Students will collaborate with a partner to create algorithms for classroom routines.  They will create an illustrated anchor chart for all of the class to follow these algorithms.

This lesson will teach students key vocabulary needed to understand computing systems. The lesson starts by showing a BrainPOP video to introduce key vocabulary. Then, the teacher and students will have a class discussion to review the components of a computer. After reviewing, the teacher and students will work together to label the parts of a computer and discuss each component as it is labeled. To wrap up the lesson, the teacher and students will continue to review the computer components by completing the computing systems matching game.

This lesson will be an introduction to cybersecurity and how to be safe online. 

This is an introductory lesson to teaching the beginning stages of sentence structure. The teacher will use Picture sorts according to the grammatical function in a sentence. (nouns and verbs)
This activity was created for grade K to coincide with teaching sentence structure

The following lessons are introductory/review lessons for teaching students to distinguish concepts of print: words, and sentences from pictures. These lessons help a student’s oral knowledge by repeating sentences and phrases as well as counting/tapping words in sentences. The teacher will use Picture sorts according to the grammatical function in a sentence. (nouns and verbs)
This activity was created for grade K to coincide with teaching sentence structure

The following lessons are another two weeks' worth of teaching students to distinguish concepts of print, words, and sentences from pictures. It should be paired with Sentence Knowledge weeks 1, 2, 3, and 4, but can be done alone. These lessons help a student's oral knowledge by repeating sentences and phrases as well as counting/tapping words in sentences. The teacher will use picture sorts according to the grammatical function in a sentence (nouns and verbs). This activity was created for grade K to coincide with teaching sentence structure

The following lesson is an introductory/review lesson for teaching students to blend words at the Syllable level. This activity is great for early emergent learners. As students begin to master the phonological process and their rhyme awareness increases, they are ready to begin working with words at the syllable level (foot/ /ball/). This lesson helps students identify larger units of sounds.

Students will construct an information network for a new town using train tracks. This will provide an opportunity for students to learn what a network is through a visual representation using a train and train tracks.

Let’s learn circuit knowledge while playing!  Students will have access to a variety of electronic components (kits) to design, assemble and troubleshoot different types of circuit designs.  Will you sound a horn, blow a small fan, operate a speaker or make a traffic light?  The possibilities are endless! 

Students will program the teacher (robot) to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. This will provide an opportunity for students to learn that robots (and computers) need to follow very specific instructions to work correctly. This lesson could then be extended into letting the students try to create algorithms for daily classroom routines or any other step by step process.

In this lesson students will understand that their name, home address, and their phone number is personal information. Students will also understand that they should not share this personal information with anyone online as well as strangers and why this is so important.