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Bring creativity, engagement, and excitement to learning! Dinovember activities transform your learning space into a prehistoric playground. Keeping kids engaged during the cooler fall months can be tricky. Dinovember is the best way to teach skills and capture imaginations. Dinovember will be an unforgettable experience for your learners with a wide range of age-appropriate lessons and hands-on activities. Say goodbye to dull days and embrace Dinovember's adventure! The Dinovember activities re

Are you in the middle of a coding unit and have to take the day off? Maybe you're noticing students aren't learning some key skills? Whether you need a break from the content you’re teaching or don’t want to lose momentum. The no-prep coding sub plans are designed with your needs in mind! These coding sub plans will keep students engaged even when they're not writing code! Decomposition, pattern recognition, abstraction, and algorithm design are all covered in these plans. When you're not sure w

Engage students in sequencing, engineering, and more as they learn about Madam CJ Walker. This activity is perfect for Black History Month and teaches students about the accomplishments and contributions of engineer and world famous super soaker creator, Madam CJ Walker.  This resource has a variety of activities that keep students engaged. It provides both you and your students voice and choice in how they demonstrate their learning about Madam CJ Walker. It also engages them in creating produc

Engage students in sequencing, engineering, and more as they learn about Lonnie Johnson. This activity is perfect for Black History Month and teaches students about the accomplishments and contributions of engineer and world famous super soaker creator, Lonnie Johnson.  This resource has a variety of activities that keep students engaged. It provides both you and your students voice and choice in how they demonstrate their learning about Lonnie Johnson. It also engages them in creating toys just

Engage students in sequencing, engineering, and more as they learn about Garrett Morgan. This activity is perfect for Black History Month and teaches students about accomplishments and contributions of Garrett Morgan.  This resource has a variety of activities that keep students engaged. It provides both you and your students voice and choice in how they demonstrate their learning about Garrett Morgan. It also engages them in solving real world problems, just like Garrett Morgan did!  AFTER down

Teach students to sequence and summarize the picture book Saturday by Oge Mora through coding. When students apply coding concepts like sequencing and algorithms, students can retell short stories. Computer science is the fastest growing employment market. Students need to learn basic coding concepts such as sequencing and writing algorithms. Algorithms are the step-by-step instructions written for technology to follow.  These activities help students recall the events in the story, in the order

Engage students in a comic con right in your library media center!Students love graphic novels, superheroes, and pop culture. These are all of the things that make up a Comic Con. Since we can’t bring students to a Comic Con, bring one to them; right in their Library Media Center! After downloading this resource you will receive resources to create a Comic Con experience for PreK - Grade 6 students to experience Graphic Novels in a new way. The options are endless for how you can use this resour

Engage students in Halloween themed read alouds and makerspace activities with no extra prep for you.Halloween isn’t just for trick or treating. Students of all ages love an engaging read aloud followed by creative makerspace activities. After downloading this resource you will receive no prep resources for elementary students to design multimedia products around Halloween. This resource includes:  Standards Based lessons for students in PreK - Grade 6. Standards are listed below. Slideshow to h

Engage students in Fire Safety with no prep makerspace stations that they’ll love.Fire safety and prevention week isn’t just for assemblies. Students can be thoughtfully engaged in makerspace activities while learning about fire safety and prevention. After downloading this resource you will receive resources for elementary students to design multimedia products around fire safety. This resource includes:  2 Standards Based lessons for students in PreK - Grade 6. Standards are listed below. Slid

STUDENTS LEARN THE ALPHABET, SPELL THEIR NAMES, AND LEARN CODING CONCEPTS WHILE THEY GET UP AND MOVE!These bright and fun alphabet cards help young learners learn the alphabet and spell their name through conditional coding. This activity is great for a whole group, small group, or station activity.  After downloading this resource you will receive cards that get early learners up and moving to the alphabet! These cards are easy to manipulate for small hands that are developing fine motor skills

PreK - 6 Library Scope & Sequence that breaks down what to teach week by week so you don’t have to scramble for ideas.This Scope & Sequence outlines what to teach in your library media center for all grades in PreKindergarten through 6th Grade.  Coming up with a Library Media curriculum takes time, patience, and testing. This Scope and Sequence includes when and what to teach students about specific research, digital citizenship, coding, library, design, and computer science skills.  It

Share with parents and families what students are learning about coding with these whimsical and informative newsletters.Students love coding and their families are eager to continue that passion at home. However, they don’t always know where to begin or how to do it. These newsletters teach families about different coding concepts and skills. While also giving them fun, everyday ideas to teach and reinforce the skills. Ideas such as books, board games, life skills, and free apps! After download

Authentically assess primary students’ coding skills through play, purpose, and reflection. Engage students in play and problem solving while assessing their ability to write algorithms. After downloading this resource you will receive resources for primary students in PreK through Grade 2 to demonstrate and reflect upon their coding ability. This resource includes:  Standards Based lesson to guide you through setting students up for successful coding assessment. Standards listed below. Unplugge

Activities to help students critically think about the code they choose to use.Teach students coding basics through remixing. They learn how changing one piece of code impacts the outcome. Making them more thoughtful and deliberate programmers. This resource includes:  Standards Based lesson that outlines how to teach students about remixing and how to remix code. Standards listed below.Unplugged activity to concretely teach students about remixing code. Lyrics, directions and video included.12

Fun activities to teach early learners left from right so they can apply directions in coding.Young children need help learning their left from right. Especially when it comes time to write simple algorithms that will tell characters which direction to move. This activity gives you activities and materials for students to learn left from right and immediately apply that knowledge to their own algorithms. This resource includes:  Standards Based Lesson that outlines how to teach left and right, a

Guide young students to thoughtfully and deliberately write algorithms that code animations.Coding in the app Scratch Jr is a lot of fun. But young students quickly get distracted by choosing and creating sprites and backgrounds. After downloading this resource you will receive print and digital planning sheets for early elementary students to plan their code before they get to work in the app. This resource includes:  Standards Based lesson that outlines how to teach students about programming

Highly engaging lesson to teach the concept of DEBUGGING CODE to primary students. Students fear making mistakes, and are hesitant to revise code even if they make one. After downloading this resource you will receive a fun lesson with 3 different activities to teach students that making and fixing mistakes is fun; not something to be ashamed of. They will also learn that mistakes or errors in code is a bug, and that fixing those areas is debugging. This resource includes:  Standards Based less

Engage students in programming robots whether you are in person with a limited number of robots or learning remotely!Teaching young students to write code doesn’t have to be daunting. Nor do you have to worry about whether or not you have any robots on hand for your young students. Instead, they can write algorithms for robots and watch as you execute the program they wrote! After downloading this resource you will receive drag and drop & unplugged activities for primary students to write purp

An interactive lesson to teach primary students how to write algorithms, while still having fun and infusing play.Teach students how to write algorithms that execute code with purpose. After downloading and using the included lessons and activities, students will be able to plan and execute their own algorithms. This resource includes:  2 Standards Based lessons that give you flexibility in how you teach your students to write their own algorithms for robots. These lessons help you teach with ro

Standards based lessons to help you introduce primary students to programming robots! Introduce early learners to robotics in a developmentally appropriate way. Help them learn how to use a robot and program it with confidence and purpose. Whether you have 1 robot or 30, these standards based lessons give you flexibility in how you teach PreK and Kindergarten students to code robots. This resource includes:  2 Standards Based lessons that outline how to teach young children to program robots. St