Implementation plan

Grades K–2 Implementation Plan

Pacing, prerequisites, and extensions for the early-elementary band.

The activities

  • Grade K — Meet AI, Ask a Grown-Up. A little AI helper wants to help you. But first you learn the rules. Open four locks to use AI the safe way. (TEKS §126.5)
  • Grade K — Robot Helpers. A robot helper can guess. A puppy is alive. Can you tell them apart? Open four locks and meet a helper that guesses. (TEKS §126.5)
  • Grade 1 — Check the Robot. An AI helper made a guess. Is it right? A smart kid always checks. Open four locks to learn how to check a robot. (TEKS §126.6)
  • Grade 1 — Good Guessers. An AI helper is a good guesser. It looks at many examples first. How does it guess? Open four locks to find out. (TEKS §126.6)
  • Grade 2 — Use AI Honestly. An AI helper can help you make things. But it can be wrong, and you must tell the truth about its help. Open four locks to use AI the honest way. (TEKS §126.7)
  • Grade 2 — Say It Clearly. An AI helper guesses from what you say. If you say it clearly, you get a better answer. Open four locks to become a clear asker. (TEKS §126.7)

Pacing

  • One activity ≈ 25–40 minutes, including debrief. Younger classes may need two sittings.
  • Run one per grading period, or cluster them into a two-week AI-literacy unit.
  • Order matches the grade sequence; each grade deepens the pattern → data → bias → responsible-use arc.

Prerequisites

  • A browser and the activity link. No accounts, installs, or logins.
  • Students should be able to listen to a short read-aloud and tap or click large tiles; reading is emerging, so plan to read clues aloud and model the first lock.
  • Teachers: skim the activity’s teacher launch page and the correlation guide first.

Extension & differentiation

  • Home-language pairs. Use the 🌐 picker so newcomers reason in their strongest language, then answer.
  • Author-a-clue. Students write a new clue (or a real-world example) for the skill they found hardest.
  • Reason aloud. Require a spoken/written justification before each lock check; grade the reasoning, not the click.
  • Connect to class routines: name your class AI helper examples, practice a clear instruction together, and make a “check it” habit chart.