1) Beginning - Setting the Stage

Learning Targets/Success Criteria

Our Learning Target for today's lesson is:
- I will learn how to use coding to create a list of commands that program characters to move and behave in specific ways.
Our Success Criteria for today's lesson is:
- I can create a set of code commands that will program characters to move in specific ways in activities at Code.org.

Key Vocabulary

Word/Term	Definition	Image to Help Me Remember the Word
Coding	Giving a set of commands to your computer and expecting a certain outcome based on those commands.
Hour of Code	The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science and now is a global event to celebrate coding and computer science.

Connections for Today's Learning

Step 1: Watch the following videos to learn about Hour of Code and this year's theme of AI.

Watch this video to learn more about AI:

2) Middle - Lesson Content: Hour of Code Activities

Step 1: To get started with your Hour of Code activity, click on one of the following options below aligned to this year's theme of space:

or or or Space Invader Image.PNG or

If you want to explore more, try these from the Microsoft MakeCode Arcade and More:

3) Middle - Student Engagement

Collaboration

Step 1: Complete the Hour of Code 2024 - Scholar Final Submission survey by clicking here.

4) End - Assessment

Assignment

Step 1: When finished with the activity, click the “I Finished!” button to create and print your digital Certificate of Hour of Code Completion or by clicking on the following link and printing a certificate: click here

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Step 2: Type your name in the text-field and click the orange "Submit" button.

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Step 3: Show your digital certificate to your family and tell them about what you did for Hour of Code this year. (You can even print your certificate by clicking the gray "Print" button.)

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5) Lesson Supports and Extensions

Review...

Key Vocabulary

Word/Term	Definition	Image to Help Me Remember the Word
Coding	Giving a set of commands to your computer and expecting a certain outcome based on those commands.
Hour of Code	The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science and now is a global event to celebrate coding and computer science.

Learning Targets/Success Criteria

Our Learning Target for today's lesson is:
- I will learn how to use coding to create a list of commands that program characters to move and behave in specific ways.
Our Success Criteria for today's lesson is:
- I can create a set of code commands that will program characters to move in specific ways in activities at Code.org.

Scholar and Parent Toolbox

Lesson Extensions: Navigate to the following links for Lesson Extensions:

1) Click Here to access the homepage of Code.org

2) Click Here to access the bank of Hour of Code activities (Separated by Grade Levels)

3) Click Here to access the bank of Unplugged (No Technology Required) Activities

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