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TPACK Template Mobile Applications Assignment
Mobile Application for Creating
Subject Reading
Grade Level 3rd Grade
Learning Objective
3.6 The student will read and demonstrate
comprehension of nonfiction texts.
d) Ask and answer questions about what is
read using the text for support.
e) Draw conclusions using the text for
Content
support.
Activity For this exercise, students will download the app,
Buncee for Edu from the iTunes App Store on their cell
phones or iPads. The students will work on this section
of the assignment individually. This assignment will
take a week to complete. The students will work on
the non-fiction text provided about Abraham Lincoln.
Students will read text during class to get an
understanding of the material. They will have many
opportunities to read the text until they comprehend
it. Students will use the text for support during the
creation of their presentation. Students will then
access the app to create a story using a single slide or
Pedagogy
up to three slides to interpret the story about
Abraham Lincoln. Students will answer questions
provided by the teacher such as “Why did John Wilks
Mobile Application for Collaborating
3rd Grade
3.6 The student will read and demonstrate
comprehension of nonfiction texts.
f) Summarize information found in
nonfiction texts.
g) Identify the main idea.
h) Identify supporting details.
For this collaborative exercise, students will
download the Google Drive app on their iPads and
create a Google Doc and share with their group.
They will work in groups of three. Each student will
be responsible for summarizing the story of
Abraham Lincoln into the document. They will
collaborate while at school or at home with each
other to recognize the main idea of the text and
other supporting details in the text. It will be the
students’ responsibility to collaborate with each
other to complete the assignment. Student 1 will
be responsible for identifying the main idea of the
story, student 2 will identify supporting details, and
student 3 will identify the cause and effect of the
story. The students’ roles will be chosen by the
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Booth shoot Abraham Lincoln?” and “Who did teacher. Students will be graded on participation,
Abraham Lincoln have a special bond with as a child?” content, delivery of the assignment, and their
in addition to their own telling of the story. Students understanding of the non-fiction text.
can get very creative with this app to add different
types of backgrounds, and items such as animation on
their canvas in the presentation. Students will give
their interpretation of the non-fiction story of
Abraham Lincoln and the teacher will evaluate
students’ comprehension of what they read. In their
presentation, students will also use the headings of
why, what, when, who, and how, to draw conclusions
and using their schema to give their representation of
the story they read. Students will share their
presentation with their teacher for grading. Students
will be graded on content, comprehension of the text,
and their presentation of the slide(s).
Technology https://apps.apple.com/us/app/buncee/id1093956684 https://www.google.com/drive/
Technology