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Week 05 · Remembering

Tuesday

Storage, the shelf
// Memory and storage
⏱ about 15 min

Tuesday: Storage, the shelf

Rocket turns the tablet off and on.

"It is still here!" he cheers.

Raven asks, "What do you notice? It was saved."

Nova glows. "Hint: a shelf keeps things."

Storage

Storage keeps your files.

It is like a shelf.

Things on the shelf stay when the power is off.

When you save, your work goes on the shelf.

Pictures, stories and songs are files.

Storage holds many, many files.

MemoryStorage
a work tablea shelf
holds what is open nowkeeps saved files
forgets when power is offkeeps files when power is off
TABLE OR SHELF?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Which one keeps files when the power is off?
Which one holds what is open right now?
What does saving do?
Which is a file?
SentenceTrue or false?
Storage is like a shelf.?
Storage forgets when the power is off.?
A saved story is a file.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEStorage keeps files, even when the power is off.
SAVE IT
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Last
Try it
Put a drawing on a table. Say "memory".
Move it to a shelf. Say "saved".
Now the drawing is in storage!
WHY DID IT STAY?
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Why was the picture still there after turning off?
Where do saved files live?
Can storage hold many files?
SentenceTrue or false?
Saving puts work in storage.?
Memory and storage are the same thing.?
Songs can be files.?
A shelf is like storage.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEMemory holds open work. Storage keeps saved files.
Draw a shelf with three saved files on it.

Word Spot: how, just

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

How: H-O-W.

Just: J-U-S-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.
___ many legs does a cat have?
We ___ saw a rainbow!

Super sorting! Tomorrow we find out why saving matters.

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