Thinking conceptually through Mathematics
For the past couple of weeks the Year 6 students have been engaged in days of “Inspirational Maths” with Stanford Researcher, Jo Boaler. Some of the investigations students have been grappling with include finding patterns in Pascal’s Triangle, 100’s chart and identifying how shapes grow (as in the example below).
Please feel free to use the images above to initiate a dialogue with your child about patterns and how patterns grow.
These investigations are aligned to our mathematics outcomes for pattern & function :
Phase 3
Transferring meaning into symbols |
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Phase 3
Applying with understanding |
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Phase 4
Constructing Meaning |
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