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Mandolyn Loftis

American Symbols Algorithm

Grades: 2nd Grade, 3rd Grade, 1st Grade
Subjects: Computer Science, Social Studies

Student Instructions

Use the arrows to develop a sequence to help a friend find the four American symbols we’ve learned about. Watch out! Avoid the objects that are NOT American symbols. Use the mic to explain the algorithm you created.

Teacher Notes (not visible to students)

Teachers, You can extend this activity by adding a writing component to have students write the steps they used - great way to incorporate transitional words! You could print the last page to have students draw their algorithm. This was designed for VA social studies and computer science SOLs which correlate with many CC and state SOLs. Save & Edit to delete/adjust the standards &/or I can statements.

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