1. 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. 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net

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3. Think about what you saw Look again…… 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net

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5. Think ? Draw? Talk about what you saw.... Look again…… 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net

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7. Now let’s discuss. What did you see and remember? I do not hide the image, I want it up front as we discuss. 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net

8. 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. 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net

9. Give early learners a copy and have them match numeral cards to the collections. 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net 3 6

10. Make yourself a copy (matching) You can put the dots and the digit in your squares. 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net

11. Give students a copy and have partners build and explain pathway totals. Start at a 3 and add your way to a 6. 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net

12. Can you follow me 3+3+2+2+6 = 16. Do you see where I went? 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net

13. Give students a copy. Circle a 2 x 2 square. Close your eyes and tell your partner what is in it. 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net

14. How many ways can you add it mentally: 3, 6, 12, 15 6 and 3 is 9 and 3 is 12 and 3 is 15... 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net

15. 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. 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net

16. Can you find my pathway? I started at a 3 and went 6, 9, 12, 15. I can follow that path 4 different places... 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net

17. Can you find my pathway? I started at a 3 and went 6, 9, 12, 15. I can follow that path 4 different places... 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net

18. These are just some suggestions for how you might “play” with some numbers. Practice should require thinking, not rote chanting. 2014 Slides courtesy of Thinking 101 glorway@telusplanet.net All rights reserved.glorway@telusplanet.net