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3rd Grade, Davis, 01-30 – Code.org Lesson 3: Introduction to Online Puzzles

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THIS VIDEO GOES OVER THE EXPECTATIONS FOR TODAY!

Our 2nd semester will focus more on coding than media creation, though we will have other lessons sprinkled in.

Regardless of the lesson, FouloisTech.info should be your destination every time you come into class. This space will be used to provide announcements, lessons, and other resources.

  1. Objective:
    1. Students will be able to:
      • Break down a long sequence of instructions into the largest repeatable sequence.
      • Modify an existing program to solve errors.
      • Order movement commands as sequential steps in a program.
  2. Announcements:
    1. The last day for late work is Thursday, March 20th!

      1. This deadline is 2 weeks before the end of the Quarter. That time is needed to ensure all late work handed in before then is graded in a timely fashion.
      2. For the last 2 weeks of the Quarter, all assignments must be handed in on the day they're assigned unless there is an excused absence on file.
    2. Previous Lessons: Lesson 2
  3. Today's Lesson: Code.org Lesson 3: Introduction to Online Puzzles
    1. Vocabulary:
      1. Algorithm - A list of steps to finish a task.
      2. Bug - Part of a program that does not work correctly.
      3. Collaborate - Work together on an activity
      4. Debugging - Finding and fixing problems in an algorithm or program.
      5. Loop - The action of doing something over and over again.
      6. Program - An algorithm that has been coded into something that can be run by a machine.
      7. Programming - The art of creating a program.
    2. Code.org levels should be completed in Code.org, which you should log into through Clever.
    4. There are ten (10) levels (though I tend to call them bubbles) for this lesson. You will need to COMPLETE (PERFECT) at least seven (7) of the bubbles by meeting the objectives in each portion.
      1. (Levels 8, 9, & 10 are CHALLENGE Levels. You should try them, but they're extra credit.)
  4. This is an IN-CLASS assignment, NOT HOMEWORK. Please stay on task to complete this work by the end of class!