Problem Solving with Pattern Blocks 1 Math Centers
5.0 (268 reviews)Perfect for math centers, fast-finishers, and cooperative learning!Pattern blocks are not just for primary students! This resource will provide your leaners with engaging puzzle tasks that require critical thinking and problem solving skills. Students must analyze four clues in order to correctly
- Grade
- Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7
- Subject
- Math
- Pages
- 57
- Answer key
- Included
- Teaching duration
- 4 Weeks
- Digital download
Description
Perfect for math centers, fast-finishers, and cooperative learning!
Pattern blocks are not just for primary students! This resource will provide your leaners with engaging puzzle tasks that require critical thinking and problem solving skills. Students must analyze four clues in order to correctly arrange six different Pattern Blocks in a specific order. These tasks are designed to activate and expand students’ logical reasoning skills while reinforcing various geometry concepts. The 36 non-routine activities are available in two different formats: “Task Cards”- for independent work, as well as “Group Clues”- for students to work in groups of four.
What’s Included:
•Organizational and instructional tips
•“Five-Frames” for students to place Pattern Block pieces on
•36 “Task Cards”: Perfect for independent work
•36 “Group Clues”: Allows students to work in groups of four
•Student answer sheets for recording solutions
•Answer Key
•Printable Pattern Block Shapes (in color and black-and-white)
Skills Covered:
•Geometry concepts and vocabulary: acute, obtuse, right, congruency, polygons, etc.
•Spatial reasoning
•Visual awareness
•Cooperative learning and communication
•Problem solving and critical thinking
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Reviews
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Excellent Visual Tool for Teaching Place Value
This resource was a great addition to our place value unit. The combination of doodles, notes, and base-ten block models helped students better visualize abstract concepts and stay actively engaged throughout the lesson. I appreciated how clearly the information was organized and how easily the pages could be incorporated into guided instruction, independent practice, and review activities. My students enjoyed the interactive format, and the completed pages became valuable study resources that they could refer to later. Overall, this is a well-designed and highly effective resource.
Creative and Memorable Way to Teach Divisibility Rules
My students enjoyed using this resource, and the doodle format helped keep them engaged while learning divisibility rules. The combination of visuals, notes, and practice problems made the material easier to understand and remember. I also appreciated how organized everything was, which made preparation quick and simple. This resource worked well for introducing the topic, reviewing key concepts, and giving students a study tool they could use later. Overall, it was a great addition to my math instruction.
Great Visual Resource for Place Value
This was a helpful resource for introducing and reviewing place value concepts. The visual format kept students engaged and made it easier for them to organize information in a way that was both meaningful and memorable. I especially appreciated the combination of notes, illustrations, and examples. It worked well as guided practice and also served as an excellent study tool for students to refer back to later. Overall, this is a well-designed resource that requires very little preparation time.
Nice Review Support
The resource works as a nice review before state testing as well as for homeworks.
Small Group Supplement
Perfect targeted support to use with my small groups.
Questions & Answers (9)
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Just downloaded again and it's the same version I have that contradicts itself.
Very strange. The version I just check on TpT has the trapezoid on the far left in the answer key. Are you downloading from TpT? UPDATE: I know see the issue. Uploading an updated version right now!
Card 15 has something amiss. Clue 2 says the trapezoid is not second from the right but the answer clearly shows it in the second from the right spot. Am I missing something?
Hi Jasper! Thanks for contacting me. I think you may have an older version. Make sure you have downloaded the latest version on TpT. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
I could use a bit of clarification. Does each card have one and only one arrangement that satisfies the clues or is the goal just to find the piece not used and some answers could have more than one way of arranging the shapes on the five-frame?
We've been enjoying this set quite a bit. Thanks for the great resource!
Hello!
Each card should have one arrangement. However, there might be instances where more than one answer is possible. As long as all clues are satisfied, an answer is considered correct.
So I know before I buy. Are the 36 "task cards" and the 36 "group clues" the same tasks (just organised differently) or is the buyer receiving 72 different tasks? (because I'm from Australia - it costs About $10 so it's quite expensive)
Thank you for asking! There are 36 unique tasks, which are formatted in two different ways. The task cards are for independent work, and the clues are for small groups of 4-5 students to solve cooperatively.
What about card 32? Clue 4 states a figure with only 2 congruent side but even the trapezoid has 3 congruent sides.
All fixed! Thank you!!
I believe card 22 is unsolveable due to question 4 and card 12 is also unsolveable because of clue 3. Could you please check and verify in case I am mistaken Edit
Thank you! Both cards have been revised:-)
STILL enjoying this activity SO MUCH!!! It will from now until the end of time be my very favorite pre-quadrilateral unit and end of school activity! A student (and we all have at least one of these students) pointed out that the word "angles" is spelled "angels" on card 9, attribute 2, and that "hexagon" is spelled "hexagram" on card 15, attribute 3. Easy for me to fix with a Sharpie, but if you have a good reason to revise this activity (other than spelling)...
I will fix right away!!! Thank you for letting me know!
Thanks for the wonderful ideas to use with pattern blocks! For the group problem solving, could you please explain how to correctly cut apart the clues? It's not clear to me which clues go together. Thanks!! Beth :)
Hello! The group clues start on page 26. There are 4 clues per task and each task is numbered. There are dotted lines to help guide the cutting. Also each group should also have a set of instructions; these are page 25. Let me know if that helps.
Do you provide a template of pattern blocks?
Yes! I included colored printables and blacklines in case you want to print on colored paper.
