Unit 5, Lesson 2
Make and Break Apart Pattern Block Designs
Kindergarten
Preparation
Lesson Narrative
In a previous unit, students made designs with pattern blocks and counted how many of each pattern block they used. In this lesson, students make and share a design with the same total number of pattern blocks but different numbers of individual pattern blocks.
- Representation
- MLR8
- Create designs composed of 2 types of pattern blocks. Describe (orally) this composition using number names for each part and the total.
- Let’s make and break apart pattern block designs.
Required Materials
Activity 1
Activity 2
Activity 3
Required Preparation
- Gather materials from previous centers:
- Check it Off, Stage 1
- Find the Value of Expressions, Stage 1
- Bingo, Stages 1–3
- Shake and Spill, Stages 1–3
Suggested Centers
NoneTeacher Reflection Questions
Identify who has been sharing their ideas in class lately. Make a note of students whose ideas have not been shared and look for an opportunity for them to share their thinking in tomorrow’s lesson.