Coding With Scratch - For Beginners (Flex Class) Fall Theme

Completed by 1 learner

Ages 6-9

Live Group Class

In this week flex class (no live classes), students will learn and enhance their coding skills by creating a variety of projects on Scratch.

Cynthia Burleigh, Certified Teacher

Average rating:

4.9

Number of reviews:

(477 reviews)

No live video meetings

1 week

2-6 learners per class

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What's included

Homework

This flex class provides the opportunity to join class anytime and work on your project at your convenience.

Assessment

You will submit your final project to Scratch Studio. Teacher will provide link.

Class Experience

US Grade 1 - 3

Beginner Level

Please note this is a flex class. There are no live meetings. Teacher will interact with students through Outschool by providing a presentation and video weekly.  This flex class provides the opportunity to join class anytime and work on your project at your convenience. 

Lessons are aimed for students with some coding experience.  Students will need to follow along with teacher via video.  This is a great opportunity to learn the basics of programming, problem solving and critical thinking skills through coding. 

Students will learn and work the following commands in a series of classes:  
- use different event blocks to start your program  
- code one or more sprites
- change the look and size of a sprite
- use one or more backdrops
- create/modify you sprites and backdrop
- add speech to sprites
- add sounds to your project
- use repeat/forever/if - then controls
- hide and show sprites
- use simple variables 
- use operators 
- pen tool to draw 

What to expect weekly: 
- Code project as you follow along with video
- Pause, rewind, and review video as needed
- Communicate with teacher using Outschool message board with questions 
- Share project link if you need teacher to review an error
- Optional challenge provided at the end  
- Share final project on Scratch (teacher will provide link)

Lessons posted daily:  
Lesson #1 - O Christmas Tree
Lesson #2 - The Grinch
Lesson #3 - Gingerbread Man Maze
Lesson #4 - Santa Game
Lesson #5 - Happy New Year

Other Details

Parental Guidance

Students will need to create a Scratch account in order to save projects and share with teacher. Scratch is free.

External Resources

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:

Scratch

Meet the teacher

Cynthia Burleigh, Certified Teacher

Joined September, 2020

4.9

477reviews

Profile

Teacher expertise and credentials

Texas Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education

***I will be taking some personal time off starting August 2024***

Hello! My name is Cynthia Burleigh. I live in Texas. I graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington with a Bachelor in Science in Information Systems. I started my career in a banking institute, but quickly realized I wanted to become a teacher. I have been working in education for 15 years, 3 years teaching with Outschool. I am Bilingual Certified - speak English and Spanish and teach Bilingual and ESL students. My teaching experience includes: Robotics, Codings, Spanish, Pre K - 3rd grade Bilingual instruction, Bilingual Reading Specialist, and STEM teacher. 

I love to teach Reading, Math, Spanish, Technology and STEM (including robotics). I love spending time with family, teaching, and running. A little fun fact about me...I run marathons for fun! I can't wait to see you in class.