Find the mistake: K to 2nd coding
Find the mistake in a set of steps. A free K to 2nd lesson plan with a hook, practice that links to free activities, and an exit ticket. Copy it and make it yours.
Lesson plan
Goal
- Students work toward: find the mistake in a set of steps.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: Which step is the bug?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: find the mistake.
- Show one example, then one that is not an example, and ask how the two differ.
- Have students tell a partner the idea in their own words.
Practise (15 min)
- Choose one for the whole class or let groups pick:
- Print: On paper: Find the Bug in the Recipe (https://teach.peabody.kids/coding-lessons/bug-in-the-recipe)
- Learn: One Step at a Time (https://peabody.kids/world/code/code-one-step-at-a-time)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about find the mistake, and one question I still have.
- Sort the slips into: got it, nearly, not yet. Start tomorrow with the last pile.
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