Your May 2026 CodeHop Insider 🐿️
⭐️ Course Updates
Several course updates will go into effect this summer in preparation for the 26-27 school year!
Our K-5 CS and K-5 Interdisciplinary CS pathways will be fully aligned to the upcoming new CSTA standards by the fall!
New K-5 CS courses will be available to assign to class sections starting in June!
🤖 Digital Literacy & AI Pathway
We’re building a general pathway to show the scope and sequence of our Digital Literacy and AI offerings across the K-5 grade levels. This pathway will officially launch this summer for the 26-27 school year and will align to both state standards and the upcoming new grade-level-specific CSTA standards. Preview the roadmaps today in their K-2 and 3-5 strands to see how lesson topics are covered from kindergarten through fifth grade.
🎉 Lesson Spotlights
Sorting with Charts: This 1st grade lesson introduces students to artificial intelligence as they learn how patterns help computers make decisions. In this lesson, students will be able to classify objects using decision trees and simple charts.
Reporting Cyberbullying: This 5th grade digital citizenship lesson asks students to demonstrate how to report cyberbullying and act as an upstander online. By the end of this lesson, students will know how to respond if they see someone getting bullied online.
🧠 AI Funding Shift
Federal priorities are evolving, and AI is becoming a key factor in how schools compete for funding. Programs that integrate AI are gaining an edge in grant opportunities. For schools, now is the time to build AI literacy, support teachers, and implement scalable programs that prepare students for what’s next. CodeHS makes it easy to get started with ready-to-use AI curriculum and tools.
🍎 Teacher Appreciation Week Giveaway
Teacher Appreciation Week may be over, but our celebration of educators isn’t! We’re still excited to recognize the amazing teachers who make a difference every day, and there’s still time to enter our giveaway before it ends on Friday, May 15.
Prizes Include:
CodeHS: CodeHS crewneck sweatshirt
CodeHop: CodeHop crewneck sweatshirt
Tynker: “I Teach Kids to Code” t-shirt & Codey plush
🎥 Upcoming Free Webinar
Getting Started with CodeHop
June 10th at 3:30-4:30pm CT
Are you teaching CS with CodeHop next school year? This webinar 90-minute is designed to help you get started with our K-5 curriculum, show you around the Scratch-based and ScratchJr-based IDE, set up your sections, and confidently teach your first lesson—with minimal prep! These live webinars are a great opportunity to ask questions and get guidance.
📱 Stay Connected
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🐿️ Happy coding, friends! 🤖
- The CodeHS Team