Grade 4 Digital Citizen

Grade 4 Digital Citizen

Unit Overview

In the Digital Citizenship unit students will develop the skills and attitudes necessary to become responsible digital citizens. They will identify different types of personal information and ways to responsibly participate on the Internet. Students will understand the difference between online and real-life friends. Throughout the unit, students will access the Internet through different online tools and resources to complete lesson activities.

Content Standards

Transfer

T2 Value change, uncertainty, and risk taking as opportunities to explore identity and refine solutions to problems.

T3 Work effectively with, and learn from, others in a variety of situations, in school and beyond.

T5 Exchange information effectively for varied audiences and purposes using appropriate formats.

Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions

Digital Citizen Enduring Understanding aligned to appropriate Essential Questions.
Enduring Understandings Essential Questions
U1 Digital citizens understand the need to be responsible and respectful in global communities.
  • What are my responsibilities in offline and online communities? 
  • How can I be a respectful user of content by providing citations, putting information into my own words, and quoting authors? 
U2 Digital citizens communicate with real people using various digital tools.
  • How does technology impact my lifestyle, choices, and participation in society?
U3 Digital citizens make wise decisions regarding online safety and security.
  • What does the information I put online say about me?
  • Why are strong passwords important?

Acquisition

Digital Citizen expected knowledge aligned with student skills. 
Students will know... Students will be skilled at...
1 Solutions for dealing with cyber-bullying. Explaining and demonstrating ways to deal with cyber-bullying.
2 How Netiquette applies to online communication. Applying Netiquette to online communication.
3 That information put online impacts others and how others perceive them. Explaining and demonstrating responsible behavior online.
4 The relevance of protecting and sharing work. (Media) Paraphrasing a passage from the Internet. 
5 Offline and online responsibilities. (Media) Explaining and demonstrating offline and online responsibilities. 
6 The rules for keeping passwords safe and strong. Explaining and demonstrating how to keep passwords safe and make them strong.
7 The level of security of online information. Explaining and demonstrating how to determine the level of security of online information.

Cornerstone Task

Cornerstone tasks provide students with an opportunity to create authentic products that are based on standards and connect to real-world careers.  Students will be empowered to create a product of lasting value by engaging in meaningful tasks facilitated by an educator. Each task will provide equity, differentiation, and student choice to allow students to reach milestones for success.

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Assessment Evidence

Students will review ways to stay safe on the internet. They will also collaborate both in person and online. They will have to demonstrate good digital citizenship while collaborating to create their creature in addition to being able to discuss what makes a good friend online.The students will assess their online collaboration using the rubric provided. Students should know what information to share and not to share on the internet and how to be a good friend online.

Performance Task

Digital Citizen Enduring Understandings aligned to Assessment Evidence.
Understandings/Skills Assessment Evidence
U1 Digital citizens understand the need to be responsible and respectful in global communities.

Students will do their best to paraphrase the information.  When quoting the materials, they will identify the source immediately.

Students will cite all sources used at the conclusion of the podcast.

U2

Digital citizens communicate with real people using various digital tools.

Students will use their web safe name (first name and last initial) on final products.

U3

 Digital citizens make wise decisions regarding online safety and security.

Students will use selected websites and videos to find information about colonial children. They will only use the materials provided and will not independently use a search engine.

Curriculum Map

Lesson Seeds

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Digital Citizenship Resources

Intentional Supports for Access and Opportunity for Multilingual Learners

Native Language Supports

At the beginning of the year and with each newly arriving Multilingual Learners (MLs): 

  • Connect with the ESOL Teacher/s to obtain and discuss students’ English proficiency levels.
  • Determine with ESOL Teacher if individual students would benefit from native language support (reading/ listening to directions on Canvas) and obtain a list of students’ home languages from Synergy (grades 3-5 may benefit from reading option; K-5 may benefit from listening option) 
  • Arrange to show students how to set a Canvas page to their native language.
  • Ensure this feature is active when students are reading/listening when using Canvas. 

Throughout the year: 

  • Review native language support periodically and determine if students need or prefer to activate it (check with ESOL Teacher and students

Instructional Accommodations

*This is not an exhaustive list

Sensory Support (Green)

  • Real-life objects (realia)
  • Manipulatives
  • Pictures & photographs
  • Illustrations & diagrams
  • Physical activities
  • Videos & films
  • Broadcasts
  • Tapping (manipulating the screen)

 

Graphic Support (Yellow)

  • Charts
  • Tables
  • Graphs
  • Timelines
  • Word Bank
  • Bilingual Dictionaries
  • Visuals
  • Graphic Organizers
  • Sentence Starters, Frames, 

Interactive Support (Red)

  • In pairs or partners
  • In triads or small groups
  • In whole group
  • Using cooperative group structures
  • Using the Internet or software programs
  • Jamboard/Pear Deck
  • In the native language 
  • With mentors/paras

Additional ML Support

General Resources

 

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