Conditionals Lesson Plan: Computational Thinking
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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP Jr. topic Conditionals, and supports the standard of developing strategies to solve problems. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.
Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE
Display this phrase:
If it is raining, then….
Prompt students to share an action they would do if the sentence were true.
Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE
- Play the Conditionals movie.
- Click the pause button each time a question appears in Annie’s Notebook and discuss it as a class. Then play to see how Annie answers it.
TIP: The pause button turns red to remind you to pause.
Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS
Students take the Easy Quiz or Hard Quiz, demonstrating what they learned about the topic while applying essential literacy skills.
Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND
Students express what they learned about conditionals while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student or grade-level needs.
- Draw About It: Draw a picture to illustrate a conditional statement.
- Activity: Use conditional statements to solve a problem.
- Talk About It: Fill in the chart to complete the conditional statements.
- Write About It: Use conditional statements to write a plan for a picnic.
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