Number Sense

Operations, Patterns, Variables

Geometry and Measurement

Statistics and Probability

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Creates single variable patterns

Math Vitamins:

Ages 3-6

Number Machine

| Download Math Vitamin : PDF Notebook Egads! Jonathan has been pushing numbers on Alex's security system like crazy and the machine is out of control, spitting out numbers as fast as he can put them in! For instance, when Jonathan pushes a 2, out pops a 5. When he pushes a 3, out comes a 6.

Is there any reason to this madness? This time Jonathan figures out that the machine has been adding 3 to each number he pushes. Each time Jonathan exits the spaceship, it resets and he must figure out the new rule. Come get data from a teacher and see if you can solve the rule.

100's Chart Patterns

| Download Math Vitamin : PDF Notebook See a teacher for a Hundreds Chart and color in your own pattern. Then record what you observe. How often do the colors repeat? Do they make any shapes or lines? Be creative, there are "hundreds" of combinations!

Snow Fall Patterns

| Download Math Vitamin : PDF Notebook It's still snowing in Snoqualmie Summit! However, the rate of snow fall is increasing!

Do you notice how the snow piles below are growing? What is the pattern? See a teacher to find out how many hours it snowed and calculate the total amount of snow.

UCDS Spark, Math Vitamin, Spark

Discovery

(ages 3, 4, 5)

Emerging

(ages 4, 5, 6)

Developing

(ages 5, 6, 7)

Beginning

(ages 6, 7, 8)

Expanding

(ages 7, 8, 9)