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Misconception: Students have difficulty transitioning from working with one sprite to multiple sprites in Scratch.

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  • To help students organize their thoughts when working with multiple sprites, have them draw out on a sheet of paper how they want the sprites to interact with each other.
  • Remind students that they just need to click on a sprite to see the scripts for that sprite.

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  • Scratch
  • Content Misconceptions
  • Development Methods
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