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Coding · Ages 5+ · Set A
Copy the pattern
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Remember: To copy a pattern, say the part that repeats, make it the same way, and check it.

Mia's border

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Mia and Bo's bordersMia stamped a border: star, moon, star, moon. Bo was excited and did not look: star, star, moon. His border was different. Then he said the part out loud and stamped again, and it matched.
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Which border is the same as Mia's?
🌙⭐🌙⭐Moon, star, moon, star⭐🌙⭐🌙Star, moon, star, moon⭐⭐🌙🌙Star, star, moon, moon
2
Moon, star, moon, star is the same as Mia's border.
TrueFalse
3
What part repeats in Mia's border?
⭐⭐Star, star🌙🌙Moon, moon⭐🌙Star, moon
4
Bo stamped star, star, moon. What is different?
🌙It starts with a moon⭐⭐Two stars in a row🌙🌙Two moons in a row
5
Bo looked at the border before his first try.
TrueFalse

Say it, make it, check it

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Star, star, moon, star, star, moon. Which copy is the same?
⭐🌙🌙⭐🌙🌙Star, moon, moon, star, moon, moon⭐⭐🌙🌙⭐⭐Star, star, moon, moon, star, star⭐⭐🌙⭐⭐🌙Star, star, moon, star, star, moon
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Join each pattern to its words.
  1. 1⭐🌙⭐🌙
  2. 2👏🦶👏🦶
  3. 3🔵🟡🔵🟡
  • Ablue, yellow, blue, yellow
  • Bclap, stomp, clap, stomp
  • Cstar, moon, star, moon
8
Number how Bo copies the border.
  • Say the part that repeats
  • Check it side by side
  • Make it, one bit at a time
9
How do we check a copy?
🙈Close your eyes🔁Stamp it twice👀Lay them side by side
10
A copy has the same things in the same order.
TrueFalse
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Draw a border: star, moon, star, moon.
12
Draw a pattern for a grown-up to copy.
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Answer key · Set A
Copy the pattern
1Star, moon, star, moon Mia's border goes star, moon, star, moon. A copy has the same things in the same order.
2False It starts with a moon, so it is different.
3Star, moon Star, moon repeats again and again.
4Two stars in a row Mia's border has no two stars in a row, so Bo's copy is different.
5False No. Bo was so excited that he did not look.
6Star, star, moon, star, star, moon Only the third copy has the same things in the same order.
71-C, 2-B, 3-A Say the pattern out loud, one thing at a time.
81, 3, 2 Say the part, then make it, then check it.
9Lay them side by side Mia laid the two borders side by side. Star met star, and moon met moon.
10True Yes. That is how you know a copy is a copy.
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