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Week 01 · Meet Nova

Thursday

Tools people build
// AI is a tool people build
⏱ about 15 min

Thursday: Tools people build

Rocket grabs a spoon and a pencil.

"All tools!" Rocket says.

Raven asks, "What do you notice?"

Nova hints, "Each one helps with a job."

A tool helps with a job

People build tools to help with jobs.

A spoon helps us eat soup.

A pencil helps us write.

A computer is a tool too.

AI is a computer tool people build.

WHAT IS THE JOB?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What job does a pencil do?
What job does a broom do?
HOW A TOOL GETS MADE
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
Try it
Find three tools in your home.
Say the job each one does.

Tools do not feel

A spoon does not feel sad.

A computer does not feel happy.

AI does not feel like a person.

People decide how to use tools.

TOOL TALK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Who builds tools?
Does a spoon feel sad?
Is a computer a tool?
Is AI a tool or a person?
SentenceTrue or false?
A tool helps with a job.?
A spoon is a person.?
AI is a tool people build.?
A computer feels happy.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEPeople build tools. Tools have no feelings.
Draw a tool. Show the job it does.

Word Spot: it, words, each

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

It: I-T.

Words: W-O-R-D-S.

Each: E-A-C-H.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
I see a kite. ___ is red.
These ___ are on the page.
Give ___ friend a turn.

Super tool spotting!

Tomorrow we look at long ago and now.

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