Rocket holds up a wooden spoon.
"Is this a computer?" he asks.
Raven giggles. "What do you notice about it?"
Nova hums. "Hint: can you give it instructions?"
A computer follows instructions.
You can tell it to show a picture.
You can tell it to play a song.
A spoon cannot follow instructions.
A ball cannot follow instructions.
A phone can. A phone is a computer.
| Thing | Computer? |
|---|---|
| laptop | yes |
| phone | yes |
| tablet | yes |
| wooden spoon | no |
| ball | no |
| book | no |
| Sentence | True or false? |
|---|---|
| A book is a computer. | ? |
| A laptop is a computer. | ? |
| A computer can follow instructions. | ? |
| A ball can follow instructions. | ? |
| Sentence | True or false? |
|---|---|
| A phone is a computer. | ? |
| A spoon can play a song. | ? |
| The computer test asks about instructions. | ? |
Here are new sight words.
Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.
An: A-N.
Any: A-N-Y.
Great testing! Tomorrow we meet four kinds of computers.