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• Teach the Teddy Bear jump rope rhyme and movements to children. Children can stand up and jump and dance along as if they have jump

ropes

I. Warm Up: Teddy Bear Jump Rope

• Explain to children that today they will create a program in ScratchJr to go along with the jump rope rhyme Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear.

• Tell the children that they will learn how to make their own teddy bear character. Then they will program their bear to do the Teddy Bear

chant.

• Help the children translate the movements into ScratchJr symbols.

II. Opening Tech Circle: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Movements

• Introduce the Paint Editor tool.

• Give children time to make a Teddy Bear character in ScratchJr.

III. ScratchJr Time: Paint Editor & Make your Teddy Bear

• Tell the class that next time we will get to actually program the jump rope dance!

• Ask them what other songs and dances they think they could program. Each child can share an idea.

IV. Closing Tech CIrcle: Looking Ahead

Lesson 7 Overview: Lesson 7 introduces the Paint Editor tool in ScratchJr. Children also practice

planning and brainstorming as they begin their Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear projects.

Powerful Ideas from Computer Science: Algorithms, Modularity, Representation

Powerful Ideas from Literacy: Sequencing, Phonological Awareness

ScratchJr Blocks:

Start on Green Flag

End

Motion Blocks

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Vocabulary:

Brainstorm