Beginner

30 mins

Teacher/Student led

+105 XP

Teacher-led from the board. Pupils do not need a device, but can follow on one.

Digital or Not Digital

In this lesson you will explore different helpers around you. You will learn to tell apart those with screens or buttons from those without. You will sort them and explain why each one belongs in its group.

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1 Getting Started
2 Look and Wonder
3 Look for Screens and Buttons
4 Sort with Screen or Buttons
5 Board Check Together
6 Show and Draw
7 Make-sense Talk
8 Both Kinds Help Us
Pupil practice

Your turn

Your teacher is running this lesson on the board. Here is the part you can try yourself.

Your written work is on page 26

Observation

Sorting classifying

1 - Getting Started ~3 mins

The two helpers side by side: one with a screen, one without Look at these two helpers on the table. One of them has a screen you can tap. The other one has no screen at all. Which helper is which?

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

+5 XP

2 - Look and Wonder ~2 mins

The classroom tray of helpers children will examine for screens and buttons Some helpers have a screen or buttons. Some have no screen and no buttons. Look at our tray. Which ones have a screen or buttons?

👇 Mark your steps as done as you complete them.

+10 XP

3 - Look for Screens and Buttons ~3 mins

Watch carefully as we look at each helper. Does it have a screen? Does it have buttons? Point and tell your partner what you notice.

+15 XP

4 - Sort with Screen or Buttons ~7 mins

Look at our two hoops. One hoop is for helpers with a screen or buttons, and one is for helpers with none. We all help decide where each helper goes.

+15 XP

Pupil practice · Investigation Journal

Module 4 · Technology: Helpers, Algorithms, the Floor Robot and Scratchjr

Lesson 26 · Digital or Not Digital

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