When you see this set of dice, look for combinations you recognize. Or just look then tell a partner what you saw or remember when the image is gone Or represent what you remember seeing on paper. Three seconds...the look is brief as we are training the brain to look and remember Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights
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Think about what you saw Look again…… 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights
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Think ? Draw? Talk about what you saw.... Look again…… 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights
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Now let’s discuss. What did you see and remember? I do not hide the image, I want it up front as we discuss Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights
I saw doubles with 6’s and 3’s I saw 3 and 2 is five. I saw 6 and 4 is 10. Now that it is staying in front of me I see lots of number pathways Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights
Give early learners a copy and have them match numeral cards to the collections Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights 3 6
Make yourself a copy (matching) You can put the dots and the digit in your squares Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights
Give students a copy and have partners build and explain pathway totals. Start at a 3 and add your way to a Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights
Can you follow me = 16. Do you see where I went? 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights
Give students a copy. Circle a 2 x 2 square. Close your eyes and tell your partner what is in it Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights
How many ways can you add it mentally: 3, 6, 12, 15 6 and 3 is 9 and 3 is 12 and 3 is Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights
Use your set of 4 as a pattern core. Repeat it four times to make a a new grid. Find new and explain pathways in your grid Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights
Can you find my pathway? I started at a 3 and went 6, 9, 12, 15. I can follow that path 4 different places Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights
Can you find my pathway? I started at a 3 and went 6, 9, 12, 15. I can follow that path 4 different places Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights
These are just some suggestions for how you might “play” with some numbers. Practice should require thinking, not rote chanting Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 All rights