Junior Brainteaser - What Shape and Colour?
Added: 28 Sep 2016
Contributor:
Scoilnet
Resource type:
Document on a Junior Brainteaser - What Shape and Colour? Recommended by PDST Numeracy Team for Maths Week Daily Brainteaser Challenge. Answers can be submitted via @PDSTNumeracy @ScoilnetPrimary. Students will need to analyse the worksheet in order to recognise the hidden patterns and sequences.
How it maps to the curriculum
Strand: Algebra
Content objective: This resource should enable a child to:
- identify, copy and extend patterns in colour, shape and size
Suggestions for use: Together as a class, solve the Problem of the Day. Promote reasoning behind the solution.
Strand: Algebra
Suggestions for use: Whole class discussion by projecting onto whiteboard. Alternatively, set brainteaser challenge to groups with each group explaining the reasoning behind their problem solving solution. Alternatively, set as an independent brainteaser whereby students think think-pair-share their ideas.
