Prep strips by cutting two rectangles off. By making the strips shorter, there is less of a chance for them to fall out of the "flower pots".
Now, take the strips and cut them in half. This will help fit more "petals" of flowers in the pot.
Next, add numbers to the strips according to what you want the kids to practice. Keep all the same pattern to one color. Unless you really want to challenge the kids, I suggest keeping the color the same.
Next, add the pattern to the "pots". We'll pretend the pockets are pots.
Next, add the "pots" to the bulletin board. This will be where the students place the strips, or "petals".
In this next step, you can have the kids either roll a die to see which pattern they are looking for, or if you are using higher numbers, no dice are needed. If looking for a particular pattern is too difficult, you can also place paint strips on the table and have students sort through the paint strips and place in the "pots" as they sort.
Once all the paint strips, or petals, have been sorted, the kids will have a beautiful display of flowers! They can now add their patterns and flowers to their math journals. I added cute little ladybugs to the sky blue background and some flowers like the pink peonies and the lavendar stems for a complete engagement station. All these somewhat "little" things add up to make a huge impact and high engagement!
Prep strips by cutting two rectangles off. By making the strips shorter, there is less of a chance for them to fall out of the "flower pots".
Now, take the strips and cut them in half. This will help fit more "petals" of flowers in the pot.
Next, add numbers to the strips according to what you want the kids to practice. Keep all the same pattern to one color. Unless you really want to challenge the kids, I suggest keeping the color the same.
Next, add the pattern to the "pots". We'll pretend the pockets are pots.
Next, add the "pots" to the bulletin board. This will be where the students place the strips, or "petals".
In this next step, you can have the kids either roll a die to see which pattern they are looking for, or if you are using higher numbers, no dice are needed. If looking for a particular pattern is too difficult, you can also place paint strips on the table and have students sort through the paint strips and place in the "pots" as they sort.
Once all the paint strips, or petals, have been sorted, the kids will have a beautiful display of flowers! They can now add their patterns and flowers to their math journals. I added cute little ladybugs to the sky blue background and some flowers like the pink peonies and the lavendar stems for a complete engagement station. All these somewhat "little" things add up to make a huge impact and high engagement!
