Author Megan Meyer Title of Lesson Scratch Practice Subject/Course Information Literacy Grade Level 3rd - 5th Grade Duration ~40 minutes Model Curriculum Competencies Add audio recordings and visual displays to presentations to enhance development of main ideas or themes. With some guidance and support, use technology and keyboarding skills to produce and publish a product and to interact and collaborate with others. Apply proper etiquette when using technology. Identify and practice ethical and safe online behavior. Select and utilize an appropriate digital media to enhance a content-specific product. AASL Standards I.A.2. Leaners display curiosity and initiative by recalling prior and background knowledge as context for new meaning. I.B.3. Learners engage with new knowledge by following a process that includes generating products that illustrate learning. IV.C.2. Learners exchange information resources within and beyond their learning community by contributing to collaboratively constructed information sites by ethically using and reproducing others’ work. VI.A.1. Learners follow ethical and legal guidelines for gathering and using information by responsibly applying information, technology, and media to learning. Instructional Objectives SWBAT: Create a Scratch account and follow one of the tutorials’ directions to arrange an identical coding sequence. Content Specific Vocabulary Coding – the process of assigning a code to something for the purposes of classification or identification Megan Meyer Elementary Lesson Plan Command – an instruction or signal that causes a computer to perform one of its basic functions Function – a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program Programming – the action or process of writing computer programs Programming Language – a language designed for programming computers Sequence – the successive order of two or more things Materials/Resources/Equipment Chromebooks Scratch Promethean Board Instructional Procedures Greet students at the library doors. Have them sanitize their hands, and then sit in a seat above a sit spot. Introduce today’s lesson and activity. Work on Scratch. Log onto Chromebooks. Create Scratch accounts. Get their headphones. Create a short project by following a tutorial. Send it/Submit it to me. End Class. Pack up and line up. Formative Assessment Follow one of the Scratch tutorials to create a short project and share it with me. Assignment Create a Scratch account and follow one of the tutorials on Scratch to create a short game, movie, or story. Accommodations 3rd Grade – Aiyanna and Chase need some extra check-ins to keep them focused on their work and not messing around. Anthony needs monitoring to make sure he’s working. Rylan may need check-ins to keep him under control. 4th Grade – Franklin, Mark, Aron, and Briley might need Megan Meyer Elementary Lesson Plan some clarification and extra check-ins to get them through step-by-step. Justin and Olivia can play around on Scratch Jr. might be better on the IPads for them though. Assess on the day. 5th Grade – Justin, Neil, Brycen, Serina, and Addisyn may need some extra check-ins and help. Keep an eye for their hands because they’re good about asking for help.