Summary
A tutorial on "My Blocks" -- Scratch's tool for bundling a group of blocks you use often into one new, reusable named block -- introducing the idea of breaking a program into smaller, reusable pieces.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
This video shows how to bundle repeated blocks into one new custom block.
- Why might you want to make your own block instead of repeating the same blocks each time?
- What did the video name its custom block?
- What repeated set of blocks in your own project could become a custom block?
Quick work-a-long
Words to know: custom block, bundle, reusable.
Try it: Find two or three blocks you use more than once in a project and make a custom block that bundles them.