Comparing Our Robot Instructions

Children meet the classroom robot and learn what forward, turn, and stop mean. They say hello to the partner class and share one thing about their own classroom.

Pairs put together a short sequence of forward, turn, and stop blocks to guide the robot to a target. They test the route, fix it if the robot misses, and draw the path they programmed.

Pairs look at the route the partner class wrote for the same path and talk about what is the same and what is different. They use simple pictures and gestures to explain which instructions they liked and why.

Pairs show their best robot sequence and tell the partner class which instructions worked best and why. Both classes take turns sharing and cheering for each other.