W Pattern

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  1. Grace Kelemanik 8 years ago

    Typically we provide just one visual, but in this task set we played with providing three terms of a visual pattern. The annotation remains the same on each of the three terms so students can key in on the way the chunks grow, or do not grow.

  2. loriannekalb 7 years ago

    I did this task today with my students and left out the representation for 3(n+1) +3. After the students matched the other two expressions with two pictures, I had them draw a representation for the lonely expression. It went really well! When I do it again next year though, I’ll have the W pattern already printed out for the students so it is easier for them to then just show the representation by grouping, circling, moving, etc. It was a hard pattern for them to draw. I watched Amy model a “Connecting Representations” task in Delaware 2 weeks ago, so I modeled after her. It went really well!!!

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      Amy Lucenta 7 years ago

      Sounds like it went well! I agree that drawing the representation is tedious, and annotating a copy of it is more effective. Grace and I typically recommend that you provide one copy per partnership so that students continue to work together rather than transitioning to individual work. Please keep us posted as you test-drive additional tasks. These reflections are so valuable for others as they implement. Thank you!

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