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Plan a Sequence

Kindergartners learn to break a big job into small, numbered steps and to use first, next, then and last. They plan Bolt the robot's routes before building them, including routes that must collect gems before the charging pad counts.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 45 minutes
  • Planning check: 5 questions
  • Ways to answer: program with blocks, choose an answer, type a number, put in order and true or false
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What learners will discover

  • Break a big job into small steps in an order that works.
  • Use step numbers and the words first, next, then and last to describe a plan.
  • Plan Bolt's route of up to six moves, including gems, and check it by running.

Lessons

  1. Small steps make a plan 4 steps2 practiceabout 10 min
  2. Number the steps 4 steps2 practiceabout 10 min
  3. Plan Bolt's route 6 steps2 practiceabout 14 min
  4. Planning check 5 questions at the end

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Games to practice with

  • Robot RoutesSnap together arrow, repeat and dance blocks to guide Bolt the robot home.

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