Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Ranchers and Patterns

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders engage in problem solving. In this patterns lesson, 5th graders are presented with a problem regarding ranching that they solve as a class. Students watch a video about how patterns are used in the real world. Students...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Patterns

For Teachers 1st
For this math literacy worksheet, 1st graders practice finding the shapes for each pattern for the five problems. The worksheet could be adapted for numbers also.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Triangular Numbers

For Students Higher Ed
In this triangular numbers instructional activity, students create a table of triangular numbers, write a formula for the nth number, and determine the sum of any two consecutive triangular numbers. This two-page instructional activity...
Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Conference Tables

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Pupils analyze a pattern of conference tables to determine the number of tables needed and the number of people that can be seated for a given size. Individuals develop general formulas for the two growing number patterns and...
Activity
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Granite School District

Activities that Build Number Sense

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Have fun while building the number sense of young mathematicians with this list of ten-frame learning games. From developing cardinality and counting skills to learning place value and basic addition strategies, ten-frames are excellent...
PPT
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Multiples of 2, 5, and 10

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Build number sense and make learning multiples a simple task with this helpful presentation. The multiples of two, five, and ten are represented first as number patterns. Learners will be able to construct rules based on what they see....
Lesson Plan
Virginia Department of Education

Pick and Choose

For Teachers 6th
Properly teach properties with three activities that allow learners to investigate properties of real numbers. The resource covers the identity properties for addition and multiplication, the inverse property for multiplication, and the...
PPT
Curated OER

Multiplication Tables: 9's Tricks

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Who knew two hands could solve so many problems? Kids learn the 9's times tables trick with their fingers, then work through a series of 9's related math problems intended on building strong number sense and pattern recognition. Great...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Color By Number

For Students 1st - 2nd
Math pages that involve coloring are fun and can help children differentiate patterns or specific information. They compute single-digit addition problems that result in  sums from 10 to 15. Odd numbers are colored red and even...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Problem Solvers

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Fifth and sixth graders compare decimals to the place-value structure in the base-ten number system. They represent fractions as parts of unit wholes, as parts of a set, as locations on a number line, and as divisions of whole numbers....
Worksheet
Curated OER

Numbers in a Sequence

For Students 8th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students find the next number in the sequence and calculate the formula for the sequence. There are 23 questions.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Grade 3: Palindrome Patterns

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use addition to create numbers that are palindromes and organize their results to look for patterns. They make generalizations from patterns and practice reading large numbers and addition with regrouping.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Put Patterns to Work for You!

For Students 5th - 10th
In this patterns worksheet, students complete multiplication charts and division problems to solve pattern problems. Students complete 11 problems total.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Matching Objects and Patterns

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in hands-on activities and use objects to create patterns. They observe a PowerPoint lesson describing matching objects and patterns. In groups, 1st graders complete geometry computer activities such as planting...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigation - Patterns

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students create a pattern out of pattern blocks. In this math lesson, students work with a partner to investigate the pattern they have. Within that group, students continue to design the pattern by adding the next two pieces....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Math with M&M's

For Teachers 1st
First graders create number sentences.  For this math lesson, 1st graders use M&M's to make number sentences.  Students create charts using the color of the M&M's as data.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Finding Patterns

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this finding patterns worksheet, students analyze the 6 numbers in a box. Students put an X on the number that does not belong and write the others in a pattern. There are 4 questions on the page.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Patterns

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this math worksheet, students examine a drawing of a neighborhood made of geometric shapes. Students answer 5 questions about patterns they discover. Then students answer 5 word questions about address numbers by using logical...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Make Ten With Three Numbers

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this addition to 10 worksheet, students will solve seven addition problems with three missing addends. The goal is to find at least seven ways to make ten with three addends and to look for a pattern.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Finding the next Numbers in a Sequence

For Students 10th - Higher Ed
In this sequence activity, students identify the next three numbers in a given sequence.  The solution to the problem is provided.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Odd Or Even Sums

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Build strong number sense through pattern recognition. Learners investigate whether the sum of each problem will be odd or even if they add certain combinations of numbers together. They complete 12 problems, adding odd+odd, odd+even, or...
Worksheet
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Counting the Zeros

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
This handout is a terrific teaching tool when covering the powers of ten and moving decimal points to multiply and divide large numbers. The first half of the assignment covers multiplication and then gives learners a try. The second...
Printables
Wordpress

Equation Table Graph

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
Your Algebra learners will appreciate this fabulous, two-page printable. The first page has a list of numbers that lead to the learners writing an equation in a cloud that represents these numbers, and then filling in a table, and...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Patterns and Sequences

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders examine sequential number patterns and the Fibonacci sequence. Given number patterns, they determine the next number in a sequence. Students develop their own number patterns and exchange them with another to be solved.