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Build an Interactive Story

First graders plan an interactive story (characters, a beginning, events and an ending), turn each event in the plan into a block script with loops where things repeat, and test the story with a partner, fixing any script that does not match the plan.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 70 minutes
  • Interactive story check: 6 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, put code in order, highlight a text, match pairs, type a number and put in order
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What learners will discover

  • Plan an interactive story with characters, a beginning, events the reader can trigger, and an ending.
  • Write event scripts that make characters act in order, using a loop where something repeats.
  • Test the story with a partner, find a script that does not match the plan, and fix it.

Lessons

  1. Plan your story 4 steps2 practiceabout 14 min
  2. Write the scripts 5 steps3 practiceabout 16 min
  3. Test and fix with a partner 6 steps2 practiceabout 16 min
  4. Interactive story check 6 questions at the end

Keep exploring

Games to practice with

  • Robot RoutesSnap together arrow, repeat and dance blocks to guide Bolt the robot home.

More 1st grade coding

Guide for grown-ups