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Grade 2 · lesson 3 of 4

Fix What the Repeat Includes

Repair a repeat instruction whose group does not match a target pattern.

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Supplied materials

  • Paper and pencil; an adult may read aloud. No device, account or purchase is needed.

Learn the idea

The scope of a repeat is the group of instructions it includes. Words such as repeat can be correct while their grouping is wrong. A paper trace shows whether the repeat applies to one action or several actions. We must compare the entire sequence, not just count its length.

Goal: square, dot, square, dot. Draft: repeat two times: draw a square; after the repeat, draw one dot. The draft makes square, square, dot. Move draw a dot into the repeated group, after draw a square, so that every square is followed by its own dot.

  1. Expand the draft exactly into square, square, dot.
  2. Compare each position and the total length with the four-action goal.
  3. Rewrite the group as draw a square, then draw a dot.
  4. Repeat the repaired group twice and verify square, dot, square, dot.
Worked example

See the method in action

Draft output: square, square, dot, length 3. Repaired output: square, dot | square, dot, length 4. Moving the dot into the group changes both order and count.

Your turn

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Goal: triangle, circle, triangle, circle, triangle, circle. Which instruction matches?

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Repeat three times: triangle, then circle

Repeating the two-action group three times makes all six target actions in order. The other instructions omit or regroup actions.

Take it further

Keep the repaired square, dot group but repeat three times. Expected sequence: square, dot, square, dot, square, dot; length 6.

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