Students will understand the importance of telling stories in order both verbally and with a graphic organizer.

This is a list of basic vocabulary with definitions and/or examples that will be used in elementary classrooms K-5 when teaching the concepts of algorithms and programming. 

Lesson to support cross curricular instruction of the Computer Science Standards of Learning.

This lesson consists of two sections. First, students will explore with a Sphero Indi and document its responses to different color mats. Then, students will use the color codes to navigate their Sphero Indi to the correct letter completing four different patterns.

This resource is a 7-slide presentation detailing 5 goals students should have in mind when creating an algorithm. This guide targets younger learners in primary grades. It is available as a PowerPoint and a PDF.5 goals when trying to write an algorithm.● Defining the problem clearly● Breaking the problem down into small, simple parts● Define the solution for each part of the problem● Implementing the solution● Making it efficient (eventually)

Students will be introduced to computer science words in conjunction with similar standards already taught in English SOLs.  They will see how actions in a plot are similar to events in a code and how cause and effect is similar to events that trigger actions.  Prewriting will take place as they create a plan and codes for an Ozobot maze.