Lessons 1-2: Hour of Code- Hello World
Review what coding is. Have students go through the Hello World: Food coding activity. Model the activity. Week 2 they can choose another Hello World activity that can be found on this site- https://csforall.org/en-US/activities/hour-of-code.
Lesson 3: Holiday coding
Read the Grinch Who Stole Christmas to the class. Next have the children go to the Grinch Game! Model first puzzle and give students time to work. This is a great coding activity which goes along with The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.
Standards for the Month:
I can gather information ethically and legally through technology and media. AASL 6.a
I can use digital and non-digital tools to plan and manage a design process. ISTE 4b
I can respect intellectual property rights. ITL DC2.b
I can identify text features. KUSD R3.5
I can organize information I have learned into categories. KUSD R3.5