Grade 4 Computational Thinker Cornerstone Task Lesson

Grade 4 Computational Thinker Cornerstone Task Lesson

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 Teacher Preparation

 

Motivation

Multiple Means of Motivation:

  • Review Cornerstone Overview with students.
  • Introduce/Review Key Vocabulary that students may be familiar with.
  • Show students the Cornerstone Maze Requirements Tutorial video provided in the SF Module.  Consider having students sit on the floor to watch the video.
  • Pause the video periodically to ask students questions about the task requirements and check for understanding.

Learning Target:

  • Students will be introduced to Key Vocabulary and the Cornerstone Task

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Lesson

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Learning Target:

  • Students will understand the requirements of the Cornerstone Task

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Assessment

Multiple Means of Expression:

  • Students will complete the Cornerstone Trivia Questions.

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Learning Target: 

  • Students will have successfully written True/False Questions that can be used in their Maze.  Students will have begun to work through the Maze Requirements.

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 Teacher Preparation

 

Motivation

Multiple Means of Motivation:

  • Ask students what they remember about the requirements we discussed the previous class for our Cornerstone Task.  Tell students that today we are going to begin to code our mazes using Scratch for CS First.

Learning Target:

  • Students will review content from the previous lesson.

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Lesson

Multiple Means of Representation:

Learning Target:

  • Students will remix an assigned Scratch project in CS First.

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Assessment

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 Teacher Preparation

 

Motivation

Multiple Means of Motivation:

  • Review with students that they will continuing to work on their Maze Cornerstone Task today. 
  • Demonstrate for students how to get set up for class.
    • Opening G-Suite and then opening Cornerstone Requirements and Trivia Questions Google Docs
    • Open CS First and find project from the day before.
  • Play their Maze Game remix from the previous day.
  • Review all required changes.

Learning Target:

  • Students will review progress from previous class.

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Lesson

Multiple Means of Representation:

Learning Target:

  • Students will continue work on their remix of an assigned Scratch project in CS First.

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Assessment

Multiple Means of Expression:

Learning Target: 

  • Students will complete their remix Scratch project.
  • Students will share their remix with others.

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Extension

  • Add additional elements to the maze game such as:
    • change the background
    • play a sound
    • change the sprite
    • sprite does a “dance”
    • ask an additional question
    • flash colors

 

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 Teacher Preparation

 

Motivation

Multiple Means of Motivation:

  • Review with students that they will reflecting on their Maze Cornerstone Task today. 
  • Open CS First and find project from the day before.
  • Play their Maze Game remix from the previous day.

Learning Target:

  • Students will review progress from previous class.

Included in Student Facing Module:

Lesson

Multiple Means of Representation:

  • Pair up students as they complete their mazes to view one another's projects and play each others games. 

Learning Target:

  • Students will share their remix with others.

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Assessment

Multiple Means of Expression:

Learning Target: 

  • Students will reflect on their coding experience by responding to a discussion post.

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