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