1. If you have an ABC pattern, how many tiles (at least) should you show so that children can figure out and be confident they know what the pattern is?
2. Which of these questions are appropriate for kindergarten children, when asked about an ABC pattern where 9 tiles are shown and the next 6 are hidden (and the visible and hidden tiles are numbered)?
a. What comes next in the pattern?
b. What are the next 5 tiles in the pattern?
c. What is the 14th tile?
d. What is the 20th tile?
e. What are the numbers of the first 8 "A" tiles?
f. What is the 100th tile?
3. Which of the questions from #2 are good third grade questions?
4. How can you use repeating patterns to generate skip counting sequences?