Grade
3

What Comes Next? Window Panes

What do you notice? What do you wonder? What comes next?

First, 3 rows of 2 window panes with the number 6 in the upper left pane. Next, 3 rows of 3 window panes with the number 9 in the lower right pane. Then 4 rows of 3 window panes with the number 12 in the upper left pane. Last, 4 rows of 4 window panes with the number 16 in the lower right pane.

Show or tell what the next two pictures look like. Describe how you know.

Challenge

  • What would previous pictures look like? Why do you think so?
  • What will the 20th window look like? How do you know?

Follow-Up

Create your own window sequence and share it with someone else. Ask them what comes next!

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Reference for Educators

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