In 2024 – 2025 Third Graders will attend Creative Computing classes two times a cycle in half groups for 45 minutes each time.
Robotics
Students explore basic computational thinking concepts: decomposition, pattern recognition, and algorithms as they program Finch robots with block-based code. This fall, students are focusing on programming the Finch to draw designs with geometric shapes.
Turtle Art
This app for the iPad offers students a coding experience that is graphics based. It is an intuitive yet powerful way to explore geometry and programming and create beautiful art at the same time.
Scratch
Grade Three students will receive a school Scratch account that they can use at school or at home. Scratch programming activities include drawing characters called sprites, animating them, and using these sprites to create simple games. The Scratch unit continues to build computational thinking skills. When they become a member of the Scratch online community Third Graders also have a chance to practice digital citizenship in a protected environment.
Digital Citizenship
The theme of being respectful and safe when using devices and accounts weaves throughout the classes. In addition to learning about being a responsible member of the Scratch community, students also practice Digital Citizenship as they begin to use a new Friends Seminary Google Drive account.
Choice
At the end of the year, students are encouraged to choose from many hands-on possibilities, including:
Building Lego extensions to the Finch robot
Drawing collaborative paths for the Ozobot robot
Designing with ProCreate and Tinkercad
Cutting geometric shapes with the Cricut Maker
