The Solar System

What planets make up the solar system?

3rd Grade
By: Lauren Walker
Thematic Unit Planning Matrix

Content Essential Centers Technology Integration Assessment Student Standards:

or Questions (Activities) (Must include at least 2 Web 2.0 tools) and/or Products or The ISTE NETS
Subject Rubric Scale Portfolio and Performance
Area Indicators for
Teachers and
Students
TEKS

Science What is the Students Students will watch a short video about the solar system The teacher Students will ISTE NETS-Teacher
solar will learn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qd6nLM2QlWw will assess print out their 1.Facilitate and inspire student
system? about the each students Glogster and learning and creativity
What is the different Students will do a short activity using the smartboard. Glogster on a put it in their c. Promote student reflection
environment planets in the http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=13308bb2- scale from 1 to assignment using collaborative tools to
and solar system c34e-4263-a801-f8e552adbcca 5 checking for folder. reveal and clarify students
atmosphere by watching spelling, conceptual understanding and
on the a short film Students will research their favorite planet and make a creativity and thinking, planning, and
different and doing a Glogster about the planet, its environment and the moons. information. creative processes.
planets? short activity
using the ISTE NETS-Student
smartboard. 3. Research and information
Then fluency
students will c. Evaluate and select
choose their information sources and digital
favorite tools based on the
planet and appropriateness to specific
make a tasks
Glogster
about it. TEKS
112.15. Science
(8) Earth and space. The
 Content Essential Centers Technology Integration Assessment Student Standards:
or Questions (Activities) (Must include at least 2 Web 2.0 tools) and/or Products or The ISTE NETS
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Students
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student knows there are

recognizable patterns in the
natural world and among
objects in the sky. The student
is expected to:
(D) identify the planets in
Earth's solar system and their
position in relation to the Sun
Language How can The teacher The story You are the first kid on Mars by Patrick OBrien The Teacher Students ISTE-Teachers
arts someone will read the will be read using an InFocus so that the students can will assess the will print 2. Design and develop digital
travel to a story You are follow along with the reading. student story age learning experiences and
planet in the the first kid using a scale out their assessments
solar on Mars by The students will use the website story jumper to write a from 1 to 5 story and a. Design or adapt relevant
system? Patrick story about their imaginary trip to a planet of their choice. and check for put it in learning experiences that
What would O'Brien. spelling and their incorporate digital tools and
you do if Students will creativity. assignment resources to promote student
you had to then write a learning and creativity
chance to story using folder.
travel to story jumper ISTE-Students
another about their 1. Creativity and innovation
planet? trip to a b. Create original works as a
planet of means of personal or group
their choice. expression

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110.14. English Language
Arts
(18) Writing/Literary Texts.
Students write literary texts to
express their ideas and
feelings about real or imagined
people, events, and ideas.
Students are expected to:
(A) write imaginative stories
that build the plot to a climax
and contain details about the
characters and setting;
Content Essential Centers Technology Integration Assessment Student Standards:
or Questions (Activities) (Must include at least 2 Web 2.0 tools) and/or Products or The ISTE NETS
Subject Rubric Scale Portfolio and Performance
Area Indicators for
Teachers and
Students
TEKS

Math How many On the smart Each student will come up to the smartboard and The teacher The teacher ISTE-Teacher
miles are the board the use the smart notebook to label and put a values will have will keep the 2. Design and develop digital
diameter of diameters of grades of the age learning experiences and
each planet? each planet place on the diameter of each planet. students students to assessments
What planet will be on take a short make sure d. Provide students with
is the the board Next the students will come up to the board and quiz using that they multiple and varied formative
biggest? then each draw and label each planet using paint on the google understand. and summative assessments
What is the student will smartboard. forms. aligned with content and
place value circle each technology standards, and use
for each place value resulting data to inform
planets and label it. To make sure the students understand place learning and teaching
diameter? Next the value they will take a quiz using google forms to
students will make sure that they understand. ISTE-Student
label each 4. Critical thinking, problem
planet and solving, and decision making
put them c. Collect and analyze data to
from biggest identify solutions and/or make
to smallest informed decisions
using paint
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(2) Number and operations.
The student applies
mathematical process
standards to represent and
compare whole numbers and
understand relationships
related to place value. The
student is expected to:
(B) describe the mathematical
relationships found in the
base-10 place value system
through the hundred thousands
place;