Notice and Wonder
10 min
Narrative
The purpose of this Warm-up is to elicit the idea that equal groups appear in many contexts, which will be useful when students create their own Notice and Wonder in a later activity. In the Activity Synthesis, discuss what students know about the Notice and Wonder routine and what they need to think about to create a routine like the example.
Launch
- Groups of 2
- Display the image.
- “What do you notice? What do you wonder?”
- 1 minute: quiet think time
Teacher Instructions
- “Discuss your thinking with your partner.”
- 1 minute: partner discussion
- Share and record responses.
Student Task
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Sample Response
Students may notice:
- There are pots or groups of plants.
- The pots are organized in rows.
- Some plants have flowers.
- How many plants are there?
- What kind of plants are there?
- Why do some plants have flowers and others don’t?
Activity Synthesis (Teacher Notes)
- “What do you know about the Notice and Wonder routine?” (It has pictures that help us think about math ideas, like equal groups. We might have questions about what's in the pictures.)
- Consider asking: “What would you have to think about if you were going to design a Notice and Wonder like this one?” (Finding an image that shows equal groups, groups that make counting easier, or different types of groups. Finding an image that shows a missing piece of information, or a group that is different than other groups.)
- Record and display responses for all to see.
Standards
Building Toward
- 3.OA.A·Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
- 3.OA.A·Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
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Notice and Wonder
10 min
Narrative
The purpose of this Warm-up is to elicit the idea that equal groups appear in many contexts, which will be useful when students create their own Notice and Wonder in a later activity. In the Activity Synthesis, discuss what students know about the Notice and Wonder routine and what they need to think about to create a routine like the example.
Launch
- Groups of 2
- Display the image.
- “What do you notice? What do you wonder?”
- 1 minute: quiet think time
Teacher Instructions
- “Discuss your thinking with your partner.”
- 1 minute: partner discussion
- Share and record responses.
Student Task
What do you notice? What do you wonder?
Sample Response
Students may notice:
- There are pots or groups of plants.
- The pots are organized in rows.
- Some plants have flowers.
- How many plants are there?
- What kind of plants are there?
- Why do some plants have flowers and others don’t?
Activity Synthesis (Teacher Notes)
- “What do you know about the Notice and Wonder routine?” (It has pictures that help us think about math ideas, like equal groups. We might have questions about what's in the pictures.)
- Consider asking: “What would you have to think about if you were going to design a Notice and Wonder like this one?” (Finding an image that shows equal groups, groups that make counting easier, or different types of groups. Finding an image that shows a missing piece of information, or a group that is different than other groups.)
- Record and display responses for all to see.
Standards
Building Toward
- 3.OA.A·Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.
- 3.OA.A·Represent and solve problems involving multiplication and division.