Use milestone checks, organizer responses, and daily test evidence to guide feedback.
Summative
Assess the published Teacher PD for Lessons with the analytic rubric.
The student journey
This is a build — not a worksheet packet
Every lesson runs like the story students are about to make: read it, write it, build it, polish it, publish it. The printables scaffold each stage — the published Elementari project is the destination.
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Read
Students read a short, high-interest passage — a real-world hook, not a dry textbook definition — to spark ideas for what they'll make.
📖Read Before You Build: Teacher PD for Lessons
A strong interactive-story lesson lets educators experience the same sequence their students will use: understand the goal, plan a page, create readable content, add one purposeful interaction, test it, revise it, and publish. During this p…
SourcesISTE — Standards for EducatorsCode.org — Programming Concepts and Tool DocumentationCode.org — Responding to User Input
In the studio, students bring the project to life — adding art and following the exact writing and coding steps shown below. The Studio Compass walks them through it, one step at a time.
🧭Studio CompassStep 1 / 8
Welcome to Elementari!
Try out and learn how writing and coding on Elementari works through this lesson geared for teachers. No coding experience needed! Don't worry - often students will explore coding
Key words — tap to learnon page start block
Each step checks off & advances on its own
All 8 studio steps · dynamic to the project
1Welcome to Elementari!~2 min
2Front Side Design 🎨~10 min
3Back Side Code - Intro 💻~3 min
4Back Side Code - Text Animation 📝~5 min
5Front Side Design - Advanced ✨~5 min
6Back Side Code - Animate 🚶♂️~5 min
7Last Step - Publish!~2 min
8Starting My Students - Assign a Lesson~3 min
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Polish
ongoing
Teacher and peer feedback pin right onto the project — students revise until it's ready to share.
Feedback on the project2 pins
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Add one more sentence here so readers get the full picture.
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The interaction is clear — it helps the reader follow the project!
Educators set professional learning goals to explore and apply pedagogical approaches made possible by technology and reflect on their effectiveness.
ISTE-E 2.5.a
Educators use technology to create, adapt, and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
ISTE-E 2.5.b
Educators design authentic learning activities that align with content-area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.
ISTE-E 2.6.c
Educators create learning opportunities that challenge students to use a design process and computational thinking to innovate and solve problems.
Full task-by-task mapping — including Depth of Knowledge — is in the answer key.
Differentiation & accessibility
Built to reach every learner
One lesson, three built-in paths — with accessibility baked into the materials, not bolted on afterward.
Extra support
Emerging readers & writers
Read-aloud and multilingual support in the Elementari build
Studio Compass highlights one task at a time — including the coding
Sentence frames and a word bank so it is never a blank page
On grade
The core lesson
The passage and storyboard exactly as written
Model answers and “look-fors” in the answer key
Self-check chips at every milestone
Ready for more
Extension & challenge
Challenge vocabulary and a real-world extension question
Deepen one existing page or interaction — without changing the required mechanics
A longer, evidence-based reflection prompt
Accessibility, built inPredictable step-by-step structureOne task at a time · Studio CompassHighlighted response areasLow-stimulation printMovement-friendly pacingDesigned so every student can design, write, and code — with ADHD, autism, and dyslexia in mind.
Questions
Teacher FAQ
Do I need to know how to code?
No coding experience needed. Studio Compass guides students through Guided Steps — each names the exact block and checks itself off — while you facilitate.
What devices does it work on?
Any modern browser — laptops, Chromebooks, and tablets. Nothing to install.
Do my students need an account?
No student email addresses required. You roster your class in a couple of clicks, and students join with a simple class code.
Is it standards-aligned?
Yes — each lesson shows national frameworks and supported state codes from your Standards setting, with specific standards and DOK levels called out in the answer key.
Can students work at different levels?
Built-in read-aloud, sentence frames, and task-level word suggestions meet students where they are, and the self-checking steps let each student work at their own pace.
How do students share their work?
They submit to you for review; you publish the best to your class showcase, each with a public link.
Ready when you are
Bring this lesson to your class
Import your class, assign in one click, and watch them build — the whole kit comes with it.
