Session Plan — Story Coders

A child is the "camel"; friends give arrow-card commands to reach the oasis.

• Challenge Lay the arrow cards in order so the camel reaches the water. Then run the program — step on each square!
• Experiment It went the wrong way! Which card do we fix? Let us debug together.

Children use a repeat ("loop") to program the camel with fewer cards.

• Challenge Instead of ↑ ↑ ↑, can we say "↑ three times"? Build the loop.
• Experiment The loop went too far! How many repeats did we need?

Four story cards are out of order; children re-sequence them.

• Question Can the seed grow before it is planted? What must come first?
• Create Now tell the fixed story to a friend in your two languages.

Children re-sequence the events of a day and explain the order.

• Question Can we sleep before we wake up? Put the day in order.
• Discuss Could two things swap places and still make sense?

If the card shows rain, then hop; if sun, then stretch tall.

• Movement Watch the card. IF rain, THEN hop like a raindrop!

Children build a movement pattern from if/then rules and predict it.

• Movement Clap for red, stomp for blue. Red, red, blue — what do we do?
• Question If the pattern keeps going, what move comes next?

An open question about a story; children give reasons and may disagree.

• Question The ant kept all the food for winter and the grasshopper went hungry. Was the ant right? Why?
• Discuss Someone sees it differently. Can you tell us your reason — and can we listen?
• Reflect Did anyone change their mind? Changing your mind for a good reason is brave, not weak.

Children name how a story character feels and reason about why.

• Reflect How does the character feel here — and what makes you think so?
• Discuss What would help the character feel better? Give a reason.

A child is the "camel"; friends give arrow-card commands to reach the oasis.

• Challenge Lay the arrow cards in order so the camel reaches the water. Then run the program — step on each square!
• Experiment It went the wrong way! Which card do we fix? Let us debug together.

Children use a repeat ("loop") to program the camel with fewer cards.

• Challenge Instead of ↑ ↑ ↑, can we say "↑ three times"? Build the loop.
• Experiment The loop went too far! How many repeats did we need?

Four story cards are out of order; children re-sequence them.

• Question Can the seed grow before it is planted? What must come first?
• Create Now tell the fixed story to a friend in your two languages.

Children re-sequence the events of a day and explain the order.

• Question Can we sleep before we wake up? Put the day in order.
• Discuss Could two things swap places and still make sense?

If the card shows rain, then hop; if sun, then stretch tall.

• Movement Watch the card. IF rain, THEN hop like a raindrop!

Children build a movement pattern from if/then rules and predict it.

• Movement Clap for red, stomp for blue. Red, red, blue — what do we do?
• Question If the pattern keeps going, what move comes next?

An open question about a story; children give reasons and may disagree.

• Question The ant kept all the food for winter and the grasshopper went hungry. Was the ant right? Why?
• Discuss Someone sees it differently. Can you tell us your reason — and can we listen?
• Reflect Did anyone change their mind? Changing your mind for a good reason is brave, not weak.

Children name how a story character feels and reason about why.

• Reflect How does the character feel here — and what makes you think so?
• Discuss What would help the character feel better? Give a reason.

A child is the "camel"; friends give arrow-card commands to reach the oasis.

• Challenge Lay the arrow cards in order so the camel reaches the water. Then run the program — step on each square!
• Experiment It went the wrong way! Which card do we fix? Let us debug together.

Children use a repeat ("loop") to program the camel with fewer cards.

• Challenge Instead of ↑ ↑ ↑, can we say "↑ three times"? Build the loop.
• Experiment The loop went too far! How many repeats did we need?

Four story cards are out of order; children re-sequence them.

• Question Can the seed grow before it is planted? What must come first?
• Create Now tell the fixed story to a friend in your two languages.

Children re-sequence the events of a day and explain the order.

• Question Can we sleep before we wake up? Put the day in order.
• Discuss Could two things swap places and still make sense?

If the card shows rain, then hop; if sun, then stretch tall.

• Movement Watch the card. IF rain, THEN hop like a raindrop!

Children build a movement pattern from if/then rules and predict it.

• Movement Clap for red, stomp for blue. Red, red, blue — what do we do?
• Question If the pattern keeps going, what move comes next?

An open question about a story; children give reasons and may disagree.

• Question The ant kept all the food for winter and the grasshopper went hungry. Was the ant right? Why?
• Discuss Someone sees it differently. Can you tell us your reason — and can we listen?
• Reflect Did anyone change their mind? Changing your mind for a good reason is brave, not weak.

Children name how a story character feels and reason about why.

• Reflect How does the character feel here — and what makes you think so?
• Discuss What would help the character feel better? Give a reason.