1st Grade
2018-19
June 11th:
June 11th:
- Whole Class: Movie Time of ScratchJr Narrative Stories
- Choice of Tux Paint, ScratchJr, CodeSpark Academy, or ABC Mouse
June 4th:
June 4th:
- Finish your Narrative Story in ScratchJr, if not done
- Choice of Tux Paint, ScratchJr, CodeSpark Academy, or ABC Mouse
May 16th - May 30th:
May 16th - May 30th:
- Whole Class: Create a ScratchJr project from your Narrative Story
- Work on your Narrative Story in ScratchJr
- Done? ABC Mouse
May 14th:
May 14th:
- Choice of ScratchJr, CodeSpark Academy, or ABC Mouse
May 8th:
May 8th:
- Try out ScratchJr Easter Egg Hunts
- ABC Mouse
aPRIL 11TH - May 7th:
aPRIL 11TH - May 7th:
- Create an Easter Egg Hunt in ScratchJr
- ABC Mouse
April 9th:
April 9th:
- Whole Class: Check out the Fidget Spinners
- ABC Mouse
April 2nd - 4th:
April 2nd - 4th:
- Whole Class: Play each other's games
- Whole Class: Introduction to Fidget Spinner
- Hints on drawing a Fidget Spinner
- When does Fidget Spinner start?
- Does spinner turn slow, medium, or fast?
- Create your Fidget Spinner app in ScratchJr
- Draw your fidget spinner
- Make your fidget spinner start when you tap on it
March 28th:
March 28th:
- Whole Class:
- Being a programmer
- Review what your game should do
- Review what an arrow key does
- Review what the character that moves does
- Review what the character that hides does
- Finish Game
- One character moves when you tap the arrow keys on the screen
- When the character that moves bumps the other character they hide, move somewhere while they are hidden, wait a bit, and then reappear
- Done? Can you do one of the following:
- Make your character that disappears move all the time so they are harder to catch. They still need to do what they did before.
- Add an "enemy" that appears and hides over and over. If your character that moves bump the enemy they disappear not the enemy. Hint: The enemy will need to send a message (a different color than the arrow keys) when it is bumped and the character that moves needs to receive it and hide.
March 21st & 26th:
March 21st & 26th:
- ScratchJr:
- Complete earlier challenges, if not done
- Where Did You Go?: Add 2 characters. Have one character bump into the other and when it does the second character disappears.
- How do you make a character disappear?
- How does a character know it has been bumped into?
- Where Did You Go Game? Extend the Where Did You Go project to have:
- 2nd character move and reappear somewhere else after a bit of a wait.
- What code block can I use to do the wait?
- 1st character should move by clicking on arrow keys on the screen so the player of the game controls how it moves
- 2nd character move and reappear somewhere else after a bit of a wait.
March 12th - 19th:
March 12th - 19th:
- Whole Class:
- Check out our Many Colored Days posts
- Introduction to ScratchJr Challenges
- ScratchJr Challenges:
- Take a Walk: Make your character move 1/2 way across the screen, pause, move the rest of the way across the screen, pause, and go back to the beginning
- What does the green flag do?
- How can I make a character move?
- What do the numbers below the blocks mean?
- How does the orange clock button work?
- How do I get a character back to where they started?
- Gymnast: Make the cat do a cartwheel, a jump, and then go back to the beginning
- How can I get a character to turn?
- What does the number under the turn mean?
- How can I get a character to move at the same time as it is turning?
- How can I make a character jump?
- How do I get a character back to the beginning?
- Being Polite: Make the cat move and bump into another character and then say "Excuse, me"
- How do I make something happen when two characters bump into each other?
- How do I make a character say something?
- Beyond Being Polite: Make the cat move, bump into another character, say "Excuse me" and move away from the other character. Then have the other character say something like "Sorry" or "It's okay." or "No problem."
- How do I control when a character speaks
- Take a Walk: Make your character move 1/2 way across the screen, pause, move the rest of the way across the screen, pause, and go back to the beginning
February 28th & March 5th:
February 28th & March 5th:
- Whole Class: Reminders
- How to save an image to the camera roll from Tux Paint
- How to add a post to Seesaw
- Finish your feeling drawing in Tux Paint. Remember, the entire picture should be in the color you were feeling.
- Done? Take a screenshot of your picture, crop it to remove things that aren't your picture and save to Camera Roll
- Add your Colored Days picture to Seesaw with a caption that completes this sentence - On my ____ days I feel ____ Then read your sentence so you have both the caption and yourself saying the caption.
- Done? ABC Mouse
February 26th:
February 26th:
- Whole Class:
- Tux Paint:
- Think about how you are feeling and draw your feeling. Make sure it is in the color you are feeling.
- Done? Take a screenshot of your picture, crop it to remove things that aren't your picture and save to Camera Roll
February 21st:
February 21st:
- Whole Class: Play CodeSpark Games
- Done? ABC Mouse
February 19th:
February 19th:
- Whole Class: View all ScratchJr Valentine Cards
- If not done, finish your game in CodeSpark Game Maker
- ABC Mouse
February 13th & 14th:
February 13th & 14th:
- Finish ScratchJr Valentine Cards
- Done?
- Finish your game in CodeSpark Game Maker
- ABC Mouse or Pet Pals
February 7th:
February 7th:
- ScratchJr Reminders:
- Interface
- Adding a background
- How to name your project
- Saving your project
- ScratchJr Valentine Card
January 31st:
January 31st:
- Whole Class: Introduction to CodeSpark Game Maker
- Complete the tutorials for making your own game with Game Maker
January 29th:
January 29th:
- If not done, complete remaining levels of Lunch Crunch
- Done with Lunch Crunch? ABC Mouse or Pet Pals
January 24th:
January 24th:
- Whole Class: Iffy Dice Game
January 17th & 22nd:
January 17th & 22nd:
- Whole Class:
- CodeSpark Academy - Conditionals: Engage
- Unplugged Conditionals
- Solve some sample levels, including level 7, as a class
- CodeSpark Academy - Conditionals: Engage
- Complete all levels of Lunch Crunch
- Done? ABC Mouse
January 15th:
January 15th:
- ABC Mouse
January 8th & 10th:
January 8th & 10th:
- Whole Class:
- CodeSpark Academy - Events: Engage
- Complete Levels 1-3 of Puppy Problems
- How to complete Level 4 of Puppy Problems
- Continue solving levels of Puppy Problems
- Done with Puppy Problems? Explore Pet Pals or ABC Mouse
January 3rd:
January 3rd:
- ABC Mouse
December 13th:
December 13th:
- Whole Class: The Christmas Story
- Program Bee-Bot/Robot Mouse to retell the Christmas Story
December 11th:
December 11th:
- Complete Kite Plight Levels
- ABC Mouse
December 6th:
December 6th:
- It’s a special week in the lab. It’s Computer Science Education Week and we’re going to celebrate this week with dancing!
- Whole Class: Bug Dance!
- Read the book “Bug Dance” by Stuart J. Murphy
- Display the algorithm for the bug dance
- Do the bug dance as a class
- Whole Class: Bee-Bot/Robot Mouse Dance Moves
- How do these robots move?
- What dance moves that you did can the robots NOT do?
- What could the robots do instead? Create the robot bug dance algorithm
- Whole Class: How to use the Bug Dance Planning Sheet
- Bug Dance:
- Transfer the Bug Dance algorithm to your planning sheet
- Program your robot to do the robot bug dance
- Did your robot do the dance correctly? If not, find the bugs in your plan and fix them and then re-program your robot and try again.
- Whole Class: Class Robot Bug Dance!
November 27th - December 4th:
November 27th - December 4th:
- Whole Class:
- CodeSpark Academy - Advanced Sequencing: Engage
- CodeSpark Academy - Advanced Sequencing: Explore
- Kite Plight - Levels 1-3 together
- Complete Kite Plight Levels
- ABC Mouse
November 20th:
November 20th:
- Whole Class:
- How to save an image to the camera roll from Tux Paint
- Reminders about posting to Seesaw
- Save your Turkey drawing to the camera roll
- Add a post to Seesaw for your Turkey drawing.
November 15th:
November 15th:
- Whole Class: Turkey Trouble
- Whole Class: Drawing a Turkey in Tux Paint
- Draw a Turkey in Tux Paint
November 13th:
November 13th:
- Complete Loops I Did It Again Worksheets
- ABC Mouse
October 30th - November 8th:
October 30th - November 8th:
- Code Spark Academy: Complete Tool Trouble Levels
- Done? ABC Mouse
October 25th:
October 25th:
- Whole Class:
- CodeSpark Academy - Loops: Engage
- Tool Trouble - Level 1
- Tool Trouble - Levels 2 & 3 together
- Complete Tool Trouble Levels
- CodeSpark Academy - Loops: Engage
October 18th:
October 18th:
- Whole Class: Donut Detective Levels 16 & 17
- ABC Mouse
October 16th:
October 16th:
- Complete Donut Detective Levels 9-17
- If done, go back to any Donut Detective Levels where you did not get 3 stars and debug your code to get 3 stars
- ABC Mouse, when done
October 11th:
October 11th:
- Whole Class:
- CodeSpark Academy - Debugging: Engage & Explore
- Donut Detective - Level 9
- Donut Detective - Level 10
- Complete Donut Detective Levels 9-17
- CodeSpark Academy - Debugging: Engage & Explore
October 9th:
October 9th:
- Whole Class:
- Explore Donut Detective Levels 6-8
- CodeSpark Academy - Algorithms & Sequencing Enrich
- Get the Glitch in groups of 3
- Write a 4-step algorithm
October 4th:
October 4th:
- Whole Class: CodeSpark Academy - Algorithms & Sequencing Explore
- Complete Donut Detective Levels 1-8
- I can create a simple algorithm.
- I can sequence commands to move my Foo.
- If time, play Get the Glitch
October 2nd:
October 2nd:
- Whole Class: CodeSpark Academy - Algorithms & Sequencing
September 25th & 27th:
September 25th & 27th:
- Whole Class: How to see all of your classmates' self-portraits & like posts.
- Sign in to Seesaw and look at & listen to the self-portrait posts and like them.
- ABC Mouse
September 20th:
September 20th:
- Sign in to Seesaw & add a post for your self-portrait
- ABC Mouse
September 18th:
September 18th:
- Whole Class: How to "save" pictures from Tux Paint to Camera Roll
- Save your self-portrait to the camera roll
- Whole Class: Seesaw Reminders
- How to sign in
- How to add a post for your self-portrait
September 11th & 13th:
September 11th & 13th:
- Whole Class:
- Parts of the iPad
- Reminder of Class Rules
- Finish self-portrait in Tux Paint
- ABC Mouse
September 6th:
September 6th:
- Whole Class: Reminders of how to handle the iPad
- Use Camera App to take a selfie
- Whole Class Reminders: Drawing a portrait in Tux Paint
- Draw self-portrait in Tux Paint