This is a FREE sample of Code the Path, my full unplugged coding mini unit for K-2, so you can try a hands-on coding center with your class before you buy. Curious how it would run in your room? Print it and find out in one short lesson. A little robot needs to reach its battery, and your students plan the route by laying paper arrow tiles one square at a time, steering around rocks, puddles, crates, and bushes. When the robot gets there, they write the same code on a black-and-white recording mat. There is nothing to download onto devices and nothing to log into.

HEADS UP: THIS IS A SAMPLE, NOT THE FULL UNIT.

The two puzzle mats in this file, Sample Mat A and Sample Mat B, were made just for this freebie. They are bonus beginner mats, so they do not repeat any of the 20 leveled mats in the full Code the Path mini unit.

WHAT YOU WILL PRINT (7 PAGES):

• Sample Mats A and B, two 1-star beginner mats in full color (3 and 4 arrows)
• A black-and-white recording mat for each one, with a big space for names
• 7 cut-apart arrow tiles, enough to solve both mats
• A step-by-step "how to try it" page
• The "code" vocabulary poster from the full unit
• A one-page tour of everything in the full mini unit
• Terms of use

LIKE HOW IT WENT? THE FULL MINI UNIT ADDS:

• A lesson plan with 7 activities, including the Human Robots floor game
• 20 leveled center mats (1, 2, and 3 stars) in color and in black and white
• 20 recording mats and full pages of reusable arrow tiles
• 7 coding vocabulary posters and classroom printables (big arrow cards, a robot start marker, a paper battery, and "Left" hand stickers)
• Exit tickets, 4 Extra Support mats, and 4 Debug It! challenge mats
• 3 leveled assessments with answer keys for everything
• A projectable PowerPoint of every poster and mat (it also opens in Google Slides)

GREAT FOR:

• Test-driving a coding center before Hour of Code in December
• A quick STEM or math center
• Early finishers who need something new