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?

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

Attending to and using structure

Composing and decomposing number

Thinking in equal groups

Seeing and creating patterns

Sorting, organizing, and using attributes

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?