Lesson Plans SET B for Grades 5-6-PDF Level 5-6 - Patterns

PDF Level 5-6 - Patterns - Presentation

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The document discusses Math Kangaroo's challenges for Level 5-6 students, focusing on understanding and solving number patterns. It presents a structured 4-step problem-solving strategy: understanding the problem, planning a solution, executing the plan, and reflecting on the result to ensure it makes sense. These steps are crucial for tackling various math problems effectively.<br /><br />The document emphasizes the importance of recognizing patterns, which can simplify complex problems, reduce calculations, save time, and increase accuracy. It defines a pattern as an arrangement or repetition of numbers, shapes, or objects following a specific rule. Examples illustrate different pattern types and how identifying them aids problem solving.<br /><br />Several practice problems from previous Math Kangaroo contests are included, challenging students with tasks like determining how many times faster a clock's minute hand moves compared to the hour hand, finding values that satisfy certain divisibility conditions, and discerning sequences or patterns within problems.<br /><br />The document also highlights the importance of common problem-solving strategies, such as drawing diagrams, making tables, solving simpler related problems, using logical reasoning, and employing the guessing and checking method. These tools are vital in pattern recognition, which is a key skill not only in math but also in everyday life.<br /><br />Additionally, the text encourages students to engage in 'Genius Hour', sharing their problem drafts for peer feedback. This interactive element enhances understanding through collaboration, further developing students' problem-solving and pattern-recognition skills, which are critical in both academic and real-world scenarios.

Keywords

Math Kangaroo

Level 5-6

number patterns

problem-solving strategy

pattern recognition

practice problems

divisibility conditions

logical reasoning

Genius Hour

peer feedback