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Week 01 · What is a computer?

Friday

Fix-It Bay review
// A machine that follows instructions
⏱ about 15 min

Friday: Fix-It Bay review

Rocket hangs a sign on the door.

"Fix-It Bay crew only!" it says.

Raven laughs. "What do you notice we learned?"

Nova glows. "Hint: start with the word machine."

What we learned

  • A computer is a machine that follows instructions.
  • Laptops, tablets, phones and desktops are computers.
  • A spoon, a ball and a book are not.
  • A computer does one step at a time.
  • Nova lives inside a machine too.
BIG IDEA CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What is a computer?
Which one is a computer?
Which one is not a computer?
Which computer stays on a desk?
SMALLEST TO BIGGEST
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1Smallest
2Middle
3Biggest
SentenceTrue or false?
A computer follows instructions.?
A laptop folds shut.?
A ball is a computer.?
A computer does one step at a time.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEA ball cannot follow instructions. It is not a computer.
Try it
Tell a grown-up the four kinds of computers.
Point to one kind in your home.
CREW CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Who brings the puzzle each day?
Who gives a hint, never the answer?
What does Raven ask?
Draw your favorite computer and label its kind.

Word Spot review

Let us review this week's sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

After: A-F-T-E-R.

Again: A-G-A-I-N.

An: A-N.

Any: A-N-Y.

Sound: S-O-U-N-D.

Only: O-N-L-Y.

Place: P-L-A-C-E.

Years: Y-E-A-R-S.

Back: B-A-C-K.

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.
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.
FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
The sun comes out ___ the rain.
Can we do it ___?
She has ___ apple.
Do you have ___ seeds?

You finished week one! Tomorrow the Crew Quest is a computer hunt.

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