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Facilitator Guide: Code + Web Day 8 — CSS Rules + Readability

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Code + Web Day 8 — CSS Rules + Readability

Run the current student lesson with its existing evidence, resources, and submission route.

Daily Learning Contract

Topic: CSS rules and separation of concerns

Objective: Students will explain how selectors, properties, and values change presentation without changing HTML structure, then apply one rule correctly.

TEKS:
  • §126.19(c)(2)(C) — modify and implement previously written code to develop improved programs.

Demonstration of learning: Before-and-after screenshot plus a reflection identifying the selector, property, value, and visual effect of one CSS rule.

Use what is already in Canvas

Student-facing task: Day 8: Styling with CSS. Keep the current student page, requirements, points, and rubric as the source of truth.

  • CS Discoveries Unit 2 Lessons 6 and 9
  • Day 7 project
  • Web Lab
  • current assignment

Before students begin

  • Open the student task in Student View and test the exact sign-in, link, file, or submission path students will use.
  • Prepare only the listed existing materials; do not require a personal account or a new unlisted product.
  • Keep the current student page available as the accessible and absence route.

Lesson flow

  1. 1. Launch: Put the purpose in front of students: Students will change styling without breaking document structure.
  2. 2. Model: Use one current example, tool, or teacher resource before students begin css concepts.
  3. 3. Guide: Complete the first decision or step together; conference before students commit to a direction.
  4. 4. Build: Students complete the existing Canvas task. Do not add a second product or change the current rubric.
  5. 5. Check + next step: Verify this evidence before students leave: Before-and-after screenshot and reflection.

Scaffolds and teacher decisions

Keep the student lesson's bilingual tabs, word bank, models, and current support route in view while students work. Reduce the number of examples or provide a partially completed planning frame before reducing the evidence. If a student needs an alternate format, preserve the same named evidence and use the current rubric or teacher judgment rather than adding a hidden requirement.

Close the loop

Use the current Canvas submission for grading. Record the specific misconception, access issue, or revision need you observed; use it to choose the next lesson's launch rather than creating a duplicate exit assignment.