3rd+Grade+Beacon+2008_2009

=Typing Assessment & Practice=

Students will:
 * Week of September 8th-22nd, 2008**
 * take a typing assessment at http://www.typingtest.com/default.asp
 * practice identifying letters on the keyboard by using [|Typing Master Bubbles]

=Presidential Elections=

Students will:
 * Week of September 29th, 2008**
 * discuss the "trail to the White House"
 * pick a political affiliation
 * vote for a political party representative

Students will:
 * Week of October 6th, 2008**
 * discuss presidential campaign advertising
 * use a graphics program to create campaign posters
 * use paint, text and shape tools to create these posters
 * name and save these files

Students will:
 * Week of October 13th, 2008**
 * discuss presidential campaign issues
 * use Mircosoft Word to write one-paragraph campaign speeches
 * name and save these files

Students will:
 * Week of October 20th, 2008**
 * hear the candidates' speeches
 * vote for preseident

Students will:
 * Week of October 27th, 2008**
 * discuss results from the election
 * explore president and government resources

=Messages to the Future=
 * Weeks of November 3rd to December 15th, 2008**

Students will:
 * Lesson 1**
 * pick a topic for research (school, home, food)
 * create a PowerPoint slide show (color_side_future)
 * fill in a title slide
 * fill in an image/text slide with their portraits and how this topic relates to their lives

Students will:
 * Lesson 2**
 * research facts about their topic
 * use a worksheet to record these facts
 * begin drawing a digital image of one fact

Students will:
 * Lesson 3**
 * finish drawing a digital image of the first fact
 * start drawing a digital image of the second fact

Students will:
 * Lesson 4**
 * finish drawing a digital image of the second fact
 * add text to the images
 * insert images into slide show

Students will:
 * Presentation**
 * present the slide shows to their families at the Social Studies Fair