Georgia K.MP.8
The Standard
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards · Display perseverance and patience in problem-solving. Demonstrate skills and strategies needed to succeed in mathematics, including critical thinking, reasoning, and effective collaboration and expression. Seek help and apply feedback. Set and monitor goals.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students notice when the same steps or number relationships appear again and again. They describe the pattern and use it to solve a new example.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student builds towers of one through five cubes and says each tower has one more cube. The student predicts the next tower and explains the pattern with objects, drawings, or words.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may copy an AB color pattern but miss that adding one object changes the count by one. They may guess from one example or describe a pattern without explaining what stays the same.
How to Assess It
- Show cube towers with two, three, and four cubes. Ask students to build the next tower and explain how they knew its height.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Have students build cube towers from one to six cubes, compare neighboring towers, and tell what changes each time.
Display three growing dot pictures and ask, "What happens each time, and how does that help you draw the next picture?"
Play One More Match: students draw a number card, find the card showing one more, and state the rule.
Set a pretend table one place at a time, recording the number of plates after each place and stating what changes.
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