One step at a time: K to 2nd computers & making
Algorithms: steps in order, and fixing bugs. 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: algorithms: steps in order, and fixing bugs.
Hook (5 min)
- Ask the class: How does a robot know what to do?
- Take two or three answers and write them where everyone can see them.
Teach (10 min)
- Say the big idea in one plain sentence: one step at a time.
- 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:
- Learn: One Step at a Time (https://peabody.kids/world/code/code-one-step-at-a-time)
- Play: Code: Peabody Blocks (https://peabody.kids/blocks)
- Read: Be My Robot (https://peabody.kids/library/be-my-robot)
Exit ticket (5 min)
- On a slip or aloud: one thing I learned about one step at a time, 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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