Lesson 2 Greater or Less Than Pattern Blocks

    • Let’s figure out if there are a greater number of triangle pattern blocks or trapezoid pattern blocks.

Warm-up Choral Count: Count by 10

Now let’s count to 100 by 10.

Activity 1 Quack Quack

Tell your partner about the pattern blocks you used with the words ‘more’ and ‘fewer.’

Activity 2 Make a Y

Fill in the puzzle again on the second page and write a number to show how many pattern blocks you used. Your goal is to try to use more pattern blocks to fill in the puzzle than your partner.

Figure out if you or your partner used more pattern blocks to fill in the puzzle.

Activity 3 Introduce Pattern Blocks, Place the Last Pattern Block

Choose a center.

Pattern Blocks

Center Activity. Pattern blocks.

Geoblocks

Grab and Count

Center. Grab and Count.

Find the Pair

Center. Find the pair.

Practice Problem

Problem 1

trapezoid

  1. Fill in the puzzle using only green triangle and blue rhombus pattern blocks.

  2. Did you use more

    green triangle pattern block

    or

    blue rhombus pattern block

    blocks?

    green triangle

    blue rhombus

    Circle the shape that you used more of.

  3. Fill in the puzzle a different way using only green triangle and blue rhombus pattern blocks.

  4. Did you use more

    green triangle pattern block

    or

    blue rhombus pattern block

    blocks?

    green triangle

    blue rhombus

    Circle the shape that you used more of.