I was nervous to dive into the coder cards because I was unsure how to organize the materials for my students. @Jessica_Drayer shared a great idea at the Educator Conference: to use pocket charts to store and distribute the coder cards. I created a printable version of the coder cards and used them to label the pockets. Here is what I came up with:
What do you use to organize your coder cards?
I would LOVE to see what is working for other teachers!
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Love this, great share!
I’m going to tag another post that discusses ways to store VEX 123 Coder Cards: Coder Cards
My teachers use these boxes we found on Amazon. Each group gets a box to store their coder cards.
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These are great! I like that it snaps shut so you are not thinking about split coder cards. I am currently using red, solo cups for the “card-getter”. This seems much more secure! Thanks for sharing!
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I decided to keep it simple and use a paper cup for the group coder cards. It worked really well! I also numbered the cup, the VEX 123 robot, and coder card reader. The added accountability of assigned equipment has helped a lot with clean up!
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I noticed that some of my students were feeling overwhelmed by the variety of blocks available. Today, we were introducing “if color” blocks and decided to add clothes pins to the coder cards that were a “must add”. It reduced the anxiety for my students not seeing the necessary cards right away… and it sped up material gathering!
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That’s a great idea! I am a firm believer in the versatility of shoe pockets for classroom organization of so many things! I love how you’ve scaffolded your organization to meet the students’ growing capabilities, independence, and comfort with 123. This is awesome!
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