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💻 1st Grade · Computer Science1A-AP-14Unit 2: Algorithms & sequences (unplugged)

Debugging

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🎯 Objective: Students find and fix mistakes in a sequence.

Lesson outline

  1. Buggy dance.
  2. Fix arrows.
  3. Discuss.
  4. Exit: fix a bug.

Lesson 3 of 4 in this unit. In the Lesson Planner this lesson takes 1–3 class periods depending on your timetable: day 1 introduce & model, then practice, small-group reteach and a quick check.

📐 Standard

1A-AP-14

CSTA K–12 Computer Science Standards (grade band K–2)

🏁 Unit goals

  • Follow and write step-by-step instructions
  • Find and fix bugs

✅ Check for understanding

End with the exit ticket in the outline. Sort answers into got it / almost / not yet and start the next lesson with a 5-minute reteach for the “not yets”.

Practice & resources on Thinkabara

🦫 Encyclopedia: Coding🎹 Touch typing course⚡ Capy Live class quiz

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More lessons in “Algorithms & sequences (unplugged)”

  1. Step-by-step instructions
  2. Directional coding
  3. Debugging
  4. Loops

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