As part of our inquiry into patterns, the Prep/Grade 1 students have been exploring patterns in music, nature, art, literature, and numbers. We have been learning about spiral and symmetrical patterns in nature, as well as investigating patterning in reptiles and eggs. We used our class 100 chart to look for patterns in numbers and noticed lots of different patterns in the numbers. The students then used mini 100s charts to search for their own patterns, finding diagonal patterns of numbers counting up and down, columns of numbers all ending in the same digit, and rows of numbers all starting with the same digit.

As thinkers, the students have been displaying curiosity and open-mindedness as they explore different lines of inquiry into patterns. They have been working on persistence and collaboration as they encounter challenging tasks such as building complex marble runs in groups.