Week 10 · The Best Path
Wednesday
Write the short program
// Fewer lines, same happy ending
⏱ about 15 min
Write the short program!
You found the short path.
Today you write it.
Repeats make it shorter!
WARM-UP: HOP COUNT
- Remember the hop counts.
- Tap the answer.
six hops
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the grid
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The hallway grid
The short path: up,
then right, right, right.
Three rights in a row!
What do you notice?
Same path, shorter writing.
The repeat says rights once.
Four lines fly the hallway!
Nova loves short programs
Writing it once is faster!
Fewer lines, same flight.
Build it. Nova flies it.
WRITE THE HALLWAY PROGRAM
- Up first, then the repeat.
- Stop goes last.
1line 1
2line 2
3line 3
4line 4
Hallway: written!
Now a bigger grid.
Two repeats this time.
WRITE THE BIG-GRID PROGRAM
- Ups first, then rights.
- Two repeats, then stop.
1line 1
2line 2
3line 3
4line 4
5line 5
TRICKY ONE!
- Count the lines.
- Both ways work!
the hallway path
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the five-line way
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Word Spot: animals, house
Here are new sight words.
Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.
Animals: A-N-I-M-A-L-S.
House: H-O-U-S-E.
FIND THE WORD
- Listen to the word.
- Tap it.
Listen and find
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Listen and find
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Listen and find
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Listen and find
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FILL THE GAP
- Listen to the sentence.
- Tap the missing word.
Which word fits?
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Which word fits?
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Short program writer!
Same moves in a row?
A repeat says them once.
Short writing, same flight!