Colorado Computer Science: Kindergarten
- Level Elementary School
- Number of Lessons 36
- Grade K
This course is aligned to the Colorado kindergarten Computer Science standards and is designed to provide computer science and digital literacy instruction for Colorado kindergarten students. It is meant to be taught approximately weekly.
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Getting Started
Welcome to CodeHop!Students will learn how to log in and use the CodeHop Playground. This short introductory lesson can be used on its own or right before a full lesson.Mouse PracticeStudents will demonstrate mouse skills by dragging and clicking with the mouse in multiple games.Keyboard IntroductionStudents will be able to use the letters, numbers, and basic functions of the keyboard effectively.Computational Thinking: Morning RoutinesStudents will be able to use computational thinking concepts to identify patterns, break down tasks, sequence steps, and simplify processes in their morning routines.Computer Basics: IntroductionStudents will be able to learn what a computer is, how we use it, and what to do when it doesn’t work. They will also be able to identify input, output, hardware, and software. |
Getting Started: Programming
Drawing Tools: Fairy Tale PaintingStudents will be able to use painting tools to create a fairy-tale scene.Scout Adventures 1: Introducing ScoutThis lesson is part of a sequential story-driven unit. Students will be able to explore the programming interface and add characters.Scout Adventures 2: Scout Starts ExploringThis lesson is part of a sequential story-driven unit. Students will be able to add backgrounds and a page to a program.Scout Adventures 3: Scout Meets a FriendThis lesson is part of a sequential story-driven unit. Students will be able to delete and modify characters in a program.Scout Adventures 4: Scout Explores the ForestThis lesson is part of a sequential story-driven unit. Students will be able to explore and use motion blocks to move characters around the stage in a program.Scout Adventures 5: Scout and Bluebird HelpThis lesson is part of a sequential story-driven unit. Students will be able to build a sequence of motion blocks to move characters around the stage to collect objects.Scout Adventures 6: Scout Celebrates with FriendsThis lesson is part of a sequential story-driven unit. Students will be able to create a celebration scene by adding characters, pages, backgrounds, and sequences of motion blocks with events. |
Digital Literacy
Being Kind OnlineStudents will be able to identify examples of inappropriate behavior, including cyberbullying, by recognizing kind and unkind online messages.Introduction to Responsible Technology UseStudents will be able to identify ways to use technology safely and responsibly, including understanding an Acceptable Use Policy (AUP).Keeping Information SafeStudents will be able to identify private and personal information.What Can Data Tell Us?Students will be able to collect, organize, and analyze data about school transportation.Sorting with Decision TreesStudents will be able to explain how AI uses data to learn and make decisions and create a simple decision tree to sort items based on rules.Introduction to Data Storage and FilesStudents will be able to recognize that computers store data as files and model how data is collected and stored.Using Networks to ConnectStudents will be able to describe how people and devices connect and share information using a network, with and without wires. |
Programming Exploration
Coding Card Game: SequencesStudents will be able to work together to create a sequence of instructions to move Scout through a maze.Acting with EventsStudents will be able to act out how an event can trigger an action.Introduction to EventsStudents will be able to create a program using different types of events.Sequences: Snowball FightStudents will be able to create a program using multiple sequences.Introduction to Grow and Shrink BlocksStudents will create a program that uses "grow" and "shrink" blocks to change the size of characters.Introduction to PagesStudents will be able to create a program with multiple pages.Introduction to Speed BlocksStudents will be able to create a program that uses different speed blocks to animate charactersLoopsStudents will be able to create a program using loops and explain how loops are used to repeat code.Introduction to ResearchStudents will be able to find information using research sources and create a program to communicate their research visually.Introduction to the Design ProcessStudents will be able to identify and participate in the steps of the design process with guidance to solve a simple problem through a programming animation. |
Interdisciplinary Connections
Our ResponsibilitiesStudents will be able to use sequences to program two characters to explain how to be responsible in school and at home.Phonics: Letter SoundsStudents will be able to create a phonics game using the “on tap” event and "record audio" block.Draw and TellStudents will be able to create a short scene in ScratchJr and write/dictate a sentence about the scene they created.How Living Things SurviveStudents will be able to illustrate and explain how living things survive in their environment.Story Problems: Add and Subtract within 10Students will be able to create a scene in ScratchJr that represents an addition or subtraction story problem.Decompose Numbers Up to 10Students will create an interactive program using events to visualize algebraic thinking and decomposing numbers.Creating ShapesStudents will use events to program shapes that can respond to user interaction. Students will combine the shapes to create a more complex shape. |
