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Dance Alone

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Students will be introduced to coding with Scratch Jr.

Write an algorithm to get Tic to move using the motion blocks.

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Coding

Algorithm

Event

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Introduction to Scratch Jr.

Instructions on how to do the project

Simon Says Cards

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Dance Alone

Coding

Algorithm

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Engage: Play the simon says game with the Simon Says Cards. Have the students act out the different motions. Don’t tell them what the the jump action does and tell them they will figure that one out themselves.

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Introduce: Show them how to open Scratch Jr. and get a new project. Show the sample project and tell them that the name of his dance “The hoppy head dance” or whatever you want to call your dance. .

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Model: Ask them if they know what is missing from the code. Remind them of the Simon Says game so that they remember that it needs a flag to start and model how you hook on the flag and then press the flag at the top to start the code.

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Model: Ask them what do you think each of the motion blocks will do. Show how you pull them out and click on the motion. Then show them them how to click them together like a puzzle.

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Model: Have students close their eyes and picture what they want their character to do. Have them think what blocks they would need. Ask them what would they name their dance. Have them go back to their seat and code tic to dance.

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Share and Debrief: As you are walking around ask students to tell you what their code does and have them point to the different parts of their algorithm and ask what the name of the dance is. Have students get up and look at a few of the other dances. Then ask them to tell something that they liked about a project they saw.

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Code

A set of instructions written in a language the computer understands.

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A list of steps to follow to complete a task.

Algorithm

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Video Instructions: Dance Alone

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This video gives instructions on how to do get the character to dance.

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Login to Code HS

Select the “Dance Alone” project

Choose your teacher icon

Choose your name

Choose your picture password

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Coding Challenge

Add a flag event

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Coding Challenge

Add code to make Tic Dance

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Coding Challenge

Add a background

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Coding Challenge

Use at least motion blocks to create an algorithm to make your sprite move?

Add a Background

Use the flag event to start your dance

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Debrief

What did this block make your sprite do?

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Sample Code

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Activities

Read the Book “Peter the Cat and Cool Cat Boogie” by Kimberly and James Dean and discuss how no dance is bad and that it is ok if every dance is different
Have students get up and dance their own dance that they wrote. Have them switch computers with a neighbor and dance the dance that their neighbor wrote.
Add a background to have the dance in a location like the forest.
Give Tic a Friend and have them dance together.
Have a discussion about that one of the reasons that we learn to code is so that we can create our own things on the computer and not just use what other people have done.

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Core Connections

Computational Thinking (CT):

Standard 1.CT.1

Determine the steps needed to solve a problem and develop a sequence of instructions.

Algorithms and Programming (AP):

Standard 1.AP.2

Break down (deconstruct) algorithms and list the steps needed to solve a problem into a sequence of tasks and sub-tasks.

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