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Are you struggling to fit computational thinking goals into your lessons for your Kindergarten or 1st grade students? Do you need stations for your early finishers? You've stumbled upon the resource that is here to save you from frustration, an easy cut and laminate center, with the option for a cut and paste worksheet if that's what you prefer.
There is a big push to integrate ISTE standards across disciplines with all students. Students as young as Kindergarten are being asked to use algorithmic thinking to develop and test the sequence within algorithms. Pair this Spring Coding activity with a Spring read-aloud, and you'll have an engaging lesson for even your littlest coders!
As you may know, algorithms are the basic building blocks of code. Algorithms are a sequence of steps that are followed in order for something to happen. For our primary students, they must know how to follow a sequence before they can start building code of their own. In this lesson, students will be following directional sequences in order to find the answer to the questions being asked.
This lesson meets the following ISTE Standard for Students: 1.5.d
This resource Includes:
- Printable coding center with answer guide &
- Printable worksheets (using the same algorithm as the center option)
- Printable manipulative shovel to move around the coding "garden" grid
Excellent for students in K-2nd grade as an introduction to your Computational Thinking/Coding unit using Directional Coding. This lesson is also perfect for those days when the internet goes down or when you are creating sub plans.
Once your students know how this activity works, you can use others in my "Follow That Algorithm" series for a refresher or center activity.
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Coding Unplugged: Follow That Sequence | Veggie Garden Directional Coding
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Description
Are you struggling to fit computational thinking goals into your lessons for your Kindergarten or 1st grade students? Do you need stations for your early finishers? You've stumbled upon the resource that is here to save you from frustration, an easy cut and laminate center, with the option for a cut and paste worksheet if that's what you prefer.
There is a big push to integrate ISTE standards across disciplines with all students. Students as young as Kindergarten are being asked to use algorithmic thinking to develop and test the sequence within algorithms. Pair this Spring Coding activity with a Spring read-aloud, and you'll have an engaging lesson for even your littlest coders!
As you may know, algorithms are the basic building blocks of code. Algorithms are a sequence of steps that are followed in order for something to happen. For our primary students, they must know how to follow a sequence before they can start building code of their own. In this lesson, students will be following directional sequences in order to find the answer to the questions being asked.
This lesson meets the following ISTE Standard for Students: 1.5.d
This resource Includes:
- Printable coding center with answer guide &
- Printable worksheets (using the same algorithm as the center option)
- Printable manipulative shovel to move around the coding "garden" grid
Excellent for students in K-2nd grade as an introduction to your Computational Thinking/Coding unit using Directional Coding. This lesson is also perfect for those days when the internet goes down or when you are creating sub plans.
Once your students know how this activity works, you can use others in my "Follow That Algorithm" series for a refresher or center activity.
Like this product? Find others at my Store, Sunshine Anytime.
Be sure to follow me for more Computational Thinking resources, coming soon!
