Welcome Dash and Dot!

This week we welcomed two new 'friends' into our classroom!!

We have the opportunity to learn how to use the robots Dash and Dot and the 

class is sooooooo excited!

For the first day the students used an ipad to control Dash

a little bit like a remote control car.

Once everyone had a chance to see Dash, and make him move, make noises, and dance, it 

was time to use Dash to help us learn.

The students used their coding knowledge from doing the 'hour of code'

to code Dash to move on the number mat.  They created the code to make

Dash move to a number they chose.  Next they had to use their number and 

a given number to make a subtraction sentence and solve it.  

Another group of students used another Dash with a 'bulldozer' attachment to push

a small ball.  They had to create the code to make Dash move to push the ball.  

Once the ball moved, they had to measure the distance traveled by the ball and record it.  

They were so focused on math and so excited to have

their turn to create the code and make the robot move!!