Week at a Glance for Computer Specialty at JQES

2026 - 27 Computer Specialty Weekly Plan

Teacher:  Andrea Blake

Questions?    Email ablake@bostonpublicschools.org

• Exit Ticket to show what you learned

• Computer Science Vocabulary you need to know 

Week 4  9/28 - 10/2

Our focus this week:

• Grades K-1: Code.org, Typing.com

• 2nd grade: Share your About Me google doc with ablake@bostonpublicschools.org, then Typing.com

• Grades 3-5: Scratch coding: Lesson 1  Floods.  Watch the BrainPop video on floods, then make a project about Floods.  Choose a narrator from the sprite library, then code it, so every time you press the space bar, the narrator will tell you more about floods, and possible solutions.

Week 3  9/21 - 9/25

Our focus this week:

• Grades K-1: Drag and drop using the track pad, Typing.com

• 2nd grade: Typing.com and BrainPOP Jr. Internet Safety Lesson. Extra time: sight words bingo and Keys and Carrots typing game.

• Grades 3-5: Setting up. Scratch coding: Let's see if we can set up your Scratch accounts today and submit "Lesson 0 - Hello" in the exit ticket.

Week 2  9/14 - 9/18

• Grades K-1: Basic Computer skills and Digital Citizenship skills

• 2nd grade: Typing.com and Google Docs: About Me

• Grades 3-5: Setting up. We started a digital journal. Write an entry in your journal every time we have class. Watch the History of Computers on BrainPop, then write down in your journal for today's entry what you learned from this BrainPop episode. Extra time? Find out if you have a working Scratch account: Go to scratch.mit.edu, click Sign In, chances are you have a student accounts saved there from a previous year, in which case your username will auto-populate the empty field, so you can click the Sign in button below, and VOILA, you might be just in!   Please write down in your journal if you were able to log in and what your scratch username is, or if you could not log in, in which case I will create a student Scratch account for you and give it to you next week.

Week 1   9/8 - 9/11

Welcome Back to School!   Let's talk, get to know each other, review expectations.

Our main focus for this semester:

• Grades K-1: Digital Citizenship skills, and Code.org coding

• 2nd grade: Typing.com and Google skills (docs, slides, etc.)

• Grades 3-5: Scratch coding.  We learn coding skills and prepare a final project.  Some students choose to enter their final project for the BPS coders coding competition in January. Details and submission form is usually disclosed in December.

Do Now:  

• Grades 2-5 Start your digital journals today... For your first entry, please take a selfie, tell me one interesting thing you did this summer, and three things that I should know about you.

• Grades 4-5 Challenge: Make a cartoon avatar for yourself at https://www.dolldivine.com/powerpuff-yourself fill out the quiz as well, then take a screenshot of the about you it generates for you, and paste that in your journal. 

Maybe later...

Make a bobble head doll version of yourself in Adobe Express using this bobble head template, then take a screenshot and upload it to your journal.