Remember: Plan first: name the goal in one sentence, split it into small parts, then build and check one part at a time.
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Read the story, then answer.
The fair is comingMr. Reyes pins a poster in the maker room: the fair is in two weeks, and every club member can build a game. Mina starts building everything at once, with a ship, falling stars, music, a menu and ten levels. By Thursday nothing works, and every fix breaks something else. Mr. Reyes gives her sticky notes. First comes the goal in one sentence: Catch the falling stars before they land. Then she writes four small notes: move the ship, drop a star, catch it, count it. Teo helps put them in order, in three columns called to do, doing and done. Music and ten levels go on a later pile.
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What is the first step of a plan?
Start typingAdd some musicName the goal in one sentence
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Mina's goal fits on a single sticky .
levelstarnote
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Mina can have every note in the doing column at once.
TrueFalse
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Look at the board. Which note is in the doing column?
drop a starmove the shipcount it
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Where do music and ten levels go for now?
On a later pileInto doingIn the bin
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A good idea that has to wait is lost for good.
TrueFalse
Match, order and fix
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Put Mina's plan in order.
She checks that the ship moves
Mina builds just the ship
Teo helps put the notes in order
Mina writes four small notes
Mina writes the goal on a note
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Mina's game is version one. Circle every part that belongs in it.
The ship movesMusicStars fallTen levelsCatching counts
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Join each column to what it means.
1to do
2doing
3done
4later pile
Athe one part being built now
Bwaiting to be built
Cgood ideas that wait their turn
Dbuilt and checked
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Mina builds everything at once. What goes wrong?
The game finishes earlyThe stars get fasterThe parts pile up and clash, so it gets tangled
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Mina's four small parts are: move the ship, drop a star, catch it, and it.
counthidepaint
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Write the goal of something you would like to make, in one sentence.
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Draw three columns called to do, doing and done, with a note in each.
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Answer key · Set A
Mina's falling-stars game
1Name the goal in one sentence A goal shows where you are going. Name it before you type.
2note She wrote Catch the falling stars before they land on one note.
3False Only one note can sit in doing, so she builds one part at a time.
4move the ship Move the ship is the only note in doing. The others wait in to do.
5On a later pile A plan can change, and good ideas wait their turn, so nothing gets lost.
6False Ideas that wait go on a later pile for version two.
75, 4, 3, 2, 1 Goal, small parts, order, build one part, and check it.
8The ship moves, Stars fall, Catching counts Without a ship, falling stars and counting there is no game. Music and ten levels can wait.
91-B, 2-A, 3-D, 4-C A board has to do, doing and done, and a later pile keeps ideas safe.
10The parts pile up and clash, so it gets tangled Without a plan the parts pile up and clash. Build one small part at a time.
11count The fourth note was count it.
12Your own words: a grown-up reads it.
Mark each answer, count the right ones and write the score on the sheet.