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Week 03 · Pictures Are Tiny Dots

Tuesday

Pictures on a grid
// Pixels make pictures
⏱ about 15 min

Tuesday: Pictures on a grid

Raven draws boxes in rows on paper.

"A grid!" Rocket says.

Raven asks, "What do you notice?"

Nova hints, "Fill some boxes with color."

A grid of boxes

A grid has rows and columns of boxes.

Color some boxes. Leave some blank.

A shape appears!

Each box is like one pixel.

Box 1Box 2Box 3
Row 1whiteblackwhite
Row 2blackblackblack
Row 3whiteblackwhite
READ THE GRID
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Look at the grid. What shape is it?
What color is Row 1, Box 1?
MAKE A GRID PICTURE
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Last
Try it
On paper, draw a grid with nine boxes.
Color boxes to make a letter.

Colors are data

A computer keeps each pixel's color.

It keeps them all in order.

Information a computer keeps is called data.

A picture is data to a computer.

GRID AND DATA
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Each grid box is like one...
What does a computer keep for each pixel?
Information a computer keeps is...
A grid has rows and...
SentenceTrue or false?
A grid has rows and columns.?
A computer keeps each pixel color.?
A picture is not data.?
Colored boxes can make a shape.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEA computer keeps pixel colors as data.
Draw a grid. Color boxes to make a smile.

Word Spot: one, two, three

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

One: O-N-E.

Two: T-W-O.

Three: T-H-R-E-E.

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 ___ owl.
Look at the ___ birds.
I see ___ stars.

You made a grid picture!

Tomorrow is Explorer Lab.

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