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)
What animals have you seen?
I have seen __________.
What type of food do animals eat?
The animals I've seen eat __________.
2
(5 min)
Learn to design a habitat for animals in Scratch Jr.
(5 min)
How did the programmer design a habitat for animals in Scratch Jr.?
How did the programmer add different animals to the project?
Share your ideas.
I saw the programmer add a background that showed _________.
I saw the programmer add animals by ____________.
(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 create a habitat and add animals to a Scratch Jr. project.
If time allows, you might try to:
Make the characters move.
Add more animals.
Pairs, Groups, Whole Class
5
(5 min)
Today we learned how to create a habitat for animals in 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.