#coding-across-curriculum

Use Scratch to teach storytelling in a 5th-grade ELA class. Project: 'Animate a Narrative'. 1. Introduction (1 hour): Teach Scratch basics (sprites, backdrops, motion blocks, say blocks). 2. Storyboarding (1 hour): Students plan a short story with a beginning, middle, and end on paper. 3. Coding (3 hours): Students create their animated story in Scratch, programming characters to move and speak dialogue. 4. Peer Feedback (1 hour): Students share their projects and give 'two stars and a wish' feedback. 5. Revision (1 hour): Students revise their animations based on feedback. Assessment: rubric based on narrative structure, character development, and coding complexity (e.g., use of loops, conditional statements).