Unit 4, Lesson 15

TIPP&SEE: Loop Animal Parade

Students will first use, then modify, a project exploring loops in Scratch using the TIPP & SEE model. This will provide students with another opportunity to tinker with this concept in Scratch before starting an open-ended project in the next lesson.

Agenda

Review Lesson 14 (Unit 4)
Loop Animal Parade worksheet
Reflect on loops

Materials

Projector
Computing devices for students
Student Workbook (p. 36-37)

Additional Resources

Lesson Plan

U4 L15: Loop Animal Parade

L15 Language Frame

U4 L15 .docx

Objectives

Computer Science Objectives

Understand the title, instructions, and purpose of an existing project that contains loops.
Explore and analyze how loops can be used to condense repeated actions.
Understand the right way to use and activate a loop.

Language Objectives

Speak in complete sentences when appropriate to task and situation in order to provide requested detail or clarification.
Use general and academic language to provide peer feedback in speaking & writing.

Vocabulary

CS Terms

loops: The action of doing something over and over again.
algorithm: A list of steps that you can follow to finish a task.
event: An action that causes something to happen.
program: An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine.

Scratch Terms

repeat: the codeblock used to perform a script for a certain amount of times

Standards

Computer Science

CSTA1B-IC-18: Discuss computing technologies that have changed the world, and express how those technologies influence, and are influenced by, cultural practices

English Language Arts

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.1 Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 4 topics and texts, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.3.A Choose words and phrases to convey ideas precisely.*.

English Language Development

1. Exchanging information and ideas with others through oral collaborative discussions on a range of social

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