3rd Grade

Pixton Comics!

4/24/2026

Today we will:
1. Borrow new books
2. Learn how to sign into Pixton
3. Create your avatar
5. Create a comic about your best day ever!

Click on your teacher's name!

Needham

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Design Challenge #2: Making Bookmarks!

3/8/2026

Today We Will:
1. Borrow books and read!
2. Go through two bookmark tutorials for MakersEmpire.
3. Design bookmarks in the lab.

Bookmark Measurements: Keep Books Safe!

X: 50mm
Y: 150mm
Z: 1mm (plus 1mm for whatever letters and designs you put on top!) or a maximum of 2mm

Design Challenge: Bag Tag/Keychain

2/22/2026

Today we will:
1. Borrow books and read!
2. If you have not done it, finish the tutorial.
3. Design a keychain or bag tag in Makers Empire!
4. Test and Send your design to Mr.B for printing!

Video Tutorials

Makers Empire: 3D Printing Design

2/16/2026

Today we will:
1. Learn how to sign into Makers Empire
2. Make our Avatars and begin Training!

Students develop, test and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.Students develop, test and refine prototypes as part of a cyclical design process.

Rube Goldberg Machines/Contraption Maker

2/2/2026

Today we will:
1. Borrow books!
2. Investigate Rube Goldberg Machines with two videos!
3. Work on your own Rube Goldberg Machine!

ISTE 1.4.d: Students exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.

Tutorial Video

Today we will:

1. Borrow books and read!
2. Create our own bookmarks with Canva - a popular media creation tool!
3. Choice!
4. Library cleanup!

Today we will make our third comic! It should have three panels for this "would you rather" theme. You need to give two options, and then give a reason why you picked one of those options! Have fun - we will share them next class!

Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.1 (2nd Year)

Can you Spot Five Differences?

Create a spot-the-difference game with a two panel comic. Make the differences "subtle" so that they are not obvious. At the end of the class, we will try to solve one another's games on the Smartboard!

Standards: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.7 Lesson first used in 2022)

Create Animations with Brush Ninja!

11/15/2025

Today we will:

1. Review media center basics.
2. Borrow books and read! (Learn your student ID number!)
3. Learn the basics of "Brush Ninja"
4. Create your own animations!
5. (Bonus/Advanced Skill: upload your animation to padlet!)

Padlet

How to upload animations to padlet video!

Contraption Maker: Day #3

4/14/2025

The Swish Machine!

Joseph's Machine's

Guiness Book Record Holder

Minecraft RGM

Today we will:
1. Watch more RGM!
2. Borrow books!
3. Finish and save our Rube Goldberg Machines! Mr. B will try to put a video together or our RBGs!

ISTE 1.4.d: Students exhibit a tolerance for ambiguity, perseverance and the capacity to work with open-ended problems.

Want to Make Another Game?

3/27/2025

Want to submit a game to our competition?

Games must be fully decorated. Use Youtube videos to get back up to speed on this amazing tool.

Class Code: NT2ZN5ZN5

The 40 Inch Ozo-Dash!

3/3/2025

Rules of the Game!

1. Create a racetrack that is 40 inches long!

2. You must use five ozocodes (either speed ozocodes or cool moves)

You may space them out any way you like.
You may only use each ozocode ONCE!

3. Create a draft in pencil first.

Racing for the Library Cup

Once your track is finished, challenge a classmate - or classmates - to a race. Whoever's robot finishes first is the winner. Then, challenge a new classmate.

Ozobot Line programming

2/20/2025

What is Kind of Robot is it?

Ozobot is a line following robot - a type of robot called an "automated guided vehicle". They can be programmed (given directions) using either markers or using the iPad. Here are some other AVG's:

Make Sure Calibrate!

Step 1: Gently press the button on the side to turn on the Ozobot.

Step 2: Hold the button until the LED lights flash white.

Step 3: Place the Ozobot down in the middle of a solid black circle.

Step 4: If the Ozobot moves forward and turns green, then it is successfully calibrated. If it turns red, start over.

Using Markers and Ozocodes

1. Always use a wide line - use the whole edge of the chisel markers!

2. Don't press hard - these are special markers!

3. Ozocode colors should be 1/4 inch! This is what that looks like!

Ozocode Training!

2/17/2025

Today we Will:

1. Learn Ozobot colorbode basics!
2. Practice color code sheets!
3. Choice Time for 10.

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Example

Today We Will: 1. Borrow books and read! 2. Go through two bookmark tutorials for MakersEmpire. 3. Design bookmarks in the lab.

Bookmark Measurements: Keep Books Safe! X: 50mmY: 150mmZ: 1mm (plus 1mm for whatever letters and designs you put on top!) or a maximum of 2mm

Today we will: 1. Borrow books and read! 2. If you have not done it, finish the tutorial. 3. Design a keychain or bag tag in Makers Empire! ​4. Test and Send your design to Mr.B for printing!

Video Tutorials

Today we will: 1. Learn how to sign into Makers Empire2. Make our Avatars and begin Training!

Today we will: 1. Borrow books! 2. Investigate Rube Goldberg Machines with two videos! 3. Work on your own Rube Goldberg Machine!

Tutorial Video

Today we will:

1. Borrow books and read! 2. Create our own bookmarks with Canva - a popular media creation tool! 3. Choice! 4. Library cleanup!

Today we will make our third comic! It should have three panels for this "would you rather" theme. You need to give two options, and then give a reason why you picked one of those options! Have fun - we will share them next class!

Can you Spot Five Differences?

Create a spot-the-difference game with a two panel comic. Make the differences "subtle" so that they are not obvious. At the end of the class, we will try to solve one another's games on the Smartboard!

Today we will:

Padlet

How to upload animations to padlet video!

The Swish Machine!

Joseph's Machine's

Guiness Book Record Holder

Minecraft RGM

Today we will: 1. Watch more RGM! 2. Borrow books! 3. Finish and save our Rube Goldberg Machines! Mr. B will try to put a video together or our RBGs!

Want to submit a game to our competition?

Class Code: NT2ZN5ZN5

Rules of the Game!

Racing for the Library Cup

What is Kind of Robot is it?

Make Sure Calibrate!

Using Markers and Ozocodes

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Click on your teacher's name!

Needham

Today We Will:
1. Borrow books and read!
2. Go through two bookmark tutorials for MakersEmpire.
3. Design bookmarks in the lab.

Bookmark Measurements: Keep Books Safe!

X: 50mm
Y: 150mm
Z: 1mm (plus 1mm for whatever letters and designs you put on top!) or a maximum of 2mm

Today we will:
1. Borrow books and read!
2. If you have not done it, finish the tutorial.
3. Design a keychain or bag tag in Makers Empire!
4. Test and Send your design to Mr.B for printing!

Today we will:
1. Learn how to sign into Makers Empire
2. Make our Avatars and begin Training!

Today we will:
1. Borrow books!
2. Investigate Rube Goldberg Machines with two videos!
3. Work on your own Rube Goldberg Machine!

1. Borrow books and read!
2. Create our own bookmarks with Canva - a popular media creation tool!
3. Choice!
4. Library cleanup!

Today we will:
1. Watch more RGM!
2. Borrow books!
3. Finish and save our Rube Goldberg Machines! Mr. B will try to put a video together or our RBGs!