34 minutes
1 - Warm Up (5 min)
2 - UCSD Does (4 min)
3 - Turn & Talk (5 min)
4 - You Do (15 min)
5 - Reflect & Share (5 min)
Pairs, Groups, Whole Class
1
(5 min)
If someone asks you to name 3 of your favorite things, what do you tell them?
I tell them that my 3 favorite things are:
1. _____________.
2. _____________.
3. _____________.
(5 min)
Which 3 sprites will you add to show your 3 favorite things? Why?
Share your ideas.
I am going to add these three sprites:
1._________.
2._________.
3._________.
I am choosing these sprites because ____________.
(15 min)
Recommended: Parallel Programming
1) Students, open Scratch Jr. and find a partner to sit next to.
2) Each students works on their own project, but they have a partner to share ideas and ask questions.
3) Follow the steps from the video to add sprites and a background to teach others about your 3 favorite things.
If time allows, you might try to:
Change the colors of the sprites.
Make your sprites move across the screen.
Pairs, Groups, Whole Class
5
(5 min)
Today we learned to add our own image to a Scratch Jr. project.
What did we accomplish today and how did we do it?
Today we ______.
We did this by ______.
What do you notice about today's lesson? What do you wonder?
I noticed ________.
I wonder _______.
Why _______?
Standards Alignment: CA ELA 3.2. Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.