Fairytales with Sphero Mini

Category: ELA - Elementary

Author Tricia Umhafer

Description

Educational Standards that this lesson meets:
ELA Learning Standards
 -PKR2
 -KR3
 -1R2
 -1R3
 -2R2
 -2R3
TEKS - Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (Curriculum Standards)
 -TEKS ELAR 110.3(b)(8)(A)
 -TEKS ELAR 110.3(b)(8)(B)
 -TEKS ELAR 110.3(b)(8)(C)
 -TEKS ELAR 110.3(b)(8)(D)

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Fairytales with Sphero Mini
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Sphero Mini Basics

Sphero Mini packs hours of entertainment into a programmable, robotic ball. With LED lights and live sensors, this robot gives students tons of possibilities to be creative. In this session, we’ll discuss the basics of using the Sphero Mini to drive, play games, and even code. We will also discuss activity examples that can be done right in the Sphero app. Let’s get our Sphero Mini robot rolling!

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Fairytales with Sphero Mini

 During this activity student will retell a short story or Fairytale using the Sphero Mini.  They will accomplish this by retelling and illustrating the major events and coding the Sphero Mini to move through the story.