This week, during her morning-time free play, Lucy had an idea. She was going to make a pattern! So, she found some crayons and a piece of paper and started drawing. Later that week, she used our 'pokey mushrooms' to make a new pattern. She shared both of her pieces of work in our Morning Meetings and all of the children seemed very interested in what she had created. We decided to do some more exploring of patterns as a whole class since some of us had not heard this word before.
Today we sat down at the carpet, unlocked our thinking with the 'FORM' thinking key and studied Lucy's work. We asked ourselves 'What is it like?' and brainstormed what we noticed. Soon we realized that patterns are things that happen "again and again and again" (Denzil).
Today we sat down at the carpet, unlocked our thinking with the 'FORM' thinking key and studied Lucy's work. We asked ourselves 'What is it like?' and brainstormed what we noticed. Soon we realized that patterns are things that happen "again and again and again" (Denzil).
To give us some more ideas about patterns, we read the book Patterns Everywhere made us curious about what patterns we could find on ourselves and in our room. We started by looking at each other to see if we could find any patterns similar to those in Lucy's work or the book.
Very quickly we found two!
Ayesha noticed her leggings which repeat "black, purple, black, purple, black, purple...".
We also noticed Violett's shoe laces which have an "animal pattern" (Zoe).
Very quickly we found two!
Ayesha noticed her leggings which repeat "black, purple, black, purple, black, purple...".
We also noticed Violett's shoe laces which have an "animal pattern" (Zoe).
After our group discussion, it was time to explore individually. We challenged ourselves to use many different materials in our classroom to make patterns. Here is our work:
At the lunch playtime, Zoe noticed something....a pattern!! When she pointed it out to her friends, they noticed another one just beside it on our playground.
As we move forward with our pattern inquiry, we will investigate pattern 'units' and anything else we find interesting or curious about patterns along the way!