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Week 08 · Steps or Examples?

Monday

Steps in order
// Two ways to teach a computer
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Steps in order

Rocket wants to plant a seed.

He drops the seed on the table.

Raven asks, "What do you notice?"

Nova hints, "What comes first?"

An algorithm is a list of steps

Some jobs need steps in order.

A list of steps is an algorithm.

A person writes the steps.

A computer can follow the steps.

The order of the steps matters.

PLANT A SEED
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Last
STEPS CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What is a list of steps called?
Who writes the steps?
Does the order matter?
SentenceTrue or false?
An algorithm is a list of steps.?
Steps can go in any order.?
A computer can follow steps.?
WHY THIS EXERCISESteps work best in the right order.
Try it
Wash your hands with a grown-up.
Say each step out loud.
Count how many steps there were.
WASH YOUR HANDS
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Then
4Last
WHICH COMES FIRST?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Socks or shoes first?
Open the book or read it first?
Wet hands or dry hands first?
Soil or seed first?
Draw your hands washing with soap.

Word Spot: this, that

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

This: T-H-I-S.

That: T-H-A-T.

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.
___ is my hat.
Is ___ a frog?

You put steps in order!

Tomorrow we follow steps exactly.