Prompts that Spark Discussion...
Covered Sums
December 21, 2017
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How many different ways can you determine the sum?
A Pattern with 4
November 29, 2017
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Exemplars: Thank you @MathBeforeBed for helping us with our morning math challenge! pic.twitter.com/80HclV7BAL — Mrs Piacente-Cimini (@spiacentecimini) November 29, 2017
Mystery Number
October 13, 2017
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Thinking from young ones: Amazing math problem solving today with @MathBeforeBed . Noticed 3 numbers between 6,10,14 so changed guess
Hardest Layer
August 29, 2017
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\ \ Have your child draw the layers if it helps. Ask how they determined how many circles on that
Pentomino Puzzles
July 31, 2017
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\ \ Visit the Desmos activity at\’a0https://goo.gl/eX2u9r\’a0to play some rounds of Pentomino Puzzles. As always, encourage discussion on how you
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
7 Comments
\ \ How many cherries should be in the 7th pile if the pattern continues? Create another pattern that starts
A pattern around Nine
June 9, 2017
5 Comments
\ \ Describe a pattern that increases by a lot and one that increases by a little. Describe a pattern
Follow the Leader
June 8, 2017
3 Comments
\ \ 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 Faces
May 12, 2017
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\ \ How many edges or vertices should be in stack 3?
Diagonal Patterning
May 2, 2017
1 Comment
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