We are doing\u00a0 the Lego WeDo Adventure Stories unit in third grade.\u00a0 This unit integrates with language arts, particularly writing.\u00a0 Students write in a number of different formats (plays, interviews, logs) with their adventure robots as the setting and impetus for the writing.\u00a0 We started with the Airplane Rescue robot.\u00a0 By the book, the robot changes engine speed and makes a different sound when it is tilted up or tilted down.<\/p>\n
I like the tie in with creative play, STEM, and ELA.\u00a0 We had the students build the robot and make the basic program and them asked them to start acting out a story.\u00a0 We watched the Lego supplied story\/video in the Activity Pack and I also had the kids make up story collectively.\u00a0 An interesting decision point came up on how much to allow (or now) the kids to make additional props for their story.\u00a0 At first, we said yes, but then noticed that the focus had changed in some of the groups from writing to making all kids of props.\u00a0 Ideally, in my view, the props would support the story.\u00a0 What I worried about was making props from the limited WeDo parts that would then dictate and limit the story.\u00a0 What would you do?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
We are doing\u00a0 the Lego WeDo Adventure Stories unit in third grade.\u00a0 This unit integrates with language arts, particularly writing.\u00a0 Students write in a number of different formats (plays, interviews, logs) with their adventure robots as the setting and impetus … Continue reading