Session 10: Classroom Case Studies Grades K-2

Session 10, Grades K-2, Part D:
Critiquing Student Lessons (20 minutes)

In the K-2 curriculum, students are frequently asked to think about patterns, but often their "pattern sniffing" skills end with simply finding the next object. Note 7

Here is a "pattern" problem.

Subtract, then look at the differences in each row. Continue the pattern.

Problem D1

What algebraic ideas are in this lesson?


Problem D2
How are patterns used in this lesson?


Problem D3
What mathematics do you think students would learn from this lesson?


Problem D4
Are there any misconceptions that students might develop from this lesson?


Problem D5
How would you modify the problem, or what additional questions might you ask, to incorporate the framework for analyzing patterns?

Problem taken from Addison Wesley Mathematics, Grade 2 (Menlo Park, Calif.: Scott Foresman-Addison Wesley, 1993).

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