Grade: 3 Subject: Language
Arts
Unit: Communities
Lesson Focus: Digital Citizenship
Explore what it means to be a responsible and respectful citizen online and offline through a variety of interactive activities.
Timeframe: Nine 30 minute lessons
“I can” statements
I can use the internet safely
I can act responsibly and respectfully in my online and offline communities
Outcomes
Students will explore and manipulate a range of materials and processes to create a variety of artworks that express personal feelings, ideas, and understandings.
· create artworks for a variety of purposes, demonstrating influence from their personal, social, spiritual, cultural, community and/or physical environment.
Students examine the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a democracy.
· express ideas (in print and digital formats) of what it means to be a responsible citizen, including a digital citizen.
· identify rights and responsibilities in various social settings and how they influence group decision-making
Students will communicate effectively and clearly and respond personally and critically.
· demonstrate effective active listening habits in multiple cultural contexts
· ask and respond to questions to seek clarification of others’ ideas to consolidate information
· respond to and give directions that are multi-step with increased complexity
· express and explain opinions, and respond to questions and reactions of others
Students will interact with sensitivity and respect, considering audience, purpose, and situation.
· use social conventions such as turn-taking, politeness*, when to speak and when to listen, in a range of conversations and cooperative play situations in multiple cultural contexts
· choose when and where to use intonation, tone and expression to communicate ideas and feelings in selected small and whole group situations
· use established courtesies and conventions of conversation in group work and co-operative play situations with consideration for audience and purpose
· use thoughtful, respectful and non-hurtful vocabulary, considering audience and purpose, and begin to make vocabulary choices that affirm sensitivity to the personal ideas and experiences of others
· use established courtesies and conventions of conversation in group work and co-operative play situations with consideration for audience and purpose
Students will convey meaning by creating print and digital texts collaboratively and independently using imagination, personal experiences, and feelings.
· express ideas in complete thoughts using simple, compound, and complex sentences
· understand and apply readers’/listeners’ comments to clarify meaning
· label and define drawings to explain ideas/topics
Students will be expected to use writing and other forms of representation including digital to explore, clarify and reflect on their thoughts feeling and experiences and learnings.
· write with attention to descriptive detail and word choice
Students will be expected to create text including digital collaboratively and independently using a variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes.
· include information that is relevant and purposeful for an intended audience
· work with a partner, in small groups, and independently, to create writing
Connection: After this lesson, the following Digital Citizenship lessons from the website Common Sense Media will be completed:
Rings of Responsibility Students explore what it means to be responsible to and respectful of their offline and online communities as a way to learn how to be good digital.
Private & Personal Information How can you protect yourself from online identity theft? Students think critically about the information they share online.
Talking Safely Online Students learn that the Internet is a great place to develop rewarding relationships. But they also learn not to reveal private information to a person they know only online.
The Power of Words Students consider that they may get online messages from other kids that can make them feel angry, hurt, sad, or fearful. Students identify actions that will make them Upstanders in the face of cyberbullying.
What’s Cyberbullying Students explore how it feels to be cyberbullied, how cyberbullying is similar to or different than in-person bullying, and learn strategies for handling cyberbullying when it arises
The Key to Keywords Students learn strategies to increase the accuracy of their keyword searches and make inferences about the effectiveness of the strategies..
Whose Is It, Anyway? Students learn that copying the work of others and presenting it as one’s own is called plagiarism. They also learn about when and how it's ok to use the work of others.
The Independent (I Do) and Time to Share(We D0) portions of this lesson will be completed when all of the lessons are completed.
Resources:
Webonauts Internet Academy
Vocabulary Word List
Common Sense Media Lessons
21st Century Skills
· Communicate and Collaborate ·Create&Publish
· Citizenship · Evaluate & Leverage
·Apply and Interconnect · Analyse & Synthesize
Mini-lesson:
Explicit Teaching (I do)
Divide the students into groups of 2 or 3. Give each group one of the 12 vocabulary words (you may want to add or delete some from the list). Some groups may get 2 words. Tell the students to talk to their group about what they think their word means. Post their word and definition on Padlet.
One group at a time shares their word and definition. Write their word onto a piece of chart paper and their definition is correct. If it is incorrect talk about the word and what it means and write the new definition on the chart.
Tell students they will be reading, hearing and using these words.
Independent (I do)
1. Students play the game ‘Webonauts Internet Academy’ on PBS Kids. This is a game that teaches children about being a good digital citizen.
Time to Share (We share) & Explicit Teaching (I do)
Students share the information they have learned. Create a chart on Smart Notebook. More information will be added to the chart after subsequent lessons on Digital Citizenship.
Independent (I do) – After all Digital Citizenship lessons completed
Watch My Poster Wall tutuorial video
Assign each student a topic that has been discussed through the lessons on digital citizenship. Students create a poster about Digital Citizenship on the online program: Poster Wall
The Smart Notebook chart on Digital Citizenship will be displayed so the students can refer to it.
Time to Share (We share)
Share posters and display them throughout the school.
Differentiation
Teacher assigns the topics for the posters according to each student’s abilities.
Enrichment
Teacher assigns the topics for the posters according to each student’s abilities.
Assessment
Poster
Unit: Communities
Lesson Focus: Digital Citizenship
Explore what it means to be a responsible and respectful citizen online and offline through a variety of interactive activities.
Timeframe: Nine 30 minute lessons
“I can” statements
I can use the internet safely
I can act responsibly and respectfully in my online and offline communities
Outcomes
Students will explore and manipulate a range of materials and processes to create a variety of artworks that express personal feelings, ideas, and understandings.
· create artworks for a variety of purposes, demonstrating influence from their personal, social, spiritual, cultural, community and/or physical environment.
Students examine the rights and responsibilities of citizens in a democracy.
· express ideas (in print and digital formats) of what it means to be a responsible citizen, including a digital citizen.
· identify rights and responsibilities in various social settings and how they influence group decision-making
Students will communicate effectively and clearly and respond personally and critically.
· demonstrate effective active listening habits in multiple cultural contexts
· ask and respond to questions to seek clarification of others’ ideas to consolidate information
· respond to and give directions that are multi-step with increased complexity
· express and explain opinions, and respond to questions and reactions of others
Students will interact with sensitivity and respect, considering audience, purpose, and situation.
· use social conventions such as turn-taking, politeness*, when to speak and when to listen, in a range of conversations and cooperative play situations in multiple cultural contexts
· choose when and where to use intonation, tone and expression to communicate ideas and feelings in selected small and whole group situations
· use established courtesies and conventions of conversation in group work and co-operative play situations with consideration for audience and purpose
· use thoughtful, respectful and non-hurtful vocabulary, considering audience and purpose, and begin to make vocabulary choices that affirm sensitivity to the personal ideas and experiences of others
· use established courtesies and conventions of conversation in group work and co-operative play situations with consideration for audience and purpose
Students will convey meaning by creating print and digital texts collaboratively and independently using imagination, personal experiences, and feelings.
· express ideas in complete thoughts using simple, compound, and complex sentences
· understand and apply readers’/listeners’ comments to clarify meaning
· label and define drawings to explain ideas/topics
Students will be expected to use writing and other forms of representation including digital to explore, clarify and reflect on their thoughts feeling and experiences and learnings.
· write with attention to descriptive detail and word choice
Students will be expected to create text including digital collaboratively and independently using a variety of forms for a range of audiences and purposes.
· include information that is relevant and purposeful for an intended audience
· work with a partner, in small groups, and independently, to create writing
Connection: After this lesson, the following Digital Citizenship lessons from the website Common Sense Media will be completed:
Rings of Responsibility Students explore what it means to be responsible to and respectful of their offline and online communities as a way to learn how to be good digital.
Private & Personal Information How can you protect yourself from online identity theft? Students think critically about the information they share online.
Talking Safely Online Students learn that the Internet is a great place to develop rewarding relationships. But they also learn not to reveal private information to a person they know only online.
The Power of Words Students consider that they may get online messages from other kids that can make them feel angry, hurt, sad, or fearful. Students identify actions that will make them Upstanders in the face of cyberbullying.
What’s Cyberbullying Students explore how it feels to be cyberbullied, how cyberbullying is similar to or different than in-person bullying, and learn strategies for handling cyberbullying when it arises
The Key to Keywords Students learn strategies to increase the accuracy of their keyword searches and make inferences about the effectiveness of the strategies..
Whose Is It, Anyway? Students learn that copying the work of others and presenting it as one’s own is called plagiarism. They also learn about when and how it's ok to use the work of others.
The Independent (I Do) and Time to Share(We D0) portions of this lesson will be completed when all of the lessons are completed.
Resources:
Webonauts Internet Academy
Vocabulary Word List
Common Sense Media Lessons
21st Century Skills
· Communicate and Collaborate ·Create&Publish
· Citizenship · Evaluate & Leverage
·Apply and Interconnect · Analyse & Synthesize
Mini-lesson:
Explicit Teaching (I do)
Divide the students into groups of 2 or 3. Give each group one of the 12 vocabulary words (you may want to add or delete some from the list). Some groups may get 2 words. Tell the students to talk to their group about what they think their word means. Post their word and definition on Padlet.
One group at a time shares their word and definition. Write their word onto a piece of chart paper and their definition is correct. If it is incorrect talk about the word and what it means and write the new definition on the chart.
Tell students they will be reading, hearing and using these words.
Independent (I do)
1. Students play the game ‘Webonauts Internet Academy’ on PBS Kids. This is a game that teaches children about being a good digital citizen.
Time to Share (We share) & Explicit Teaching (I do)
Students share the information they have learned. Create a chart on Smart Notebook. More information will be added to the chart after subsequent lessons on Digital Citizenship.
Independent (I do) – After all Digital Citizenship lessons completed
Watch My Poster Wall tutuorial video
Assign each student a topic that has been discussed through the lessons on digital citizenship. Students create a poster about Digital Citizenship on the online program: Poster Wall
The Smart Notebook chart on Digital Citizenship will be displayed so the students can refer to it.
Time to Share (We share)
Share posters and display them throughout the school.
Differentiation
Teacher assigns the topics for the posters according to each student’s abilities.
Enrichment
Teacher assigns the topics for the posters according to each student’s abilities.
Assessment
Poster