Computing

Lesson 1: Decomposition and pattern recognition

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Questions: Activity: All jumbled up!

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What is decomposition?

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Questions: Decomposition

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What is pattern recognition?

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A small model made from building blocks for the children to copy (see Teacher knowledge).
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Activity: All jumbled up! (pre-cut, one per table).
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Activity: Carousel journal – support (see Adaptive teaching).
Resource: Scrambled stories (pre-cut, one copy).
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Resource: Knowledge organiser: Computing – Computational thinking (optional – see Teacher knowledge).
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Link: Assessment- Computing Y4: Computational thinking (optional – see Attention grabber).

Learning objective

To apply decomposition and pattern recognition to solve problems.

Success criteria

I can break a task into smaller, manageable parts.
I can identify patterns in similar tasks or problems.
I can explain how patterns help solve problems.

Vocabulary

computational thinking

decomposition

pattern recognition

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