Learning objective
- To understand what a variable is and how to make one.
Success criteria
- I can use the
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National curriculum
Computing
Pupils should be taught to:
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Cross-curricular links
English
Spoken Language
Pupils should be taught
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Brain dump and hand out a whiteboard and pen to each child.
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Extended-mode explainer videos
How to extend your display to view the lesson page and preseantion mode simultaneously. Choose your operating system below to watch the video
Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support: could be reminded where to find the ‘ask’ and ‘answer’ block.
Pupils working at greater depth: should be encouraged to figure out how to join the answer with a phrase to make a single sentence using the clue of looking at the green blocks and emphasising the word ‘join’; should be encouraged to create different questions and think about ways to make sure responses are interesting for the player.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: understanding what a variable
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Vocabulary definitions
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conditional statement
A rule which states that something cannot happen until certain requirements are met.
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program
To write code based instructions for a computer to process.
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