2a Computational Thinking C5: Activities to Support the Four Pillars by library goddess https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui Click on the + under one of the Four Pillars to suggest an activity you could do in your classroom en-us 2013-09-05 18:59:39 UTC 2023-01-31 02:59:54 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f9e0.png Use sight words...and break them into letters. Sound out each letter, write each letter, then put the word together again. https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448462070 Charlene Saint-Jean]]> 2023-01-18 14:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448462070 Use poems and identify the sound patterns or letter patterns. Use a group of poems from a specific author...and find the pattern of words in the writing, characters, subject. https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448465149 Charlene Saint-Jean]]> 2023-01-18 15:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448465149 Create an algorithm for character, setting, subject description. Use these findings to analyze a story. Discuss with students the purpose of understanding the character, setting, subject..etc of a story. Big idea to understand author's purpose, idea, moral of the story. https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448471936 Charlene Saint-Jean]]> 2023-01-18 15:05:07 UTC https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448471936 Creating a winter scene. In groups each student draws a winter scene. Each student writes an algorithm for how they drew the picture. Students swap papers to see if the other person can draw the same picture. For younger learners you can use pre cut shapes and have students talk out their algorithms for the class to follow. https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448476738 Charlene Saint-Jean]]> 2023-01-18 15:08:07 UTC https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448476738 Decomposition https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448648700 At Code.org in the Express course, students are presented with some complex problems. Lesson 12: Nested Loops in particular. It is necessary to do one part at a time to be successful. It is the perfect lesson and level to model solutions. ]]> 2023-01-18 16:54:37 UTC https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448648700 Pattern Recognition Activities -KWL https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448945175 Students will analyze similar objects/experiences by identifying commonalities and differences. Students will have a list of vocabulary ideas to choose from. An example might be dogs.
Key questions to think about are what all dogs have in common.
Students can create drawings or collages or even journal their findings. Then students will notice the similarities and then prepare to discuss and share out differences among dogs.
Students can document or draw their favorite type of dag and label the core components. Finding patterns will support their awareness while solving future problems and making predictions.
Sherri]]> 2023-01-18 20:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448945175 Abstraction Activities https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448972031 Students will focus on the information that is relevant and important by identifying the main idea and key details in a story, video or passage reading.   
Teacher can give the students clues for identifying these items as they listen using immersive support, presentation/school-wide assembly, or read on their own (scavenger hunt-like).
Students will collaborate, communicate, and document their findings and begin sorting their data and complex information.
Sherri]]> 2023-01-18 20:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448972031 Decomposition Activities https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448990506 Students are presented with complex situations or examples to break them down or strategize for better understanding and solving the problem.
Teacher might use examples like making your favorite recipe; planning a birthday party, real-world experiences that could save the environment, helping someone, etc... using visual representations, and journaling.  Here is a maker space resource
Sherri

]]> 2023-01-18 21:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2448990506 Algorithm Activities https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2449005712 Students will learn how to use algorithmic thinking or sequential steps to develop solutions to a problem.  An example might be baking a cake - what are the steps.  What happens if you mis a step?  Students will collaborate and discuss sequencing and order - the importance of.
Have students create an algorithm of getting to their resource classes in the from their homeroom classrooms; or what they do when they get ready for bed,, etc...
Key questions plan a vital role in algorithms -how would the order impact the outcome (reflective thinking).  What changes need to  occur?
Sherri]]> 2023-01-18 21:34:19 UTC https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2449005712 Pattern Recognition https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2449028138 Sort it
Provide lots of opportunities to explore many kinds of materials that can be sorted and categorized by size or shape. These include small plastic toys such as animals and vehicles, Unifix cubes (or other "manipulatives"), blocks, or other small objects such as coins, stamps, cups, and bottle caps. Have children explore different ways sort objects into similar groups. The groups, or categories, could be general concepts such as "hard things" "soft things" or something personal, such as "things that were gifts," "things I found."

Same and different
Help your child learn about different classifications scientists use to help them organize information. Use children's books from the library to learn more about different classifications of animals, for example, mammals and reptiles. Discuss what reptiles and mammals have in common, and what makes each unique.
For more information go to https://www.readingrockets.org/article/patterns-and-categorizing 
Dara Davis

]]> 2023-01-18 22:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2449028138 Algorithms in Science https://padlet.com/librario/2gu2nnw9ui/wish/2449033839 Example:
Coding states of matter 

Bringing basic coding to science curriculum on a topic like the states of matter is made easy with a resource like Ozobot. These tiny robots are sensitive to color, so when students draw lines, say on a map, the robot will do different tricks depending on the pattern and colors of the lines. Brown has used the bots to teach second graders about the states of matter – liquid, solid and gas.


She made up a story about the Ozobot looking for his long-lost brother in different parts of the world where there were different states of matter. Students must determine what state of matter they might encounter, for example, in Alaska and how the robot would move in that state. (Hint: ice makes for slow movement). What about in hot Bermuda? (Bot speeds increase). Students use Ozobot color-code markers and click-type coding on the robot itself to guide the robot through various states of matter at the proper speed.  
For more info visit https://www.iste.org/explore/computer-science/teach-coding-and-computational-thinking-elementary-students
Dara Davis
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