this activity is great for fostering creative thinking and
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This activity is great for fostering CREATIVE THINKING andLOGIC-RESONING skills.
Suggested Use:Whole Group Warm-UpSmall Group DiscussionPartners
Included in this Resource:• Student Directions: Kid-friendly explanation on how to use
these cards. Perfect for a math station. • 20 Logic-Reasoning Cards: Students will use MATHMATICAL
reasoning to explain why one picture is the odd-one-out. There are multiple possibilities per card. Student explanations must be reasonable. Once an answer is given, prompt students to search for other solutions. Use icons to introduce new concepts or as teachable moments. The object of this activity is to spark conversation about mathematical concepts.
• 24 COLOR Full Page Cards: These can be used to project on a screen or as a larger version for small groups.
• Answer Sheet: Students will write the letter(s) of odd-one-out in each box.
• Odd-one-Out Write About It: Students will use this half-sheet template to explain their answer in a constructed response.
• SAMPLE ANSWERS: 2 of the Possibilities for Each Card
© Spivey Sparks 2017
© Spivey Sparks 2017Odd-one-Out Geometry Edition
Odd-one-OutLook at each of the four pictures on a card.
Use your MATH thinking to decide which picture is the odd-one-out. Think creatively! There are more than one answer per card.
How many can you find?
Directions
© Spivey Sparks 2017Odd-one-Out Geometry Edition
Odd-one-OutLook at each of the four pictures on a card.
Use your MATH thinking to decide which picture is the odd-one-out. Think creatively! There are more than one answer per card.
How many can you find?
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Name: _____________________ Date: _______
Use MATHMATICAL reasoning to explain why one picture is the odd-one-out. There are more than one possibility per card. Write the letter of at least one answer in each box below.
Odd-one-OutAnswer Sheet
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© Spivey Sparks 2017Odd-one-Out Geometry Edition
Name: _____________________ Card # _______
Constructed Response: use MATHMATICAL reasoning to
explain why one picture is the odd-one-out. There are more than one possibility per card. Explain your thinking.
© Spivey Sparks 2017Odd-one-Out Geometry Edition
Name: _____________________ Card # _______
Constructed Response: use MATHMATICAL reasoning to
explain why one picture is the odd-one-out. There are more than one possibility per card. Explain your thinking.
Sample Answers
1. C: Its base is not a polygon B: It does not have an apex
2. B: No right angles D: Not symmetrical
3. D: Not a quadrilateral B: Cannot make a hexagon
4. C: Has only right angles A: No perpendicular lines
5. A: No obtuse angle B: Not a polygon
6. A: Two sets of parallel sides D: Not a quadrilateral
7. B: Not a solid figure C: No right angles
8. A: No pentagonal face B: Has right angles
9. A: Includes an obtuse angle B: Not a type of a triangle
10. B: Has no faces D: Has angles
11. B: It rolls C: Odd number of faces
12. A: Not a polygon C: Does not show half
13. B: Only includes one triangle C: Not a right triangle
14. A: Does not show half B: No circular face
15. B: No line of symmetry D: Includes obtuse angles
16. B: Has perpendicular lines C: No triangular face
17. B: Does not have six faces C: No square face.
18. A: No third equivalence D: Denominator is not six
19. B: Made with two line segments D: No perpendicular lines
20. C: No parallel lines D: No obtuse angles
Additional answers are possible, with mathematical reasoning.
© Spivey Sparks 2017
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