What patterns do you see?

What patterns do you see?

For Teachers

Ask

What patterns do you see?

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

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

For Grades 2 and up: How many dots would there be then?

Grades

K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6+

Extend

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

For Grades 3 and up: Continue to add onto this pattern. What do you notice about how the total number of dots changes? Can you predict how many dots there would be if you added 3 more layers to this pattern?