaylioApp Rights Jana Ponicana  

Publication Year 2017

Version Number 1.11.5

URL https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.daylio&hl=en

  • Details: 
  • This app is a mood tracker that allows for students to express how they feel using pictures, colors, and words. Students can click on the day of the week and one of the mood emojis (happy, sad, worried, etc.) to indicate what they are feeling. They will have the option of choosing a picture that describes how they feel or they can write it out in a note box. Once they have finished, Daylio will enter the information into the calendar and color code that day. Students can track how their moods fluctuate during the week.
  • This would be an excellent app to use in a classroom because it gives students the opportunity for self communication and self awareness. Students will also learn how to convey what they are feeling which can be extremely effective in social situations.

 

Link to a video:

Daylio Link

  • Core Integration:
    • Discuss how you would integrate this into a core topic. For some topics/resources this happens naturally.  For others, it may include a “follow up” assignment that provides this connection.
      • Daylio is set-up really well for integrating mathematics with the third grade standards. One of the standards for third grade is to be able to draw a picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent data. For this lesson, students would track their moods for two weeks and transfer the data that they collected into picture and scaled bar graphs. With the consideration that moods and feelings may want to be kept private, it would be beneficial to provide journals and talk to class about personal choice and privacy. It is also important to talk about the importance of self-communication and self-awareness is. At the end of the lesson, students can turn in their journals to their teacher and have the option of not sharing their work.

 

  • Standards:

MEH 1.5.10 Describe the importance of being aware of one’s own feelings and

of being sensitive to the feelings of others.

HBO 1 -Express feelings in a healthy way

HBO 7- Show tolerance and acceptance of differences in others

HBO 8- Establish and maintain healthy relationships

 

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.MD.B.3– Draw a scaled picture graph and a scaled bar graph to represent a data set with several categories. Solve one- and two-step “how many more” and “how many less” problems using information presented in scaled bar graphs. For example, draw a bar graph in which each square in the bar graph might represent 5 pets.