Give a robot steps: K to 2nd coding
Follow and give steps (sequence). 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: follow and give steps (sequence).
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: How do you tell a robot what to do, if it only does what you say?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: give a robot steps.
- 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: The Human Robot (https://teach.peabody.kids/coding-lessons/human-robot)
- Learn: One Step at a Time (https://peabody.kids/world/code/code-one-step-at-a-time)
- Play: Robot Steps (https://peabody.kids/games/robot-steps)
- Learn: Practise: read the steps, in order (https://peabody.kids/practice/code/sayorder)
- Learn: Practise: which way is it facing (https://peabody.kids/practice/code/facing)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about give a robot steps, 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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