Create an Animated Story

Grade: 1st grade

Subject:  Language Arts

Topic: Writing Literary Texts

Description:  Students use an introductory programming language that enables them to create their own interactive stories. Children snap together graphical programming blocks to make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. Students can us their own voices and sounds to narrate the story.

LA TEK: 3.16A  Writing/Literary Texts. Students write literary texts to express their ideas and feelings about real or imagined people, events, and ideas. Students are expected to: (A)  write imaginative stories that include: (i)  a clearly defined focus, plot, and point of view; (ii)  a specific, believable setting created through the use of sensory details; and (iii)  dialogue that develops the story

Technology TEK:  (1)Creativity and innovation (A)  create original products using a variety of resources; (2) Communication and collaboration (A) draft, edit, and publish products in different media individually and collaboratively; (3) (D) Acquire information appropriate to specific tasks.

4Cs: Creativity, Communication

Resources:  Lesson

Device Type: iPad Tablet, Android Tablet

Suggested Apps:  ScratchJr

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