P.S. 138 -Technology - Grade 3

Hello Students: Today you are going to make a slide for a class slide presentation using research you did in class.  Here are the steps you’ll need to make your slide: 1)           Sign into Google Classroom . 2)           Open a new Slide Presentation . 3)           Name the slide presentation with the topic of your research. 4)           Choose a format for your slide presentation. 5) Decide how many slides you'll need to enter all your information and make duplicate slides. 5)           Search for and import the photos you need. You can find them by searching on Google. 6)           Re-size your photo. 7)           In the text box below your photo, write the information that goes with your photo. 8)           When you are finished, share your presentation with me by sending it to: stevena@ps138school.com In the next class we will view the presentations and reflect on the steps you took to complete the project.

Hello Students: We have a day off from school on Monday to celebrate the birthday of Martin Luther King.  Today we will learn a little about his life You will read an article in the class blog about Martin Luther King and answer questions in Google Classroom using information from the article.  Click on this  link  to read the article   When you have finished reading the article, click  on this link  to access an online quiz in your Google Classroom.  Raise your hand when you have completed the quiz so I can check your score. If you finish your quiz before the rest of the class is done, click on this link to play a Martin Luther King word game.

Martin Luther King Civil Rights Leader Born in 1929, died in 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia in the large twelve room house of his parents on January 15, 1929. His grandparents also lived in the house. He was born during a time when black people did not have the rights which they have today. M.L., as he was called, first experienced racial discrimination *  when their white neighbors refused to let him play with their boys. This was hard for him to understand because the boys had grown up as neighbors and had played together for years. At a later time he and his father were asked to move to the back of a shoe store to be fitted with shoes. They left without buying anything. These early incidents made a deep impression on the young boy. When he was five years old his mother persuaded the first grade teacher, Miss Dickerson, to make room for him in her class. Even though he started several weeks after the other children, he soon caught up with them