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Coding · Ages 5+ · Set A
Bo and the loop
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Remember: A loop does a step again and again, so a program can be short.

Again and again

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Bo's stairsBo hopped up five stairs to his tree house. Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop! That was a lot of saying. Then Bo watered four flowers. He said, pour, four times, and that is a loop.
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Bo hops up five stairs. Which is the short way?
🔁Hop, five times🦘Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop☝️Hop one time
2
Is a loop a step that happens only once?
YesNo
3
How many pots get a drink with pour, four times?
🪴Two pots🪴Four pots🪴Five pots
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Pour, four times, is a loop.
TrueFalse
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Join each short way to what Bo does.
  1. 1💧 Pour, four times
  2. 2🦘 Hop, five times
  3. 3⬆️ Forward, four times
  • Awalks four squares
  • Bwaters four pots
  • Chops up five stairs

Loops on the board

6
Which program gets Bo to the star?
🔁Forward, three times🔁Forward, five times🔁Forward, four times
7
Forward twice, turn right, forward three times reaches the star.
TrueFalse
8
Why is a loop a good idea?
⭐The star moves closer📏The list gets much shorter🤖Bo forgets the steps
9
Number how a loop is made.
  • Bo does it again and again
  • The flowers bloom
  • Say how many times
  • Say the step once
10
Draw something that happens again and again.
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Draw swirly arrows going round, to show a loop.
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Answer key · Set A
Bo and the loop
1Hop, five times Say hop once, then say how many times. That is a loop.
2No A loop does a step again and again.
3Four pots Pour, four times, waters four flowers.
4True Yes. Doing the same step again and again is a loop.
51-B, 2-C, 3-A One block says the step once and how many times.
6Forward, four times The star is four squares away. Three stops short, and five goes off the edge.
7True Up two squares, turn to the right, then along three squares to the star.
8The list gets much shorter A loop says the step once, so the program is short.
93, 4, 2, 1 Say the step once, say how many times, and Bo repeats it.
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