Task Notes - : Pick The Pattern

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Task notes | Pick the pattern Y5

Notes for parents. Activity next page.

The purpose of this task is to help your child:


• learn to continue a sequential pattern and to use multiples to predict
an unseen element in a pattern

Think about this:


•  ow and where will they write down in their own words what the rule
H
is for each pattern?
•  ave them explain to or show you or another family member how
H
they know for sure what the 10th, or 20th or … element in the
pattern is.
• Y our child will need you, or another family member, to talk with them
about what they are doing (instead of a classmate).
• E ncourage them to ask you what you think is happening in any of
the patterns!

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Algebra-Level 2-3

Pick the Pattern


You need a classmate

Activity One
Some patterns made with different objects are shown below.
a.
...

b.
...

c.
...

d.
...

e.
3. 6. 5. 8. 7. 10. ...

f.

...

g.
...

1. What will be the tenth object in each pattern?


2. What about the twentieth object?
3. Discuss with your classmate how you worked it out.

Activity Two
1. Use objects in your room to make up another
pattern like this for a classmate to guess.
2. What will be the twentieth object in your pattern?

Continuing spatial, sequential patterns 1

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