{"id":71033,"date":"2020-04-21T12:04:17","date_gmt":"2020-04-21T16:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/?page_id=71033"},"modified":"2020-05-25T13:07:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-25T17:07:19","slug":"counting-letters-exploration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/learn\/elementary-home\/elementary-2\/math\/math-grades-4-6\/explorations-and-games\/counting-letters-exploration\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting Letters Exploration"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-71034 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-19-at-9.32.13-PM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-19-at-9.32.13-PM.png 1600w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-19-at-9.32.13-PM-300x124.png 300w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-19-at-9.32.13-PM-768x316.png 768w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-19-at-9.32.13-PM-1024x422.png 1024w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-19-at-9.32.13-PM-165x68.png 165w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-19-at-9.32.13-PM-1140x470.png 1140w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-19-at-9.32.13-PM-945x389.png 945w, https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/files\/2020\/04\/Screen-Shot-2020-04-19-at-9.32.13-PM-750x309.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/h2>\n<h5>Explorations and Games<\/h5>\n<h2>Learning Goals:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Read and print in words whole numbers, using meaningful contexts<\/li>\n<li>Make predictions related to patterns<\/li>\n<li>Develop and apply reasoning skills to make and test math predictions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Exploration:<\/h3>\n<p>Pick a random number to start, then write out that number in words.<br \/>\n(a two-digit number is a good place to start for the first time)<br \/>\nNext, count the number of letters used, and write that new number out in words.<br \/>\nThen count the number of letters in this new second number, and write that third number out in words.<br \/>\nContinue this sequence for as long as you can, or until a number starts repeating.<\/p>\n<p>For example, starting with 78, this would be the result:<\/p>\n<p>Seventy-eight \u2192 (13 letters)<br \/>\nThirteen \u2192 (8 letters)<br \/>\nEight \u2192 (5 letters)<br \/>\nFive \u2192 (4 letters)<br \/>\nFour \u2192 (4 letters)<br \/>\nFour \u2192 (4 letters)<\/p>\n<h3>Try following this procedure with other starting numbers.<\/h3>\n<p>Do you see any patterns or similarities?<br \/>\nWhy do you think this pattern is appearing?<\/p>\n<h2>Questions and Prompts to Support your Child:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>What starting numbers have you tested? What made you choose those?<\/li>\n<li>(If no similarities are appearing) Let\u2019s check back on what you did to see what led us here.<\/li>\n<li>Do you think that\u2019s true for all starting numbers? Why or why not?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Extensions &amp; Adaptations:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Perfect spelling isn\u2019t important here, especially with larger, trickier numbers<\/li>\n<li>Try flipping the exploration into a challenge: Starting at a single-digit number, grow your pattern by choosing a larger number with that many letters, then another larger number with that many letters, and so on. Can you make decisions along the way that will land you on a specific target number?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Adapted from: University of Waterloo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cemc.uwaterloo.ca\/resources\/potw.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CEMC Problem of the Week Database<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pick a random number to start, then write out that number in words.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15985,"featured_media":0,"parent":72861,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71033","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-elementary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15985"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/71033\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/72861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/athome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}