Writing Code, Step by Step: teacher key

How Coding Works, grade 2 edition, written for 2nd grade. Find out how programmers give a computer steps, why order matters, and how bugs get fixed.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

What is a computer program?
- A list of instructions for a computer (answer)
- A kind of insect
- A game board
Who writes the code that makes programs?
- Recipes
- Bugs
- Programmers (answer)
What is the order of instructions in a program called?
- A bug
- Its sequence (answer)
- A repeat
Why do people have to give a computer instructions?
- It cannot think for itself (answer)
- It likes lists
- It is too loud
In coding, what does the word bug mean?
- A real insect
- A mistake in a program (answer)
- A computer game