3rd – 5th | Grade Levels | ISTE Student Standards

Goal setting | Is Your Goal SMART? | 3-5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12

Students will work to develop an academic goal using the SMART goal framework. SMART stands for Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Timely. They will use digital tools to create, share and monitor their personal learning goals.

Art, English Language Arts, Math, Music, Physical Education, Science, Social Studies | 11th-12th, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th

Create a plot-line using digital tools | Be a Savvy Reader | 3-5, 6-8

This instructional idea has students breaking down a narrative into its component parts, which is the purpose for the original outline. Next, by answering the questions and then recreating the plot line based on their responses, students are developing descriptive models for alternatives to the narrative.

English Language Arts | 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th

Know and use a deliberate design process | Designing a Solution | 3-5, 6-8

This instructional activity walks the students through the engineering design process to create and develop unique solutions to real-world problems. This activity can be adapted for many different subject areas and grade levels. It promotes collaboration and problem-solving skills. Students will design and produce original solutions and share these solutions … Read more

English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies | 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th

Collaborate to solve a school problem | Become the School Librarian Team | 3-5, 6-8, 9-12

This instructional idea requires students to create a problem statement focused on increasing the amount of books their peers checkout from a classroom or school library, and that statement must include ideas for collecting and analyzing data. In a follow-up learning activity, students can implement their ideas, which will address … Read more

English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th

Setting personal reading goals | Building Your Library | 3-5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12

Students set a goal of reading a certain number of texts (e.g., online articles, young adult literature, short stories, etc.) over a period of time (e.g., a month, semester, or school year) and keep a reading log. In the reading log, students write an entry for each text that includes … Read more

English Language Arts | 11th-12th, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th

Research mathematical principles | Math in Action | 3-5, 6-8, 9-10, 11-12

Students first select a mathematical principle (e.g., law, theorem, or other property). Next, students locate an article or image that represents the principle being used in daily life. For example, construction workers using the Pythagorean theorem when determining the length of a staircase. Students will then summarize the information – … Read more

Math | 11th-12th, 3rd - 5th, 6th - 8th, 9th-10th

Practice perseverance | Try a New Strategy | 3-5

Students will set a foundation for using multiple strategies and perseverance to pursue difficult tasks or answers. This activity asks students to perform engaging “minute to win it” games to perform challenging tasks and altering approaches to better reach ideal outcomes.

English Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies | 3rd - 5th

Grade Level: 3rd - 5th

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