{"id":2265,"date":"2022-06-08T12:03:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T19:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/math\/?p=2265"},"modified":"2022-06-08T12:03:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T19:03:07","slug":"growing-shapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/math\/growing-shapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Shapes"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is a great rich task to introduce the idea of patterning and algebra. This comes from Jo Boaler’s YouCubed site. She suggests to lead this activity as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Ask “How do you see the shapes growing?” (Looking at shape and number)\"\"<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Record variety of responses on chart paper. Then ask students to use their method to determine the number in the 100th case. What would it look like? How do the numbers relate to the visual solution?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    3. Ask students to make a table of the results. Ask students to
    \nuse both the number pattern they see in their table and their visuals to
    \npredict how many squares there would be in the 4th and 5th case. Even
    \nthough they have already thought about the hundredth case adding
    \nmore rows to their table can help them see the functional growth in both
    \nthe numbers and the shape. Keep encouraging students to connect the
    \nnumbers and visuals. Ask them where they see the extra squares in their
    \npictures and in the numbers in the table they have made.<\/p>\n

    4. Could you tell me how many squares there would be in any case, if I just told you the case number? Eg if I told you it was case 500 how many squares would there be? Write a sentence to describe how many squares there would be with any case number. This can lead to asking students to use a variable instead of the words.<\/p>\n

    Access this task and the handouts to go with it on the YouCubed site here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This is a great rich task to introduce the idea of patterning and algebra. This comes from Jo Boaler’s YouCubed site. She suggests to lead this activity as follows: Ask “How do you see the shapes growing?” (Looking at shape and number) Record variety of responses on chart paper. Then ask students to use their … <\/p>\n

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