Spot what repeats: K to 2nd coding
Spot a repeat. 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: spot a repeat.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: If you do the same thing again and again, can you say it just once?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: spot what repeats.
- 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 Dance Loop (https://teach.peabody.kids/coding-lessons/dance-loop)
- Play: Code: Peabody Blocks (https://peabody.kids/blocks)
- Play: Robot Steps (https://peabody.kids/games/robot-steps)
- Learn: Practise: repeating steps (https://peabody.kids/practice/code/repeatsay)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about spot what repeats, 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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