Coding
Screen-free robot puzzles for K-2, and leveled Scratch and Tinkercad challenges for grades 3-5. Every activity has a clear goal, so kids know when they are done and what to try next.
For K-5 teachers
Michelle Writes... and Codes
Coding, writing, and math center resources that kids can actually do, and teachers can actually run. Everything here was made by a teacher who has taught kindergarten through college.
What I love to teach
Coding, writing, and math centers
Writing and coding are both about putting ideas in order so someone else can follow them. The math centers turn fact practice into a game kids want to play.
Writing
Picture-supported centers that build sentences one step at a time, with self-checks, so your youngest writers can work on their own while you teach a small group.
Math centers
Spin and Solve fact games for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Every child plays the page for the fact they are learning, with answer keys and self-check strips.
In the shop
Teacher favorites
Each resource is a complete, ready-to-print unit with directions, answer keys, and slides you can project.
Code the Path
Screen-free coding for K-2. Kids take turns pretending to be a robot, then solve 20 leveled robot path puzzles.
Build a Sentence: Fall Edition
Kindergartners build a sentence step by step: Who + Doing What, then the Where, then a capital and a period.
November STEM Challenges
16 leveled Scratch coding and Tinkercad 3D design challenges for Veterans Day and Thanksgiving.
Halloween Candy Spin and Solve: 4-Pack Bundle
All four Halloween Candy Spin and Solve packs in one bundle: addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. Save 25%, plus a bundle-only bonus file.
Free classroom apps
Tools I built for my own classroom
Printables are only half of teaching. These apps handle the other half, and both are free to start.
Debuggle
Block coding for grades 3 to 5
A kid-friendly block coding app where challenges check themselves. Students snap blocks together, and a "Your program must..." checklist fills in as their code meets each goal. It adds step-through debugging and a teacher dashboard, with no student email addresses.
Coming soon
RoutineBoard
One projected board for your whole routine
Project your lesson, your instructions, a timer, and a random name picker all at once, instead of juggling browser tabs in front of the class. Pin a learning target bar at the top, and run a whole routine with one click.
- The free board works right away, with no login.
- Teacher plans add cloud save, class rosters, and one-click routines.
Opening soon
It will live at routineboard.michellewritesandcodes.com.
Hi, I'm Michelle
A teacher who writes and codes
I taught for seven years on the Eastern Cherokee Reservation and eleven years on the Navajo Nation, and today I teach computer science at the college level. I make the resources I wish I had when I was teaching little ones.