Grade 1 Assignments

1/19/16-1/27/16

posted Jan 20, 2016, 5:29 AM by smullin@ps69k.org

In this lesson,students will take control of the artist to complete simple drawings.

Students will:

Create a program to complete an image using sequential steps
Select an argument for a given command
Choose the appropriate blocks to draw images with non-continuous line

12/07/16-12/15/16

posted Jan 6, 2016, 10:54 AM by smullin@ps69k.org

In this lesson students will help their bees to collect nectar from flowers and create honey in honeycombs. This builds on the Maze levels by adding action blocks to the movement blocks students are already familiar with.

12/18/15-01/06/15

posted Dec 18, 2015, 5:37 AM by smullin@ps69k.org

Debugging is an essential element of learning to program. In this lesson, students will encounter puzzles that have been solved incorrectly. They will need to step through the existing code to identify errors, including missing blocks, extra blocks, and misordered blocks.

12/09/15-12/17/15

posted Dec 7, 2015, 12:29 PM by smullin@ps69k.org

We are participating in the Hour of Code event. The Hour of Code is a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. Anybody can host an Hour of Code anytime, but the grassroots campaign goal is for tens of millions of students to try an Hour of Code during December 7-13, in celebration of Computer Science Education Week. Check out https://hourofcode.com/us for more information.

11/17-11/25/15

posted Nov 20, 2015, 5:31 AM by smullin@ps69k.org

In this first online activity students will become familiar with basic mouse use and the block-based programming interface they will be using throughout the course. Students will begin by simply dragging images on screen and then progress to dragging puzzle pieces into the proper order.

11/05-11/16/2015

posted Oct 14, 2015, 6:30 PM by smullin@ps69k.org [ updated Nov 10, 2015, 12:10 PM ]

This lesson will help students realize that in order to give clear instructions, they need a common language. Students will practice controlling one another using a simple combination of hand gestures. Once they understand the language, they will begin to "program" one another by giving multiple instructions in advance