Kōkiri Learn

Week 1 of 5

See the pattern and describe it

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Session 1 · SOLVE: See the Pattern

Growing patterns

  1. 10 minHook: a growing tile pattern. How many tiles in step 10? Step 100?
  2. 25 minBuild the first four steps with tiles or drawings.
  3. 15 minDescribe the pattern in words.

Session 2 · SOLVE: Organise Information

Table it

  1. 15 minPut step number and count in a table.
  2. 20 minLook for differences: constant (linear) or changing (non-linear)?
  3. 15 minTry a second pattern: square numbers or triangular numbers.

Getting started

Start with a pattern that grows by the same amount each time.

Stretch

Find a pattern whose differences grow, and describe how.

Checkpoint

Each student has a table and a word description for a pattern.

Activities for this week