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4th grade maze game for Hour of Codeįor 2nd graders and 3rd graders I posted #HourofCode activity links to their websites. I quickly rewrote this maze instruction doc and printed it out for the students prior to that remote day (for our hybrid model, Wednesdays are full remote days, the other 1/2 of the student attend school). Other highlights of #CSEdWeek2020 include math games (of course) 4th grade math games for Hour of Code 2020Īnd making maze games with a 4th grade class – one work session was on our full remote day, but that went okay. In the one 1st grade that I see the most, the teacher and I wanted to try a more math themed project – which I’ll write about in another post. They seemed to quickly pick up the concepts so I gave them the task of adding a character (Sprite) and coding it with a start block (Green flag) and 4-5 blue motion blocks.įor #hourofcode, most of the first grade classes got one or two of these projects. For an introductory lesson my goal was to introduce the layout of the app – Sprites, background, coding area – and how to put blocks together. I looked at the curricula for inspiration. I’ve taught Scratch Jr to 1st graders in past years, sporadically and in groups with shared devices, so it was exciting to try a whole class model. I wasn’t able to get the original Scratch Jr on the iPads but I was able to have PBS Scratch Jr installed. I had planned to get to the Kindergarteners during December but I’ve pushed those plans into 2021. The Kindergarteners and 1st graders have iPads (the 2-4th graders have Chromebooks) so I have been able to introduce Scratch Jr this fall to the all of the 1st graders. On a positive note, all students now have a school-issued device. I have plans to include more coding in the new year. Monday started with my virtual library code club and I had many sessions of coding planned at school but then things changed and we learned we were switching to a hybrid model for the next (and last) week of December, so in the end maybe half of the school participated in #HourofCode. I was planning to extend Hour of Code for the last 2 weeks before Winter/Christmas break. While we are lucky to have in-person classes, I am not able to see every class, every week. This year was different (as all things in 2020).
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I’ve been making my school participate in Hour of Code since 2014 (it’s 2nd year in existence).
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Last week, December 7-11, was #HourofCode week.