What patterns do you see?

How could you extend (or add onto) this pattern?

Where would you add and what would you add? Why?

How many would there be then?

K, 1, 2, 3, 4

Attending to and using structure

Connecting quantity and number

Composing and decomposing number

Making 5 and 10

Thinking in equal groups

Seeing and creating patterns

Sorting, organizing, and using attributes

Using units to count, measure, and compare

After the class has discussed the questions above, you can extend this activity by posing the following questions:

How could you represent one of the patterns that you found using shapes?

What about using letters or numbers?