CS Principles Lesson Writing Guide

THEMES, VALUES, PEDAGOGY

Themes and Values

• Equity, Access, Diversity• Creative Engagement • Authenticity – Real World• Active – not passive• Computational Thinking• Appeal through content and

pedagogy!

CS P Pedagogy Ideas

• Inquiry • Peer Instruction• Paired Work/Programming• Intentional Method• Flipped Model

8 STEPS TO A CSP LESSON

8 Steps to a CSP Lesson

1. Content: What do they need to know?2. Computational thinking: What do they need to

learn to do? 3. Evaluation: How do I confirm they learned it?

(Start with end in mind)4. Activity: How do they show they learned it? 5. Instruction: How do they get to the point of being

successful?6. Resources: What do others need to implement this

lesson?7. Misc: Wrapping up the lesson doc8. Reflection: Was this a good lesson?

1. Title2. Time3. Prior Knowledge4. Overview5. Objectives6. Guiding Questions7. Resources8. Lesson Outline9. Lesson Instructions10.Assessment, Rubrics11.Standards

Lesson Plan Doc

1. Standards2. Objectives3. Guiding Questions4. Assessment, Rubrics5. Lesson Outline6. Lesson Instructions7. Resources8. Title9. Prior Knowledge10.Overview11.Time

Order of Construction

What do they need to know?

• Pick Learning Objective, Essential Knowledge Statement, and CSTA standard

• Cover many in the same lesson experience• Craft Essential/Guiding Question(s)

– What question(s) need to be answered to lead a student to the essential knowledge statements?

Example:

EK 4.1.1.a Sequencing, selection, iteration, and recursion are building blocks of algorithms.

• Selection uses a Boolean condition to determine which of two parts of an algorithm are used.

EQ: How are different instructions in an algorithm selected?

What do they need to learn to do?

• Computational thinking– Identify the skills/practices– Come from the EK and EQ

Example:

EK 4.1.1.a Sequencing, selection, iteration, and recursion are building blocks of algorithms.

• Selection uses a Boolean condition to determine which of two parts of an algorithm are used.

EQ: How are different instructions in an algorithm selected?P2: Developing computational artifacts

Cc. Use appropriate algorithmic and information-management principles.

How do I confirm they learned?

• Create Summative Assessment idea– Examples: Project, Essay, Test (selected

response, short answer)

• How will they hand in the work?– Labeled screenshots that connect to

rubric– Electronically? Self-grade/Peer-

reviewed?

• Create rubric, exemplar, or answer key first (or in conjunction with handout)

How do they show they learned?

• Create the assessment handout• Provide links to extra resources

How do they get to be successful?

• Lesson Outline• Lesson Details– Teaching strategies– Activities (Handouts)

• Formative Assessment – Checking for understanding

What do others need to teach this?• Materials – Software, websites• Content Support – Links, Docs,

Textbook references

Title, Summary• Title• Summary – short paragraph

Lesson Evaluation

• Can I imagine what the students create?

• Do the assessments match the CSP objectives?

• Does the lesson appeal to a wide audience?

• Is my pedagogy tuned to the content and is it engaging?