Working with Decomposition
Working with Decomposition is a chapter within Decomposition: a coherent run of lessons that can be taught in one go.
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Chapter
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programming/computational-thinking/core-skills/decomposition/working-with-decomposition
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4 topics · 120 concepts · 600 micro-concepts
Topics
Every topic below is a full entity with its own skills, objectives, misconceptions and resource set.
Working with Decomposition Essentials
Working with Decomposition Essentials is a teachable topic within Working with Decomposition, broken into subtopics that each take roughly one lesson.
Working with Decomposition Techniques
Working with Decomposition Techniques is a teachable topic within Working with Decomposition, broken into subtopics that each take roughly one lesson.
Working with Decomposition Word Problems
Working with Decomposition Word Problems is a teachable topic within Working with Decomposition, broken into subtopics that each take roughly one lesson.
Working with Decomposition Common Errors
Working with Decomposition Common Errors is a teachable topic within Working with Decomposition, broken into subtopics that each take roughly one lesson.
Skills and learning objectives
Skills hang off the entity; objectives hang off the skill; activities and assessment hang off the objective.
Identify working with decomposition
RememberIdentify working with decomposition accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Identify working with decomposition independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain working with decomposition
UnderstandExplain working with decomposition accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Explain working with decomposition independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind working with decomposition using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Calculate working with decomposition
ApplyCalculate working with decomposition accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Calculate working with decomposition independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Compare working with decomposition
AnalyseCompare working with decomposition accurately in a familiar context.
Activities — Modelled example on the board · Paired talk task · Mini whiteboard check
Assessment — Exit ticket of four short items
Compare working with decomposition independently in an unfamiliar context.
Activities — Independent worksheet · Card sort · Concept-check quiz
Assessment — Marked worksheet with a marking scheme
Explain the reasoning behind working with decomposition using correct vocabulary.
Activities — Talk-through with a partner · Write a model answer · AI Tutor Socratic session
Assessment — Extended written response, levelled
Semantic relationships
Prerequisite and related edges are what make this a graph rather than a menu.
- Introducing DecompositionChapter
- ScratchDomain
Misconceptions
Stored on the entity so worksheets, quizzes and lesson plans all target the same known errors.
Confident students rush working with decomposition and skip the checking step.
Correction — Build in an estimate-before-solve routine so an unreasonable answer stands out.
Learners over-generalise a special case of working with decomposition to every situation.
Correction — Present a deliberate non-example and ask why the rule fails.
Curriculum alignment
Curricula, boards and countries are data — adding one never changes the architecture.
IB-809.1
Mapped statement covering Working with Decomposition.
EDE-918.2
Mapped statement covering Working with Decomposition.
What comes next
Curriculum order is an edge in the graph, so every entity knows the step that follows it.
Decomposition in Context
Decomposition in Context is a chapter within Decomposition: a coherent run of lessons that can be taught in one go.
Pattern Recognition
Pattern Recognition is a unit of teaching within Core Skills, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Abstraction
Abstraction is a unit of teaching within Core Skills, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Algorithm Design
Algorithm Design is a unit of teaching within Core Skills, usually two to four weeks of lessons with one assessment point.
Difficulty ladder
The same entity, six levels of demand — easy through to olympiad and exam level.
Scaffolded first attempt with worked support.
Standard curriculum demand, unscaffolded.
Multi-step questions and unfamiliar contexts.
Stretch tasks that need reasoning, not recall.
Competition-style problems built on the same idea.
Board-styled questions with mark schemes.
Learning intent
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Audience views
Working with Decomposition in Grade 2, surfaced differently for each reader.
AI Tutor context chain
Open the tutor from here and it already knows where you are — this is the sequence it recommends.
- 01Prerequisite lessonintroducing decomposition
- 02Video explanationWorking with Decomposition modelled end to end
- 03Interactive practiceAnswer on screen with instant checking
- 04QuizTen graded items with hints
- 05FlashcardsRetrieval on a 14-day schedule
- 06Common mistakesThe misconceptions stored on this node
- 07Harder worksheetSame concept, exam-level demand
- 08Past paper questionsBoard questions on this concept
- 09Mock testTimed, marked, with feedback
- 10Book a tutorOne-to-one on exactly this gap
Free Working with Decomposition resources
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Connected resources
30 resource types are generated for Working with Decomposition automatically — the graph never produces an entity without them.
Concept Explanation
The idea itself, explained from first principles.
Lesson
A taught sequence with modelling and checks for understanding.
Real Life Examples
Where the idea shows up outside school.
Common Mistakes
The misconceptions and how to correct them.
AI Tutor
Socratic one-to-one practice on this exact idea.
Quiz
Graded retrieval with hints and explanations.
Question Bank
Every question filtered to this entity.
MCQs
Multiple choice items with distractor analysis.
True or False
Fast misconception checks.
Fill in the Blanks
Cloze items for vocabulary and method.
Matching
Pair terms, models and definitions.
Short Questions
One to three mark responses.
Long Questions
Extended responses with method marks.
Exam Questions
Board-styled questions and command words.
Past Papers
Authentic papers filtered to this entity.
Solved Papers
Full worked solutions and examiner notes.
Frequently asked
- What sits underneath Working with Decomposition in the knowledge graph?
- 0 domains, 0 strands, 0 units, 0 chapters, 4 topics, 20 subtopics, 120 concepts and 600 micro-concepts — every one of them carrying its own worksheets, quizzes, flashcards, lesson plans and AI tutoring.
- What should a learner already know before Working with Decomposition?
- The graph lists Introducing Decomposition, Scratch as prerequisites. Each links to its own practice so a gap can be closed before moving on.
- Which grades is Working with Decomposition taught in?
- Typically Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, though every resource can be regenerated for any grade in the platform.
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