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Students will demonstrate the concepts and skills that they have developed through these contexts and learning experiences. 

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The purpose of this assessment is for students to demonstrate their understanding of the following big ideas. 

• Coding is a creative activity based on problem solving;
• When coding, problems need to be broken down into smaller steps;
• There are many different ways to solve each step of a problem, but some are better suited and more efficient than others;
• Using Repeat Loops reduces work time and increases efficiency;
• Using Nested Events creates patterns out of patterns;
• Using Broadcast blocks allows users choice and agency and makes a project interactive.

The independent assessment will allow students to demonstrate concepts and skills related to the following learning goals: 

• I will write my code in a logical sequence.
• I will use Repeat Loops to efficiently write patterns of code.
• I will use Nested Loops to efficiently write patterns of code that repeat with small changes. 

Students might create their project independently. Students can also be interviewed by their teacher. 

An alternative assessment opportunity should be offered if this tool will not successfully capture what the student knows, understands or can do.

Final Project Walk Through

Drawing a Square with Sprites and Broadcasting Walk Through

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Math Talk

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Assessment

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This Make Math Moments Task was designed to spark curiosity for a multi-day unit of study with built in purposeful practice, and extensions to elicit and emerge mathematical models and strategies.

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