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Week 08 · Apps Are Instructions

Friday

App expert
// Software is a list of steps
⏱ about 15 min

Friday: App expert

Rocket makes a card for the crew.

"Draw it, save it, send it!"

Raven laughs. "What do you notice about the steps?"

Nova spins. "Hint: one app for each job."

What we learned about apps

  • An app is a list of instructions.
  • The processor follows the instructions.
  • Tap an icon to open. Close when done.
  • Save puts a copy in storage.
  • Different apps do different jobs.
APP EXPERT QUIZ
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What is inside an app?
Why close apps you are done with?
Where does a saved file live?
Which app sends a card to a friend?
MAKE AND SHARE A CARD
  • Tap a card.
  • Then tap its spot.
1First
2Next
3Then
4After that
5Last
SentenceTrue or false?
Software is instructions.?
Hardware is instructions.?
Memory forgets when the power goes off.?
One app does every job.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEHardware is parts you touch. Each app has its own job.
Try it
Tell a grown-up the five things in the list.
Use your fingers to count them.
Which one was new to you?
STORY CHECK
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
What did Rocket make?
How many apps did Rocket use for the card?
What comes right after you draw the card?
SentenceTrue or false?
Nova is software.?
Save often while you work.?
A closed app is gone forever.?
WHY THIS EXERCISEA closed app waits in storage. Nova lives in a machine too.

Word Spot review

Let us review this week's sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Once: O-N-C-E.

Open: O-P-E-N.

Over: O-V-E-R.

Move: M-O-V-E.

Try: T-R-Y.

Kind: K-I-N-D.

Hand: H-A-N-D.

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.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
___ upon a time, a seed fell.
The flower will ___ in the sun.
The bird flew ___ the house.
Wind can ___ the leaves.

You are an app expert! Next week computers talk to each other.

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