Berkley Community School

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Here’s what’s going on in the Computer Lab this month

 

 

Kindergarten and first-grade students are finishing up the Code.org curriculum. Coding has taught them about patterns and sequencing, and with this program, they have also learned how technology helps people learn, play, and work. They have all done a wonderful job! Later this month, kindergarten students will put their coding skills to work to code our “Indi Robots”!

 

This month second-grade students will be creating their own games using “events”. They will build a “Flappy Game” and a “Chase Game” learning how to program keys on the keyboard to allow the characters to move. This is always a very fun and creative unit.

 

To start this month, third grade students will be working with Google Slides. They will each make their own animated alliteration slide which will then be part of a class slideshow. This is always a fun project for the students and they learn all about collaboration and being part of something bigger. Later in the month they will return to Code.org and learn about “coding conditionals”. Conditionals help computers make choices and are a very important component of coding. The most used conditionals are if/then, if/else, and while. Students will be learning about all 3 of these to solve some fun puzzles in Code.org.

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This month, fourth grade students will work on their final project of the year. They will be creating a research project and presentation about either Mexico or Canada. This will be part of their social studies curriculum as well. Next month, we will have a celebration in class, complete with salsa and syrup, so that they may show their projects to their classmates and teacher.

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Have a great month!

 ~Mrs. DiMascio