what else can i do with my pattern blocks?
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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What ELSECan I Do with my
Pattern Blocks?Amy Smith, Ed.D
NC Department of Public Instruction
Please:1.Pick up your handouts
2.Pull out one shape out of the Mystery Bag.
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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.
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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.
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What Do We Know aboutPattern Blocks?
Consists of 6 color-coded shapes:Green triangleOrange squareTan rhombusRed trapezoidYellow hexagonBlue parallelogram (rhombus)
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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)
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Exploration StationsFind 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!
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Setting Up Stations
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Exploration Stations
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Resources
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