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What ELSE Can I Do with my Pattern Blocks?

What ELSE Can I Do with my Pattern Blocks?. Amy Smith, Ed.D NC Department of Public Instruction. Please: Pick up your handouts Pull out one shape out of the Mystery Bag. Our Goals for Today. Understand the mathematics behind Pattern Blocks.

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What ELSE Can I Do with my Pattern Blocks?

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  1. What ELSECan I Do with my Pattern Blocks? Amy Smith, Ed.D NC Department of Public Instruction Please: Pick up your handouts Pull out one shape out of the Mystery Bag.

  2. Our Goals for Today • Understand the mathematics behind Pattern Blocks. • Leave with at least one new task to use back in the classroom. • Become aware of additional Pattern Block resources.

  3. http://ncaeyc-pattern-blocks.wikispaces.com

  4. What Do You Notice? • Look carefully at your pattern block. What do you notice? • Describe it to someone sitting next to you. • Discuss how your Pattern Block is similar to those around you. How is it different? • Talk about at least one way you have used Pattern Blocks in your classroom.

  5. What Do We Know aboutPattern Blocks? • Consists of 6 color-coded shapes: • Green triangle • Orange square • Tan rhombus • Red trapezoid • Yellow hexagon • Blue parallelogram (rhombus)

  6. What Do We Know aboutPattern Blocks? • Relationships exist between the side measures and the angle measures. • They are designed so that all the sides of the shapes are 1 inch (except the longer side of the trapezoid, which is 2 inches). • Except for the tan rhombus, all of the shapes have angles whose measures are factors of 360 (120, 90, 60, 30 degrees)

  7. Exploration Stations • Find a partner. • With your partner,visit each of the different stations. • Play each game & explore each activity. • Record ideas, extensions and additional explanations that you want to remember. • Be prepared to share your thoughts & ideas with the whole group. • So…. Let’s get set up!

  8. Setting Up Stations

  9. Exploration Stations

  10. http://www.mathplayground.com/patternblocks.html

  11. Resources

  12. http://ncaeyc-pattern-blocks.wikispaces.com

  13. Contact Information • Amy Smith • NCDPI • K-2 Mathematics • amy.scrinzi@dpi.nc.gov • 919-807-3839

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