Description

In this lesson, after reading The Gingerbread Man, students will work in small groups to write a repetitive text story. This is a story with a phrase that is repeated, like a pattern, throughout the story. The project will culminate with students enacting their stories with Dash as the star of the show!

Objectives

• Participate in a collaborative conversation with peers
• Confirm understanding of a read aloud by asking and answering questions
• Listen to identify repeated text in The Gingerbread Man
• Speak audibly and present thoughts and feelings with clarity
• Work as a group to write a new version of The Gingerbread Man story
• Work as a group to enact their story
• Create a set of sequenced instructions for Dash to follow using the Blockly app
• Program a Simple Loop and Event Handler for Dash to follow

Lesson Procedure

• Class 1: Writing the Story (30 minutes)
  
• Class 2: Acting Out the Story (30 minutes)
• Class 3: Programming (60 minutes)

Curriculum Connections Summary

• Ontario - Mathematics - Algebra (Coding) & Language
• Quebec - Language
• New Brunswick - Language
• Nova Scotia - Language & ICT
• Alberta - Language & ICT
• British Columbia - Language & ADST
• Manitoba - Language
• Prince Edward Island - Language
• Saskatchewan - Language
• Newfoundland & Labrador - Language
• Yukon Territories - Follow's B.C.'s Curriculum
• Northwest Territories - Follows Alberta's Curriculum
• Nunavut - Follows Alberta's Curriculum