Bonjour!
During the month of November our focus
in math will be on patterning, as part of our Patterning and Algebra strand. We
will be concentrating on classifying and describing attributes of objects
(e.g., colour, shape, size, position, thickness, number of sides, design). We
will also be learning how to identify, create, continue and describe repeating
patterns (with 2 and 3 changing attributes) as well as growing and shrinking
patterns. Finally, we will be using patterns to help us solve problems. We will
have many opportunities to use our knowledge in a variety of ways and we will
use appropriate math vocabulary to describe what we discover.
During this unit we will be learning the following
overall expectation:
v describe, extend, and create a variety of numeric
patterns and geometric patterns.
Le vocabulaire:
Here is a
list of important words that we will be using during our unit on patterning.
Please encourage your child to use these words when completing homework and when
communicating his/her knowledge of patterning with you.
une suite – a pattern
une suite répétitive – a repeating
pattern
les attributs – attributes
une suite croissante– a growing pattern
couleur - colour
l’épaisseur
(mince/épais) – thickness
une partie répétitive– the core of the pattern, the
part of the pattern that repeats itself
la taille
(grand/moyen/petit)- size
la forme - shape
les jetons – game pieces to be used as markers
la position (droite, à
l’envers, en haut, en bas, vers la droite, vers la gauche)
une modèle – a drawn model of the pattern
compter par intervalles – skip counting
le règle de la suite – the pattern rule
that explains what repeated changes are made to the pattern
What activities could you do at home
to support your child?
ü Have your child
help you with your laundry. Make a game out of sorting socks as you lay them
out in a pattern and ask your child to find the sock that comes next.
ü Practice sorting
all kinds of objects (toys, buttons, etc.) according to their attributes &
using the correct name for the attribute. For example, by separating the red
trucks from the blue ones, the attribute used to sort is colour.
ü Make a beaded
necklace with your child and make sure that the necklace they make follows a
simple pattern that they have to repeat over and over again.
ü List chores on a
calendar. Rewrite their chores in the same order on the same day of the week.
Become “forgetful” now and then and ask your child to remind you what comes
next.
ü Ask your child to
help you set the table. As you set the table, forget to put a piece of
silverware here and a plate there. Ask your child what is missing and have them
help you to fill in the missing pieces.
ü Have some fun with
music. Ask your child to dance with you. Make up a dance that requires you both
to do three simple steps that you repeat in the same order over and over again.
ü Play the pattern
train! Cut out the shapes from the attached sheets and store them in a plastic
baggy. To play the pattern train, the first person can start with any shape and
lay it down on the table. The next person must place a shape underneath the
first one; however their shape must change by only 1 attribute. (You might want
to have your child colour in the shapes to have another attribute).
Have fun with math!
The Grade 3 Teachers
