Scratch Critical Vocabulary

A Scratch project with moving characters and possibly a conversation.

• script

• project

• animation

• game

A block that programs a sprite to have a word balloon, or can cause a sprite to hide or show.

• "repeat " block

• "looks" block

• Scratch

• programming block

A block that can be used to change a sprite's costume

• "looks" block

• "repeat" block

• Scratch

• programming block

A block that programs sound or music.

• a game

• "looks" block

• "sound" block

• the paint editor

A block used to move a sprite in one way or another.

• "motion" block

• "parallel" block

• "if" block

• "repeat" block

A block that can be programmed to draw lines.

• "pen" block

• paint editor

• resources

• script

A block that knows when one block has touched another.

• animation

• "sensing" block

• collide

• "touching" block

A block that starts the action.

• "sensing" block

• "repeat" block

• reset

• "control" block

A block used to pause the action.

• "pause" block

• "wait" block

• "motion" block

• "pen" block

A block used to replay an action for a specific number of times.

• "redo" block

• "if" block

• "replay" block

• "repeat" block