Retrieval Grids
Term 3 Grade Primary
The next five minutes are used to review solutions and provide feedback.
Each grid contains 4 questions.
Students are given five minutes to complete these
questions.
Retrieval Grids
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Topics could be in any section and will be mixed.
Some possible prompting questions that can be used when discussing each grid:
How do you know?
Convince me!
How did you see that?
What questions do you have?
How many more do you need (to get 5/10/100 etc)
What do you wonder about?
How did you …?
How do you know?
What did you notice/wonder?
What is the same/different?
My foot is longer than my arm.
Do you agree?
I have 3 red cubes and 3 blue cubes.
How many cubes do I have?
A crayon is heavier than your sneaker.
Do you agree?
10, 9, 8, 7, 6, __, 4, 3
What number did I miss?
What comes before 6?
Using cubes, can you build a set that has more than my set?
My mom is heavier than a cat… is this true?
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Look at my color pattern. Can you make the same pattern using finger snaps and hand claps?
How many dots?
Look around the classroom. Can you find something that is longer than your hand?
Does a bathtub hold more than a cup?
Start at the counter with the star-
how many counters?
If we start with at the other end, how many counters? How do you know?
How many are hiding behind the green box? How do you know?
Look around our classroom. Name something that would would be heavier than a crayon.
A car can hold more students than a school bus. Do you agree?
What is the same about the two sets? What is different?
A spoon can hold about the same as a carton of milk. Do you agree?
Which sets show the number 4 ?
How do you know?
What is the core of the pattern
(the part that repeats)?
Look at the pink object. In what group does it belong?
Explain your thinking.
What number comes after 6?
What would hold less water?
A cup or a kitchen sink?
How many dots? Record the numeral that match the number of dots.
What comes next in this pattern?
I say 6. You say…
What number is missing?
Would a dog would be heavier or lighter than an elephant?
Jack has 6 snacks. He wishes he has 10. How many more does he need?
6 | 7 | 8 | | 10 |
Which tree is taller? How do you know?
Which kite is shorter?
A bathtub holds more water than the kitchen sink. Do you agree?
Do these match? How do you know?
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Use cubes to solve this riddle:
I have 2 yellow cubes and the same number of red cubes. How many cubes do I have?
Start at 1 and count forward as far as you can.
How many beads are behind the blue box?
How are these 2 objects the same?
How are they different?
Use your cubes to solve my riddle.
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I have 7 cubes.
There are 3 orange cubes and the rest are green.
How many cubes are green?
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Which tree branch is shorter?
Make a set that has less than mine.
Using linking cubes, can you build the same shape?
Look at the domino. How many dots on the whole domino? How many dots on one side? How many on the other side?
Which water bottle holds more?
Which ten-frame is closer to 10?
How do you know?
What’s my sorting rule?
Help Jersey: How many? Record the numeral on your white board.
How could you sort my groceries?
Which set is a pattern? How do you know?
How many dots? Record the numeral on your whiteboard.
Alex the Alien is counting. He says: “5, 6, 7,... what comes next?
How many on the ten frame? If I counted the dots from the bottom to top, how many dots would there be?
Describe my new friend.
I made a pattern but some blocks fell off. Can you help me fix my pattern?
Make a train using 10 cubes.
Break it apart.
Describe your 2 parts.
Do it again.
Show 7 using your “Rabbit Ears”.
Describe these objects.
I made an error; can you fix my pattern?
I built a tower of 7 cubes. The cubes are red and green. What could my tower look like? Which towers are the same?
Which towers are different?
Use cubes to solve my riddle.
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