Activities for K-1 for the CS/DF Standards

K-1 CS/DF in NYS Examples and Resources

Activities and resources for the new NYSED digital fluency and computer science standards.  The activities are curated by educators around NY.  

NYSED CS/DF Activities and Examples

In this episode from PBS Kids, we discuss bananas and old-fashioned phones. Students also meet an Alaska Native elder and learn some important safety tips.

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In this video from Kids Academy, students learn to create a data set by measuring objects. They also learn to create a line plot for the data set.

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You can do all types of sorting activities using whatever you have in your classroom. This is an excellent way for students to explore abstraction, decomposition, patterns, and more.

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In this video from Little Smart Planet, students learn about days, weeks, months, and the year.

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In this Common Sense Education lesson on Digital Citizenship, students learn how to recognize the kind of private information. They will work in pairs to practice having boundaries in sharing information. Embedded Activities Collaborate Board Poll Draw It Open-Ended Question

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In this K-2 Digital Citizenship and Technology activity, students will recognize the different feelings they have when using technology.

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K-1.CT.10 Collaboratively create a plan that outlines the steps needed to complete a task.&nbsp;

Clarifying Statement: The focus should be on collaboratively identifying a planning process which can be written, drawn, or spoken.

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Example 1: Students could develop a plan with the class to compare two characters in a story. The class could create a chart to document their comparison with sections of the document numbered to correspond to each step of the plan. (ELA)

Example 2: Have students outline the steps to tying their shoes or getting ready for lunch and create a diagram showing each of the steps.

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In this Research Lesson, students build on their prior knowledge of fractals. Students make a poster and write a paragraph summarizing their conclusions about fractals. Embedded Activities Fill in the Blank Draw It Collaborate Board

In this Time to Climb Game students will identify what comes next in patterns.

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Learn essential aspects of computer science in this simple activity. Extend this to discuss more about algorithms.

K-1.IC.2 Identify and explain classroom and home rules related to computing technologies.

Rules could include when it’s okay to use a device, what programs or apps are okay to use, how to treat the equipment, etc.

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Example 1 Identify school rules to use computing technologies (e.g., don’t share your password).

Example 2: Explore rules on time limits teachers place on technology use in the classroom and why those limits are important.

Example 3: After discussing rules related to digital citizenship, students could play a game of telephone. Discuss how students can’t stop one person from telling others and how it can change from person to person.

K-1.CT.7 Identify terms that refer to different concrete values over time.

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Clarifying Statement: The focus is on observing that people use certain terms/labels to refer to a concept (E.g., Today’s Date, Today’s Weather, Word of the Week, Today’s Line Leader) whose specific value can change depending on the day or time..

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Example 1 Given a set of animals that live in the students’ region, the teacher might have students come up with different possible labels for groups of like animals (e.g., birds, plant-eating animals, etc.). Then, the teacher can show the students how the animals in each labeled group might change when using animals from different regions. (SCIENCE)

Example 2 Students could identify concepts in their classrooms whose value changes, such as the current date, the current weather, or the current student in a particular classroom job.

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K-1.CT.3 Identify ways to visualize data and collaboratively create a visualization of data.

Clarifying Statement: Ways to visualize data include tables, graphs, and charts.

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Example 1: Have students poll the class on their favorite food, color, game, etc., then compare bar charts, line, and/or pie graphs to best show the information. (MATH)

Example 2: Students could count and chart the number of pieces of each color of candy in a bag of candy, such as Skittles or M&amp;Ms. (SCIENCE, MATH)

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During snack time, children will prepare their plate for a snack by following a sequenced set of direction cards with a&nbsp;numeral on one&nbsp;and food on the other. The set of cards provides children an instruction with a loop (e.g., “3 oranges” instead of “orange, orange, orange”). As children engage in this activity, they will&nbsp;also be able to practice counting and comparing quantities.

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Observing and documenting weather changes (Science)

Lesson shared by Janette Camacho

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In this episode from PBS Kids, students learn how we use video chat to connect Puppyland with Outer Space, as one boy catches up with his grandpa, and another connects with his dad when he's working away from home.

In this video from Common Sense Education, students learn three rules for keeping their experiences online safe and fun. To see the full lesson, check out “Safety in My Online Neighborhood” in the DCL library.

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Career Exploration (K-2). In these lessons, students use VR to explore career fields and how these fields overlap with their skills and interests to answer the question “How can I be prepared for life after school?”

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This printable packet goes over great vocabulary, cause and effect, and has an engineering challenge.  These activities can fit many of the Computational Concept areas.

Explore abstraction and decomposition while exploring art. Discuss shapes, color combinations, and sequencing with these lessons.

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K-1.CT.4 Identify a problem or task and discuss ways to break it into multiple smaller steps.&nbsp;

Clarifying Statement: The focus is on identifying a complex (for the age group) task or problem to break apart into smaller steps. The focus should be on understanding why this process is helpful.

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Example 1 When giving directions to other students, it may be possible to create a “named” sub-direction that can be a part of other directions (e.g., going to the cafeteria may start with going to the library).

Example 2 Students could imagine a new student joined the class and is not familiar with the class routines. Then the students could discuss the different steps needed to get ready to go home from school that they would share with the new student.

Example 3 When solving an addition problem, students can decompose one of the addends into the sum of two smaller numbers. The class can discuss the different decompositions they created. This could be used as part of the math-making 10 strategies. (MATH)

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Creating a simple maze (Technology)

Lesson Plan by Janette Camacho

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Combine books in Book Creator

Each student creates a page in Book Creator and the teacher combines them into a book they share with their community. Tons of example ideas for this. Create a vocabulary book, phonics book, all about me page, etc.

In this K-2 Nearpod Digital Citizenship and Literacy lesson, students identify scenarios in which it is appropriate to seek help online and in applications. Students learn strategies for getting help both online and in applications. Embedded Activities Poll Open-Ended Question Collaborate Board Quiz Fill in the Blank Draw It

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Join Robot and friends in an interactive storybook to learn about and practice computational thinking.

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Play a few rounds of Would You Rather to discuss all sorts of topics that align with CS.

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Navigate our data-filled world by discussing the data all around us

Grab these coloring sheets or print out the posters to discuss important topics. Then, have your students create ones about computer science. Your students too young for these? Have them create their own that are age appropriate!

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K-1.CT.9 Identify and fix (debug) errors within a simple algorithm.

Clarifying Statement: The focus should be on identifying small errors within a simple algorithm and fixing the errors collaboratively.

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Example 1: As a class, students could create an algorithm for a classroom task, like sharpening pencils or washing hands, then try out the directions and fix any errors.

Example 2: Students could use a simple robot to give directions on a grid. If they weren’t successful in coding to the right location, the students could state where the bug was and how they can fix it. They can then reprogram the robot to see if their debugging was successful.

In this K-2 Digital Citizenship and Technology Draw It activity, students will explore ways to connect online by viewing examples and filling out a graphic organizer.

In this K-2 Digital Citizenship and Technology Draw It activity, students will work with a partner to write and draw directions for a task.

Maze Generator

Use the online maze generator to create all sorts of mazes.  Have your students write down directions for others to solve their mazes. Talk about how to change variables, and loops to help solve the puzzle.

Studying the life cycle of a butterfly (Science)

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In this interactive game students can begin by reviewing different forms of technology (i.e.keyboard, laptop, monitor) and then play a game to identify those technology pieces in a room. Each time students correctly click on a form of technology, the item responds to show they were correct.

K-1.DL.1 Identify and explore the keys on a keyboard.

The focus is on exploring physical and/or touchscreen keyboards, and for students to be able to identify specific keys such as arrow keys, enter, space bar, backspace.

Example 1: Example 1: Students can practice spelling their names and sight words. (ELA)

Example 2: Students can use a keyboard to type words beginning with a letter of the alphabet for a class book or presentation. (ELA)

K-1.IC.3 Identify computing technologies in the classroom, home, and community.

The focus should be on recognizing familiar computing technologies that we use in our lives.

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Example 1 A teacher might keep a class log of all the different computing technologies that they use, see, or read about throughout one school day.

Example 2 Students could track all of the ways they see technology throughout the weekend to see technology outside of the classroom, such as an electronic toothbrush that tells them how long to brush.

Example 3 Print pictures of different computer devices that students experience every day. Include pictures of things that might have computer components, but students might not realize are computers (e.g., cash register).&nbsp;

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K-1.DL.3 Conduct a basic search based on a provided keyword.

The teacher will provide the keyword to help students conduct basic searches using appropriate tools.

Example 1: Students use a teacher-provided keyword to find an appropriate picture(s) related to a search.

Example 2: Students each create 1 page for searching images for an alphabet, or animal book. (ELA)

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In this CyberWise video from the Cyber Civics curriculum, students learn that anything they share or post online ends up on their digital billboards.

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K-1.CT.5 Recognize that the same task can be described at different levels of detail.

Clarifying Statement: Instructions to perform a task can be given with more or less detail but still achieve the same result.

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Example 1: Students could look at different classroom instructions, such as “put away the books in the green bin”, and create other ways of explaining the instructions with more (e.g., put away the books in the green bin next to the&nbsp;bookshelf) and with less (e.g., put away the books) detail without changing the essence of the task.

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K-1.NSD.1 Identify ways people provide input and get output from computing devices.&nbsp;

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Example 1: Students could label a diagram of a computing system with the words input and output, or students could sort images of computer components into input and output columns on a t-chart.

The emphasis is on understanding that humans and computers interact through inputs and outputs and identifying examples in their daily lives.&nbsp;

Example 2: Students can identify examples of input/output in their daily lives (e.g., putting money into a vending machine and getting out a ticket/soda/toy) and work with the teacher to group the examples into the input or output categories.

Example 3: Print pictures of different computer devices that students experience every day. Include pictures of things that might have computer components, but students might not realize are computers (e.g., cash register).

Example 4: Discuss how input and output can be similar to our ‘human senses’, such as hearing is input, and touch is both input/output.

In this K-2 Nearpod Digital Citizenship and Literacy lesson, students identify peripherals at home and in the classroom. Students define and explain basic terminology related to peripherals.

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