Grade 3 Overall Expectations:
Demonstrate an understanding of a variety of media texts;
- How it Works (magazine)
- Wacky but True (magazine)
- Beanz (magazine)
- Roberto the Insect Architect (Kanopy)
- Oceans: Dolphins, sharks, penguins and more (website)
- Book Fair Day (YouTube)
- What is Media? (YouTube)
Identify some media forms and explain how the conventions and techniques associated with them are used to create meaning;
- Everything Castles (book)
- 5000 Awesome Facts (about Everything!) (book)
- National Geographic for Kids (magazine)
- Talking to kids about Advertising (website)
- Dealing with Marketing (website)
- Can you spot the ad? (website)
Create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques;
- Privacy Playground (website)
- Hidden Ads (website)
- Viral Marketing (website)
- Eating under the rainbow: (website)
- Comparing real families to TV families: (website)
Reflect on and identify their strengths as media interpreters and creators, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful in understanding and creating media texts.
- Learning About Primary Resources (book)
- Learning about Plagiarism (book)
- Break the fake: What’s real online: (website)
- Media and Empathy(website)
- Media are Constructions (YouTube)
- Mediums of Media (YouTube)