| Oklahoma PASS Objectives Third Grade Social
Studies
I. PEOPLE,
PLACES, AND ENVIRONMENTS
B.
Places (World)
1. Name
the seven continents, the four oceans, and major world
river systems and locate them on a globe and a map.
C. Environment
1. Distinguish among map symbols (e.g., legend references
to land, water, roads, and cities).
3. Use mental maps of regions, continents, and the world
to demonstrate understanding of relative location,
direction, scale, size, and shape.
5. Locate and distinguish among varying landforms and
geographic features (e.g., mountains, plateaus, islands,
and oceans).
6. Use the equator and prime meridian to identify the
Northern, Southern, Eastern, and Western hemispheres, and
be introduced to the concepts of meridians of longitude
and parallels of latitude.
Third Grade
Language Arts
III.
INFORMATION AND RESEARCH
Students read widely to acquire knowledge, conduct
research, and organize information.
B. Use guide words to locate words in
dictionaries and topics in encyclopedias.
C. Use and interpret charts, maps,
graphs, schedules, directions, and diagrams.
D. Use the title page, table of
contents, glossary, chapter headings, and index to locate
information.
E. Use text formats as an aid in
constructing meaning from nonfiction (expository) text
(e.g., heading, subheading, bold print, and italics).
G. Locate, organize and synthesize
information from a variety of print and nonprint and
technological resources (e.g., dictionaries, reference
books, atlases, magazines, informational text, thesaurus,
and technology/Internet).
H.
Compile information into written reports or summaries.
V. WRITING
The student will:
A. Use a writing process to develop and
refine composition skills.
1. Use a variety of prewriting activities such as
brainstorming, clustering, illustrating, and webbing.
2. Compose first drafts.
3. Revise selected drafts, changing or adding details and
vivid words.
4. Proofread/edit writing with peers or teacher.
5. Share writing with peers or adults.
VII.
LISTENING/SPEAKING
D.
Participate in storytelling, give oral book reports, and
present poems, stories, plays, and pantomime.
VIII. VISUAL
LITERACY/LITERARY RESPONSE
The student will:
B. Use electronic media to access
information from various sources including dictionary,
encyclopedia, thesaurus, atlas, and Internet.
G. Interpret information from diagrams,
charts, and graphs.
NPS Technology
Scope & Sequence Objectives
(Numbers
correlate to the Scope and Sequence matrix)
12, 35, 44, 61, 62, 69, 70, 73, 74, 8, 90,
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The student will create
a KWL chart, a map, and a short report with clip art
about their assigned ocean or sea. The report should
include such factual information as the size, depth,
outstanding features, marine life.
Guiding Questions
- How do oceans affect the rest of the planet?
- What ocean resources do we use and need?
- What threatens oceans?
- What can we do to protect and enjoy oceans?
Research Phase
- As a class, create a KWL chart on the topic of
oceans, and fill in the "Know" and
"Want to Know" categories.
- As a whole class, preview the Evergreen Project Oceans
web site http://mbgnet.mobot.org/salt/oceans/index.htm
- Add information to the "Learned"
category of the KWL chart. Change any incorrect
information in the "Know" category.
- Assign each student an ocean or sea to research.
- Have each student create their own KWL chart in Microsoft
Word using the Insert Table button.
- Require students to use more than one resource,
such as an almanac, encyclopedia, web site,
atlas, or fact book to find their information. (You
may wish to have the media specialist instructs
students on how to use more than one resource to
research their projects, and appropriate and
efficient research skills; when should you use a
book, encyclopedia, atlas, or almanac, and when
should you use the Internet.) *See suggested online resources
listed below.*
- Have students bookmark web sites they use, and
cite these and other information sources in their
KWL chart.
Production Phase
- Have students draw and label a map of their ocean
in MS Paint (Start>Common
Programs>Accessories>Paint). Before
printing their map, make sure students use Print
Preview (File>Print Preview) to view
the map. Students may need to resize their map so
that it fits to one page (Image>Stretch/Skew>
80% horizontal and 80% vertical).
- Next have student open a word processing program
such as Microsoft Word or Works and type in a
short report (using their KWL chart) describing
their ocean or sea. Tell students to cite their
sources at the bottom of the page. Demonstrate
how to use the spell check function. (Tools>Spelling)
Remind students to save to their U: drive or a
floppy disk.
- Have students print a draft copy to edit, or save
to a common shared folder so that others can view
and edit the writing.
- After students edit and correct their work, show
them how to add clip art. (You may wish to
demonstrate how to use the Find function in the
Microsoft Clip Art Gallery.)
- Have students print, present and share their
information. Then, as a whole class, add more
information to the "Know" category of
the classroom's Oceans KWL chart.
Extensions
- Students may use the Microsoft Publisher 98
Wizard to create a brochure or advertisement
flyer for an ocean cruise.
- Examples of cruise advertisements may be
found at About.com Travel http://home.about.com/travel/index.htm
(click on "Cruises").
Resources
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