CodeHS Designs Ready-to-Go Lessons for Elementary Teachers
Teachers can integrate CodeHS Elementary lessons into their school day seamlessly with lessons that are fully equipped with everything needed to teach a computer science lesson
CodeHS Elementary Ready-to-Go Lessons are designed so that teachers can prepare in minutes. Whether instructors have been teaching coding for years or they are brand new to teaching computer science, Ready-to-Go lessons provide teachers with the materials to smoothly and easily integrate coding lessons into the school day.
CodeHS Elementary lessons include tools to set teachers up for success and include resources like lesson slides, student facing videos, handouts, lesson plans, and more! Through CodeHS lessons, students create digital stories, games, tools, and scientific models while learning the basics of coding. You can watch this 2 minute video for a quick overview of an elementary lesson, including the new Ready-to-Go lesson design.
Ready-to-Go Lesson Components
Lesson slides guide teachers and students through the lesson, and include discussion questions, coding activities, and videos.
Student-facing videos embedded in the slides guide students and teachers through coding concepts.
Interactive Activities are designed to engage students throughout the lesson, and introduce them to the coding concepts.
Lesson Plans outline objectives, prerequisites, required materials, vocabulary, extensions, rubrics, and lesson pacing. You can read through a sample lesson plan here.
Starter Code provides a preview of the starter program students will be provided with at the beginning of the activity.
Sample Programs are provided for teachers to give them an example of code that would work for that specific lesson.
Printable Handouts are also included in some lessons to reinforce important skills and concepts.
You can explore the Comparing Organisms lesson featured above here or you can work through other Ready-to-Go lesson examples by visiting codehs.com/elementary/.
To speak with our team about bringing CodeHS Elementary to your school, contact us here.
