The Wonderful World of Childrens Literature

What is a Childrens Book?

3rd Grade
By: Rebeka Santana
Thematic Unit Planning Matrix

Content Essential Centers Technology Assessment Student Standards:

or Questions (Activities) Integration and/or Products or The ISTE NETS and Performance
Subject (Must include at Rubric Scale Portfolio Indicators for Teachers and Students
Area least 2 Web 2.0 TEKS
tools)
English Who is Students will Students will use The teacher The student ISTE NETS
Language (insert pick their the internet to will assess will present TEACHERS
Arts and childrens favorite research their on a their 3.)Model digital age work and learning
Reading literature author, author and then percentage Glogster to d.)Model and facilitate effective use of current
author)? research them use Glogster to (0-100%) the class. and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze,
and make a create a scale evaluate, and use information resources to
multimedia multimedia map. according to support research and learning
map about The Glogster the content
their life and should include on the STUDENTS
achievements. pictures and a students 3.) Research and information fluency
video. Glogster b.)Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate,
such as the synthesize,
biography, and ethically use information from a variety of
pictures and sources and media
video. d.)Process data and report results

TEKS
(26) Research/Gathering Sources. Students
determine, locate, and explore the full range of
relevant sources addressing a research question
and systematically record the information they
Content Essential Centers Technology Assessment Student Standards:
or Questions (Activities) Integration and/or Products or The ISTE NETS and Performance
Subject (Must include at Rubric Scale Portfolio Indicators for Teachers and Students
Area least 2 Web 2.0 TEKS
tools)
gather. Students are expected to:
(C) take simple notes and sort evidence into
provided categories or an organizer;
Math What are The teacher The student will The student The student ISTE NETS
the will lecture use Microsoft will be will print TEACHERS
different the different Excel to organize graded on a their graph 2.) Design and develop digital age
types of types of their data and percentage and present learning experiences and assessments
genres in genres that create a bar graph scale (0- it to the a.)Design or adapt relevant learning experiences
Childrens are present in or pie chart. 100%) based teacher. that incorporate digital tools and resources to
Literature? Childrens on promote student learning and creativity
Whats Literature. organization
your Afterwards, of data on STUDENTS
favorite students will spreadsheet 3.) Research and information fluency
genre? survey each and choice of d.) Process data and report results
What is other on what graph.
the most their favorite TEKS
popular genre is and (8) Data analysis. The student applies
genre in organize their mathematical process standards to solve
the class? data on a problems by collecting, organizing, displaying,
spreadsheet and interpreting data. The student is expected to:
on Microsoft
Excel and (A) summarize a data set with multiple
create either a categories using a frequency table, dot plot,
bar graph or a pictograph, or bar graph with scaled intervals;
pie chart.

Fine Arts What are After the Students will The student The student ISTE NETS
the teacher brainstorm ideas will be will present TEACHERS
elements explains the and create a graded on a their story 1.) Facilitate and inspire student learning
of a elements of a digital storybook percentage to the class. and creativity
childrens story (title, using a program scale (0- a.) Promote, support, and model creative
book? setting, such as 100%) based and innovative thinking and inventiveness
characters, Storybird.com, on the
Content Essential Centers Technology Assessment Student Standards:
or Questions (Activities) Integration and/or Products or The ISTE NETS and Performance
Subject (Must include at Rubric Scale Portfolio Indicators for Teachers and Students
Area least 2 Web 2.0 TEKS
tools)
theme, plot, mystorybook.com content and STUDENTS
etc.) the or grammar. 1.) Creativity and innovation
students will storyjumper.com. a.) Apply existing knowledge to generate new
create their ideas, products, or processes
own digital b.) Create original works as a means of personal
storybook. or group expression

TEKS
(2) Creative expression. The student
communicates ideas through original artworks
using a variety of media with appropriate skills.
The student expresses thoughts and ideas
creatively while challenging the imagination,
fostering reflective thinking, and developing
disciplined effort and progressive problem
solving skills. The student is expected to:
(C) produce drawings; paintings; prints;
sculpture, including modeled forms; and other art
forms such as ceramics, fiber art, constructions,
mixed media, installation art, digital art and
media, and photographic imagery using a variety
of materials