Common Points of Confusion

Using Scratch in the classroom has been a great experience for me. The kids love it, it’s fun, it’s interactive, and they pick up some core programming concepts along the way. Sooner or later though, I inevitably get stumped by a problem or a question that a student has. As a teacher I like feeling prepared to explore questions alongside my students, so I decided to do a few write-ups on Scratch concepts that my students have found tricky in the past. My hope is that this will help you understand some of the trickier concepts better, so that you feel confident using Scratch in the classroom.

The documents attached below will take you through the steps of building a soccer game in Scratch, and are designed to point out some potential tricky areas that you and/or your students may run into along the way. They also highlight some important programming concepts that you might want to point out to your students.

Feel free to comment if you have any questions or suggestions for future posts! If there are any Scratch programming concepts that you find tricky, let me know and I’ll do my best to clarify it.