Virginia Department of Education
Transformations
The coordinate plane is a popular place! Identify rotations, reflections, and dilations on the coordinate plane. Pupils work in small groups to match transformations of a figure with the description of the transformation. They perform...
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Fruity Counters
Students classify objects that are similar by one attribute. They explain what a pattern is and how to make a pattern using objects.
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Fruity Counters
Students use fruit counters. In this patterns lesson, students identify different fruits, sort the fruits by color, shape and size, and make a pattern using the fruits.
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ABC...1, 2, 3...Green, Red, Blue...Do You Have a Clue?... IT'S PATTERNS
Second graders view clips from the animated series Math Monsters, and discuss the many ways patterns can be found in the world around us. Following the video portion of the lesson, 2nd graders visit a variety of Web sites to assess their...
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Spaghetti and Meatballs for All
Fourth graders are read the story "Spaghetti and Meatballs for All". Individually, they are given a set of tiles and cubes to determine how 32 people can sit around tables. While being read the story again, they develop different...
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"That's a Musician!"
First graders investigate the function of pattern as it applies to music, dance and visual art, and participate in activities that demonstrate the patterns found in each art form. They then focus on identifying musicians by the "tools"...
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Uppercase and Lowercase Aa
In this letter Aa worksheet, students practice tracing the uppercase and lowercase letter Aa on the lines using the illustrated stroke pattern.
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Letter Uu Tracing
In this letter Uu worksheet, students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter Uu. Students use the given stroke patterns to trace the letters.
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Letter Yy Tracing
In this letter y worksheet, 1st graders trace the uppercase and lowercase letter y. Students use the given stroke patterns to trace the letters.
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Publishing an Alphabet Book
Students research, write and publish an A,B,C book based on research of their own.
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Witches Brew
Pupils reinforce AB patterns taught in the classroom and practice locomotor movements. They cut out and laminate 20 of each of the following Halloween items: bats, ghosts, Frankenstein faces, spiders, Jack-O¿¿¿-Lanterns, witches hats,...
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"Fall"owing Changes in the Season
Students create a whole class A-B-"C"eason Book. Each student is responsible for creating a "letter" page relating to changes, adaptations, or other fall concepts. After hard copies of the class ABC books are created, the teachers using...
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Challenge: Skills and Applications Lesson 2.4
In this algebra worksheet, students create arguments using conjectures. They identify the sequence and the pattern and formula. They solve products and prove sum of integers. There are 8 questions.
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Tracing a Fish Shape
In this visual art and hand eye coordination worksheet, students trace a simple dotted line pattern of a fish. There are no directions on the page.
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Letter Ii Trace
In this tracing letters instructional activity, 1st graders use the given stroke patterns to trace the uppercase and lowercase letter Ii's. Students complete 4 lines of letter tracing.
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Letter Gg Trace
In this tracing letters worksheet, students use the given stroke patterns to trace the uppercase and lowercase letter Gg's. Students trace 4 lines of letters.
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Letter Kk Tracing
In this tracing letters learning exercise, students use the given stroke patterns to trace the uppercase and lowercase letter k's. Students trace 4 lines of letters.
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Letter Xx Tracing
In this letter Xx instructional activity, 1st graders trace the uppercase and lowercase letter Xx's. Students use the given stroke patterns to trace the letters.
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Arithmetic and Exponents - Week 1
In this exponent worksheet, students add numbers written in exponential notation. They identify the base and the exponent. This two-page worksheet contains examples, definitions, and nine problems to solve.
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Combinations and Sequences
In this combinations review worksheet, students answer 5 multi-step short answer questions involving combinations. Students then answer 15 questions regarding combinations, sequences, and terms. Students also answers 15 probability...
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Name Squares
Students examine the sounds the letters of their name make. They read Dr. Seuss' ABC Book and Mary Engelbreit's Put Em All Together. They practice writing the individual letters of their names in squares.
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Dancing Fast, Medium and Slow
Second graders practice dance using different speeds of music and types of movement. In this dance lesson plan, 2nd graders view a clip of tap dancing and analyze the speed of music in coordinating with the speed of dance movements....
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Quilting
Students use a monochromatic palate, select shades and tints for a selected hue, or select complimentary or analogous colors for a quilt design. They design quilt squares using basic geometric shapes, repetition, balance, and proportion.