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Sorting Matrix Coding – Fine Motor

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Sorting Matrix Digital Activities to teach If/Then/Else coding language (Conditionals). Everything you need to teach students about conditionals and let them practice using the terminology. This resource includes 12 digital slides with moveable pieces that works in Google Slides or PowerPoint. This set has fine motor building materials including building blocks, play dough, pattern blocks, and counters – without the mess!

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Sorting Matrix Digital Activities to teach If/Then/Else coding language (Conditionals). Everything you need to teach students about conditionals and let them practice using the terminology. This resource includes 12 digital slides with moveable pieces that works in Google Slides or PowerPoint. This set has fine motor building materials including building blocks, play dough, pattern blocks, and counters – without the mess!

Teaching coding concepts works best when we do familiar activities but use new language. Students have been doing sorting activities their whole lives. This activity asks them to do the same thing they have always done but think about it in a new way – as though they are a computer.

Included in the PDF:

  • Links to Digital Sorting Matrix Activities and Key (in Google Slides)
  • Rationale and Standards Addressed
  • Understanding If/Then/Else Guides
  • Resources to Learn and Teach Conditionals
  • Terms of Use and Credits

STANDARDS ADDRESSED

Strand: Computational Thinker

ISTE Standard: 5.a. formulate problem definitions suited for technology assisted methods such as data analysis, abstract models and algorithmic thinking in exploring and finding solutions.

ISTE Standard: 5.d. understand how automation works and use algorithmic thinking to develop a sequence of steps to create and test automated solutions.

I Can Statements:

I can create an algorithm for a simple pattern.

I can explain how technology helps to make a task easier.

I can understand that computers solve problems by finding patterns.

Product Terms:

Copyright © Brittany Washburn. Purchasing this file entitles you to ONE classroom use. You may use this with multiple classes but may not share with any other teachers. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. If multiple licenses are needed for use my more than one teacher or in more than one computer lab, additional licenses are discounted.

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Sorting Matrix Coding – Fine Motor

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