Grade: Kinder
Subject: Math
Topic: Patterns
Description: Students will learn about patterns, problem solve, and learn to finish patterns as a way to learn about steps a computer takes to work.
Math TEK [K.1 (B)] Use a problem-solving model that incorporates analyzing given information, formulating a plan or strategy, determining a solution, justifying the solution, and evaluating the problem-solving process and the reasonableness of the solution.
Technology TEK: Critical Thinking, problem solving, and decision making. [K.4 (A)] identify what is known and unknown and what needs to be known regarding a problem and explain the steps to solve the problem;
Procedure:
Teacher discusses patterns and introduces students to Learning.com lesson – Computational Thinking Patterns.
4Cs: Critical Thinking, Communication
Resources Lesson Link
Device Type: Laptop, Chromebook, or Ipad
ISTE Standards: Computational Thinker – Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.