ScratchJr Examples: Simple Stories and Games for Grade 1 Students

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🎨 ScratchJr Basics: ScratchJr is a visual programming language where you drag and drop colorful blocks to make characters move, talk, and interact.
• 👦 Characters (Sprites): The characters in ScratchJr are called sprites. You can add, move, and change them.
• 🧱 Programming Blocks: These are the instructions. Common ones include move, turn, speak, and jump.
• 📜 Projects: A ScratchJr project is made up of pages. Each page can have different backgrounds and sprites doing different things.
• 💡 Simple Stories: Stories use blocks to make characters talk to each other and move across the screen.
• 🕹️ Simple Games: Games use blocks to make characters react to events, like tapping the screen.
• 💾 Saving Projects: Always save your projects so you can continue working on them later!

🧪 Practice Quiz

1. What are the characters in ScratchJr called?
   1. Sprites
   2. Blocks
   3. Pixels
2. Which of these is NOT a type of programming block in ScratchJr?
   1. Move
   2. Erase
   3. Speak
3. What is a ScratchJr project made of?
   1. Pages
   2. Chapters
   3. Paragraphs
4. What type of blocks are used to make characters talk and move in stories?
   1. Building Blocks
   2. Programming Blocks
   3. Coloring Blocks
5. In ScratchJr, what do games use blocks to make characters do?
   1. Sleep
   2. React to Events
   3. Eat
6. What should you always remember to do with your ScratchJr projects?
   1. Delete them
   2. Save them
   3. Share them without saving
7. What is ScratchJr?
   1. A Drawing App
   2. A Visual Programming Language
   3. A Social Media Platform