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💻 Kindergarten · Computer Science1A-AP-10Unit 2: Algorithms & sequences (unplugged)

Directional coding

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🎯 Objective: Students write arrow code to move a character on a grid.

Lesson outline

  1. Floor grid.
  2. Write arrow programs.
  3. Test.
  4. Exit: write a 4-step path.

Lesson 2 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-10

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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