Grade 3 Communication and Collaboration: Global Cultural Connection (In Development)

Grade 3 Creative Communicator/Global Collaborator

Lesson: Global Cultural Connection

A lesson seed collection is a menu of ideas that can be used to build a lesson. To build a lesson, select a Motivator Seed, a Lesson Seed, and a Assessment & Closure Seed. Use the Additional Activities and Resources for additional ideas, and remember to cue videos prior to instruction in order to avoid advertisements.

HCPSS Content Standards

Reading

RI7 Use information gained from illustrations (e.g., maps, photographs) and the words in a text to demonstrate understanding of the text (e.g., where, when, why, and how key events occur).
SL1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
SL2 Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
SL3 Ask and answer questions about information from a speaker, offering appropriate elaboration and detail.
SL6 Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
L1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
L2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
L3 Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.

Writing

W6 With some guidance and support from adults, use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of one page in a single sitting.
W8 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.
W9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.

Math

MP1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP3 Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
MP5 Use appropriate tools strategically.
MP6 Attend to precision.

Essential Questions

How can technology help us interact with people from other communities or cultures?

Outcomes

Use technology communications tools (e.g., online forums, blogs, email, text messaging, chat, voice over IP (VoIP), videoconferencing) to interact with students or experts from other cultures, communities, or countries on a collaborative, content-specific activity or project.

Vocabulary

technology communications

Teacher Considerations

Weebly for Education Links to an external site. - (Blogs) Create a teacher website (you can have multiple editors on a teacher website so that you can collaborate with another class across the county) and include blog pages so students can blog with each other in class. Be sure to consider monitoring options when setting up the blogs for students. Since "Weebly" is a supplemental digital tools, please provide parents and option to opt out and follow guidelines on the Supplemental Digital Tools list.

Motivator Seeds: Multiple Means of Engagement

Seed 1

Introduce “CultureGrams Links to an external site.” interviews. This is one way that we can learn about kids from other countries.

Can we interact with those students?
What technology communications tool could we use to have a real time or up to date interaction with students from other communities?

Seed 2

3rd Grade Social Studies Unit 2 “Growing Communities”, , How do cultures from around the world affect our communities? -- Procedure 1 -- Tell students they will learn about lives from children around the world.

“Immigration Stories of Yesterday and Today Links to an external site..” After you “Meet Young Immigrants,” you can use “Skype in the Classroom Links to an external site.” to set up a project to talk to a classroom from another country. You may also find someone in your school community who immigrated from that country who could Skype or participate in a class blog.

Lesson Seeds: Multiple Means of Representation

Seed 1

“Skype in the Classroom Links to an external site.” - Create a sign in, search for a class or create a lesson allows you to post your own class.

Seed 2

“Digital Citizenship Pledge Links to an external site.” from “Common Sense Media”

Seed 3

Global Classroom Connections

ePals Links to an external site.

Seed 4

Classroom Community Connections:

Chat with another tech class across county using “Chatzy Links to an external site.” or create a teacher “Weebly Links to an external site.” website or blog pages. (Share the “Weebly” link with another tech class.)

Assessment and Closure Seeds: Multiple Means of Action and Expression

Seed 1

Interact with users from different communities on projects with teacher facilitation.
- Students can evaluate the information they received and discuss the benefits of real time communication.

Seed 2

Demonstrate appropriate digital citizenship during telecommunication with others outside our own community.

Create a checklist of appropriate online behavior.
Students write a summary of what they learned during the discussion.

Have students elevate or vote on which wall design would be the safest for Humpty Dumpty and why.

Additional Activities and Resources

Student Facing Modules

Global Collaboration Overview (Preview Module | Import from Commons)

Modifications

Extensions

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