CS Bytes

Combine CS + ELA with read-alouds for your classroom. Explore age-appropriate books and corresponding activities to help your students process what they are learning and reflect on their new knowledge about technology and computer science.

Target Audience: K-5

Potentially how + when you would use this in your classroom:

• These activities are a great way to enhance ELA lessons that you are already teaching.
• Use these activities to introduce a new ELA concept or help reinforce a concept students have already learned.

This bundle includes / What you’re getting with this resource:

• Activity 1: Creating an Interactive Poster for a Book Report – Add this activity as an option for your book reports or as a requirement for all students to do as a class digital book report and share.
• Activity 2: Flow Charts – This is not a standalone activity but an explanation of flow charts and how they relate to computer science and other subjects that can be added (on paper or virtually) to any current lesson plan or project.
• Activity 3: Sequencing – These mini activities help students correlate sequencing (a computer science term) with other instructions that they are more familiar with.
• Activity 4: CS Rotation Week – This lesson plan walks through an easy and accessible “Hour of Code” week plan for your grade level team. While this specific plan is geared towards ELA integration, it could easily be integrated into any subject, particularly focusing on ones that your students need more practice in.