3rd Grade Media Balance

Topic 3: 3rd - Media Balance

The lesson content below is from CommonSense:

3rd Grade Media Balance Lesson:

Essential Questions:

  • How do we take personal responsibility for ourselves, our community, and our world?
  • What are the differences between our responsibilities in real life and our Digital Life?

Discussion Questions: 

  • What are our responsibilities as a digital citizen in our own Digital Lives?
  • What are our responsibilities as a digital citizen in our friends' lives?
  • What are our responsibilities as a digital citizen in our world today?  

Lesson Plan:

Common Sense Lesson - Rings of Responsibility

Vocabulary:

  • community – a group of people who share the same interests or goals
  • digital citizen – someone who uses technology responsibly to learn, create, and participate
  • responsibility – a duty you have to yourself or others

Lesson Slides

Student Handouts: *use either the handout or slide deck

Student Slide Deck:

  • My Rings of Responsibility - in Template Preview mode - click on USE TEMPLATE to make a copy of the slide deck for your Google Drive and then distribute one copy to each student to complete.

Family Letter:

During the week, you will be providing instruction to students on Media Balance. Please either send a printed copy of or a digital copy of the accompanied parent letter home to support families on this topic.  The Family Letter reviews the Digital Agency topic, provides parents with discussion questions, and resources to support their students.

The Family Letter Intro Letter provides parents/guardians with an explanation of how to use the letter with their students.  It is recommended to send the Intro Family Letter home at the beginning of the school year to explain to parents how these monthly letters will support their students at home, at school, and in their Digital Life.

3rd Grade Family Letter

Family Letter Translations:

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