Dear parents,
Over the next weeks in
sha'Allah, your child will be learning about patterns: both repeating patterns
and growing or shrinking patterns. The goal will be for your child to identify,
describe, extend, and create patterns. For repeating patterns, the focus will
be on naming attributes of patterns and how those attributes change. The focus
for growing or shrinking patterns will be on the start number and the amount
that is added or subtracted each time.
Throughout this time,
you and your child may engage in activities such as the following:
- Your child can look around for
repeating patterns and create a list of these. They can ask and answer
questions about the patterns, such as "what attributes are changing
in the pattern?" (for example, colour: blue, red, blue, red, blue,
repeat; size: small, big, big, small, repeat) and "what is the part
of the pattern that repeats?"
- Your child can decorate items
using repeating patterns. For example, they can create their own notepaper
or cards by making a repeating pattern around the edge. They can use
shapes, names, and colours for these patterns.
- Your child can make and use a
100 chart at home to show growing or shrinking patterns. For example, they
can start with an item that costs $4, then add eleven $3 items to the
"bill." (They can use the repeat function on a calculator, if
possible, to find each new number.) After they mark the numbers on the 100
chart with counters or circles, they can describe the pattern they see and
explain the pattern rule.
Please refer to the At-Home help
section on each workbook page. I will be sending the workbooks on Moday in
sh'Allah. Students have to do the At Home help p 1. Please remind your child to
bring the workbook back to class the next morning. It is really important
that they have their workbooks with them or else they won't be able to work in
class.
Jazakum Allah Kheir,
Tr. Hajer
