Patterns
Patterns
Objectives:
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Learning Competency:
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What is PATTERN?
A pattern is…..
a sequence or order of objects that repeat
or grow.
What will occur next in the pattern?
A B C
Kindergarteners are asked to make
patterns and to continue a pattern by
coloring.
A B B A
Group activity
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Learning Tasks – Translating Patterns
9 7 5 3
32 16 8 4 2
Also sometimes referred to as “Growing Patterns”
These patterns grow/ increase by the same number of object each time.
Learning Tasks – Increasing/Decreasing Patterns
legs 2 4 6 8 ?
body parts 1 2 3 4 5
22
Learning Tasks – Increasing/Decreasing Patterns
Note: Caterpillars, Worms and Pattern Block Trees are adapted from Lessons for Algebraic Thinking: Grades K–2,
pp. 2–11, 89–98, 157–170, by Leyani von Rotz and Marilyn Burns. Copyright © 2002 by Math Solutions Publications.
Pattern rules describe how a pattern grows and can
be used to make logical predictions.
What changes?
What stays the same?
A pattern rule must account for all elements of a pattern,
including the first one.
Body Parts 4 7 10 13 ? ? ?
Age 1 2 3 4 5 10 100
Body parts:
Start at 4 and add 3 each time
Age:
Start at 1 and add 1 each time
Relationship:
Body parts—3 times the age plus 1
Learning Tasks
5 10 15
1 2 3
5 10 15
1 2 3
5 10 15 20 25 30 31 32
2 7 12 17 22 27 32
5 10 15 20 25 30 32 33 34 35
• Think for 20 seconds
• Write and draw silently for 60 seconds
• Switch papers with another table
• Start again
– create, represent and continue a variety of
number patterns and supply missing elements
–build number relationships
(addition and subtraction facts to at least 20)
make generalizations about
number relationships
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Activity 1
Learning Tasks
5 10 15
1 2 3
Your Turn
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Activity 1
Presentation of
outputs
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Presentation of
outputs
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Presentation of
outputs
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Presentation of
outputs
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Parting
thoughts
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“Doing mathematics should
always mean finding patterns
and crafting beautiful and
meaningful explanations.”
(Paul Lockhart)
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