Students work with attribute buttons in order to sort, create, and analyze patterns. Students practice identifying patterns and verbalizing the sorting rules and patterns they used. Sample assessments and rubric are provided.

Learners investigate pattern books. In this literature lesson, students read the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? and use echo and choral reading strategies. Learners identify the pattern in the text and write about the...

In these word patterns worksheets, students identify the word pattern in the various examples and write the word several times for the following word patterns: ab, ack, ad, ag, ail, ake, ale, all, am, an, and, ap, ape, ar, are, ast, at,...

Students use pattern blocks to create a figure that is described to them and establish a pattern based on the description of the geometric figure. In this pattern blocks lesson plan, students fill out shape and fraction worksheets.

Pupils explore the concept of patterning. In this patterns lesson, students use recycled plastic tab closures as well as their problem solving skills to identify and create patterns.

Learners explore two- and three-dimensional shapes.  In this very busy spider lesson plan, students read the story and then create a spider web pattern of their own. The webs must use a symmetrical pattern.  Additional...

In this patterns worksheet, 6th graders identify and complete 12 different problems that include patterns of various shapes and pictures. First, they analyze the pattern seen in each problem. Then, students determine what comes next...

In this shape pattern practice instructional activity, students examine 12 lines of shape patterns and then identify the shapes that continue each of the patterns.

In this pattern worksheet, students color the last 3 figures in a row of shapes, continuing the color pattern shown. Answers are included on page 2.

In this complete the patterns worksheet, students examine 3 rows of shape patterns and then identify the shape should come next in each row.

This worksheet has pupils study the examples, identify patterns, and apply those patterns to new problems. The goal is to recognize and understand how to put regular Spanish verbs in the past tense. There are six completed examples; two...

Are you a peace-keeper or a problem-solver? Explore conflict management styles through a lesson, fourth in a 15-part series, that combines individual assessment and collaborative work. Groups learn the basic tendencies of each style,...

Elementary mathematicians identify and share patterns found in multiplication. Through memorization drills and games, they identify the increments in which numbers increase when multiplying. Using a multiplication chart, learners...

In this continuing the pattern activity, students observe patterns, write the numbers, draw the next picture, and identify sequence as a repeating pattern or a growing pattern. Students write four answers.

Learners examine the patterns that exist in Pascal's Triangle. They explore multiples and factors. Sudents use an applet to create and color the multiples in Pascal's Triangle.

Students explore growth patterns by using manipulatives such as pattern blocks, investigate growth pattern of pattern, record growth in T-chart, describe how pattern is growing, and predict number of blocks needed to extend pattern.

In this pattern worksheet, students explore sequence of numbers.  They identify the next number in a sequence.  This one-page worksheet contains 30 problems.  Students may check their answers online.

Author Faith Ringgold uses quilts to illustrate her books Tar Beach and Aunt Harriet's Underground Railroad. For this integrated trio of activities, young scholars read stories, identify and create patterns, and design quilt squares of...

Scholars identify and continue the numerical pattern for the number of wheels on a train. Using the established pattern and its inverse, they determine whether a number of wheels is possible. Pupils finish...

Fibonacci numbers are not only found in the classroom but also in nature. Explore the concept of Fibonacci numbers through a series of lessons designed to gain insight into the mathematical reasoning behind the number pattern, and spark...

Scholars find a pattern from a geometric sequence and write the formula for extending it. The worksheet includes a table to complete plus four analysis questions. It concludes with instructional implications for the teacher.

The task? Determine the how effective hospitals are at reducing the rate of hospital-acquired infections. The method? Data analysis! Using an open source software program, individuals use provided data and create scatterplots to look for...

Life changes may cause stress. Here, scholars identify stressful situations in a peer's life and offer coping skills to make for a better day. A short story, "Stressed Out Sally," provides pupils with a look inside a bad day. After...

Not all relationships with a pattern are proportional. Show your class why in the fourth installment of a 22-part series. The lesson builds upon previous parts and has pupils analyze tables to determine whether they represent a...