Prompts that Spark Discussion...
Cookie Counter
July 16, 2017
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\ \ Encourage counting various types. How many cooked cookies? How many uncooked? How many rows? Columns? As always discuss
Symmetry in the Picture
July 12, 2017
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Thinking: Exploring symmetry. #tmwyk pic.twitter.com/2rfzEi8sf4 — Mark Trushkowsky (@mtrushkowsky) December 17, 2017
Block Tower
July 7, 2017
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\ \ What could you and your child count in this picture? Predict how many more “turns” until it falls
Famous Patterns
July 5, 2017
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\ \ After you discuss the patterning you see here let you child know that this triangular array is called
Can you see the faces?
July 3, 2017
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\ \ Ask your child how they counted the faces? Then ask them to count them a different way.\ \
Canada 150
July 1, 2017
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\ \ Kyle Pearce has shared a math challenge for each day in June to prepare for today, Canada’s 150
Overlapping Patterns
June 28, 2017
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\ \ What number will they overlap on? How do you know? Draw two new patterns that overlap on the
Standing Tall
June 26, 2017
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What pattern could you create by having your friends stand on numbers?\ \
Missing Cherries
June 22, 2017
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\ \ How many cherries should be in the 7th pile if the pattern continues? Create another pattern that starts
What do you see?
June 21, 2017
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\ \ How many triangles would fill the centre of the completed picture?
Packs of Cherries
June 18, 2017
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\ \ How can you count them differently? If you ate one of the groups, how many would be left?
Triangle Cover
June 17, 2017
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\ \ For a video version of this prompt check out the twitter feed here.
Which One Doesn’t Belong?
June 16, 2017
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\ \ Which one doesn’t belong? Be ready to say why your choice doesn’t fit with the rest. Try to
Circle Counting
June 15, 2017
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\ \ After your child counts the dots say “another child counted them in a different way. How might he/she
A pattern around Nine
June 9, 2017
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\ \ Describe a pattern that increases by a lot and one that increases by a little. Describe a pattern
Follow the Leader
June 8, 2017
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\ \ Describe the pattern. Make two more patterns with missing terms. One easy and one hard.
Missing Eggs
June 2, 2017
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\ \ How man eggs do you see? How many empty spaces? How did you count them?
Missing Cats
May 15, 2017
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\ \ Create your own pattern. Create an easy pattern. Create a hard pattern.
Missing Faces
May 12, 2017
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\ \ How many edges or vertices should be in stack 3?
Missing Numbers
May 10, 2017
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\ \ Inspired by Steve Wyborney. See more about this style of prompt here
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