Grade 4: Exploring ELA through Coding

Learning Outcomes:

Students learn what HTML is and will practice coding header tags to write titles with correct capitalization on a webpage.

Topics covered:

What HTML is

HTML Tags

Writing titles with correct capitalization

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-08, 1B-AP-09, 1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2.A, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2.A

Learning Outcomes:

Students explore how to code headings on a webpage and will apply this knowledge to using headings in their writing.

Topics covered:

Heading Tags

Heading Hierarchy

Subtitles in writing

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-08, 1B-AP-09, 1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2.A, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2.A

Learning Outcomes:

Students practice writing paragraph tags on a webpage as they discuss what proper introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs look like in writing.

Topics covered:

Paragraph tags

Writing Hook Sentences

Writing Introuduction paragraphs

Writing body paragraphs

Writing conclusion paragraphs

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-08, 1B-AP-09, 1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-15, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.1.A, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.1.B, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2.A, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.10

Learning Outcomes:

Students create a webpage using what they've learned in HTML to write an opinion piece.

Topics covered:

Application of learned skills

Writing Practice

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-08, 1B-AP-09, 1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-14, 1B-AP-15, 1B-IC-21, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.10, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2

Learning Outcomes:

Students design a webpage using what they've learned in HTML to write a narrative piece.

Topics covered:

Application of learned skills

Writing Practice

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-08, 1B-AP-09, 1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-14, 1B-AP-15, 1B-IC-21, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.8, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.10, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2

Learning Outcomes:

Students build a webpage using what they've learned in HTML to write an informational piece.

Topics covered:

Application of learned skills

Writing Practice

Standard alignment:

1B-AP-08, 1B-AP-09, 1B-AP-11, 1B-AP-12, 1B-AP-14, 1B-AP-15, 1B-IC-21, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.4, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.5, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.6, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.7, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.8, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.9, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.10, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.1, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.2, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.4.6