Grade
PK

Same & Different: Crunchy Patterns

Look at the two pictures. What do you notice?

A. shows 6 apples in a line. The first 3 are red. The last 3 are green. B. shows 6 apples in a line. They are red, green, red, green, red, green.
  1. How are pictures A and B the same, and how are they different?
    • A and B are the same because …
    • A and B are different because …
  2. Here are two more pictures. Which one goes better with pictures A and B? Why?
C. shows 4 apples in a line. They are red, green, red, green. D. shows 6 red apples in a line.

Challenge

Make a picture that shows another way to arrange 6 apples. Explain how your picture is the same as pictures A and B, and how it is different.

  • Mine is the same because …
  • Mine is different because …
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