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Warm up with a Mystery Math Mistake to tell whether Dotson’s 10-frames represent a number less than his focus number. Tell Which One Doesn’t Belong by examining four sets of pattern blocks. Use pattern blocks to make different shapes.

Math Mights was adapted from IM K-5 Math™ ©2021 by Illustrative Mathematics® , released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Additions and adaptations are ©2021 by Strategic Intervention Solutions, LLC

Related Standards: MI.Math.Content.K.CC.A.3, MI.Math.Content.K.CC.B.5, MI.Math.Content.K.CC.C.6

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