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Grade 3 - Unit 1

Lesson 1.4
What is an algorithm?
What is an Algorithm?
Steps to ride a bicycle:

1. Go to the garage to get the bike


2. Put on our helmet
3. Climb onto the bike
4. Start pedaling
Reflection Time
In your journal, write down

● Date
● ALGORITHM and few words to describe it
● An example of an algorithm
○ Getting ready for school
○ Packing a suitcase to go for a sleepover
○ Baking a cake
Writing an algorithm to create a
graphic
Create your own language
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Activity in Pairs
1. Choose a drawing that you want to code
2. Write the code in your partner’s design journal
3. Exchange journals
4. Draw an empty grid
5. Decode your partner’s drawing

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