Big Ideas of Early Math (chapters 1, 5, 6)

relative term

"biggest" "bigger"

people sort

activity that involves students using their whole body.

People patterns

analyze and describe patterns

set

any collection that is grouped together in some meaningful way.

pattern

any predictable sequence found in physical and geometric situations as well as. in numbers

Patterns in the classroom

artwork, block building, songs, instruments, outside play, nature, books

translate

by k5 children can ______ patterns to different forms. visual to auditory.

unit of repeat

can vary in length and level of complexity shortest string of of elements that repeat

repeating patterns

contain a segment that continuously repeats

Concentric patterns

have circle or rings that grow from a common center

symmetrical patterns

have segments that repeat but are organized as mirror images of one another

growing patterns

increase or decrease by a constant amount

unit

nonobvious application of counting to the comparison of size attributes that creates a crucial measurement concept

Measurement

process that produces a quantitative description of an attribute

binary sort

producing only two sets, one of which has the chosen attribute and one doesn't

Movement patterns

provide scaffolding for kids to extend patterns with support from the teacher and peers extend patterns using body movements as repeating element.

sorting

reorganizing a whole collection into two or more subsets

Attributes

sort collections into sets and having a working knowledge of what a set is and how it is constructed

represent

stand in for

length

such as heigh and width

standard units

such as inches or pounds - children often aren't ready for this kind of abstract thinking.

capacity

the amount of a given substance that a container is holding

what's my rule

the leader separates out a set of objects that share an attribute that the rest of the collection does not have.

rule

unit of repeat that governs the pattern

multiple sets sort

uses one or more attributes to change a single set into many sets.

types of patterns

visual, auditory, movement, temporal, numerical

structure

ways in which various elements in a pattern are organized and related

direct comparison

when we use representations of something. tape measure & ruler.