Coding for Juniors PACK – Using Scratch Jr, notes, answer key, 21 pgs

This is a resource to introduce young students to the world of coding.

Coding is an essential skill in the digital curriculum for 21st Century learners.

Coding is the ability to create instructions that allow a set of actions to be carried out.

This resource gives an opportunity to expose early elementary students to the world of coding with the format used in the user friendly coding app Scratch Jr.

The resource doesn’t require a device or access to the internet. Students can cut and past the missing pieces of code into a blank box sequence to achieve the desired outcome on the worksheet.

There are two ways this resource can be used;

1. As a cut and paste worksheet. There are 4 different coding worksheets, with answers.

2. As a reusable independent learning center activity. There are 4 activity cards and a set of ‘coding blocks’ to cut out and laminate. These can all be kept in a tray or container and the students can then take the activity and work with it.

This resource comes with;

• Four worksheets of simple coding. The four increase in challenge.
• Three bonus worksheets
• Answers for each worksheet
• The worksheets as reusable instruction cards
• A set of direction blocks, grids, characters, objects and icons used in the worksheets