5th & 3rd Grade Coding - Plan for the next few weeks!

Hello!  Things have slowed down drastically in 5th Grade Coding and in 3rd grade we have hit a bit of a wall also.  Many of the students have had difficulty in advancing their programming beyond the basic concept they came up with several weeks ago.  They have great ideas but are stuck after having built the basic framework of their game.  With this in mind we are shifting to a new set of lessons planned for the upcoming weeks.

I will create small programs for the students to "remix" and fix.  Each will focus on a new set of skills that they may find helpful in writing their own programs.  My thinking is that these lessons may get them past their difficulties.  While they may not finish the project they have planned, they will gain the skills needed to finish the project.

 If your student is really interested in finishing this project, they can continue working at their own pace, on their own time, and finish when they are able.  I can continue to provide assistance to these students through the next semester, as some of these projects are quite good and deserve the chance to be seen through to the end.  I feel like these are worthwhile goals and maybe we were just over reaching for the time we had available in the semester.

Click on the picture below to link to the Scratch site for our first remix: