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Lesson 6: Drawing Shapes with the Pen

Scratch has a pen to allow kids to draw programmatically. This gives the kids a chance to play around with it. I try and have this lesson when the kids are going through some geometry lessons, to tie into their other work. Anytime I can leverage what they are doing …

Lesson 4: Doing Some Math Drills

Games are what keep the kids interested, but I like showing that it can be used to make tools to help kids study too. The 3rd grade class I work with has a “mad math minute” where they try and answer as many questions on a worksheet in a minute. …