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Sunday, October 14, 2018
Sunday, October 7, 2018
Sunday, September 30, 2018
Monday, September 24, 2018
Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Standardized Testing
Standardized testing 1st grade style! These children look extremely stressed, right? Ha! Got to love comfortable seating while testing!
Sunday, September 16, 2018
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
Coding!
On Tuesday afternoons, we code! Each lesson begins with whole group instruction going over techniques and vocabulary. The students are learning about programs, code, sequences, bugs and debugging. Next there is an individual activity that each child completes. The students work through each level, developing a code to help the Bot make it to his destination. After we master these skills, we will be able to work with our classroom robots, Dot and Dash.
This is a great activity to teach problem solving. The students do not get the correct code right away. They fail. They get frustrated. Yet, they always figure it out. Their first reaction is to come directly to me and say, "I can't do it." YET. You can do it YET! They just have to keep trying, focus on the problem and boom! They write the code.
It is mentally exhausting for some (he's teasing me).
But they are so happy when they write the code!
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