Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Wax Resist Fish

For Teachers K
Students review what a pattern is and they create a pattern on a fish. They are reminded that patterns do not change halfway through and they paint over it with watercolor paints. They display their fish on the walls.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Skip-counting Practice

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners practice skip counting. In this skip counting lesson, students practice skip counting using hundreds boards and patterns. Learners complete several examples and problems to ensure their understanding. 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Tilted Squares and Right Triangles

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners investigate squares. They generate patterns from structured situations and find a rule for the general term and express it using words and symbols. Students generate patterns from a rule and substitute values and formulas.
Worksheet
Curated OER

What Is the Rule?

For Students 1st
In this patterns learning exercise, 1st graders complete 6 patterns by filling in the missing numbers in each one and then write the rules for filling in patterns.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Turk-o-nacci Sequence

For Students 8th - 10th
In this sequence worksheet, students use the Fibonacci sequence to determine the number of turkeys in a flock.  This one-page worksheet contains 1 multi-step problem.  The answer is provided at the bottom of the page.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Mathematics Witing: Algebraic Processes and Its Connections to Geometry

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students, using manipulatives, determine how many different ways there are to arrange 3 and 4 objects. They organize and record their arrangements. Students investigate the pattern generated by 3 and 4 objects, they predict how many ways...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

TAKS 3rd Grade Daily Upkeep 2

For Teachers 4th
In this TAKS worksheet, 4th graders identify the number of sides in a shape, discover a pattern, and find the sum of several numbers. Questions relate to objectives covered on the Texas state test. This would be good bell work.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Investigation: Peg Race

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Learners explore competition by participating in a peg race. In this pattern creation instructional activity, students utilize an egg timer and pegs or colored cubes to create patterns quickly while competing with fellow classmates to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Decode Word Is..

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students solve problems using patterns. In this algebra lesson, students identify the relation, domain and range of a function. They graph functions using coordinate pairs.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Number Sequences

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this number sequences worksheet, students fill in the blanks for the missing numbers in the number sequences containing 2 digit numbers. Students complete 6 number sequences.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Divide and Conquer

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders analyze responses to different types of problems. Using pictures and diagrams, they explore and model the division of fractions. Students examine situations that call for division whether with the whole numbers or with...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Family of Four

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this fact family worksheet, students write in the missing numbers in the addition problems. They then complete each fact family. There are 6 problems on this worksheet.
Activity
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Illustrative Mathematics

Identifying Multiples

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Administer an activity that fosters a child's understanding of multiples. Young mathematicians are guided to complete three tasks on a multiplication chart. Once they color the boxes with multiples of two, three, and four, learners...
Lesson Plan
Scholastic

Adding and Subtracting Ten

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Developing fluency with basic addition and subtraction is fundamental to the success of all young mathematicians. This four-day lesson series begins with learners using ten-frames and hundreds charts to recognize patterns when adding and...
Lesson Plan
Pennsylvania Department of Education

What is the Chance?

For Teachers 4th - 5th Standards
Fourth and fifth graders make predictions using data. In this analyzing data instructional activity, pupils use experimental data, frequency tables, and line plots to look for patterns in the data in order to determine chance. You will...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fill the Number Grid

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Patterns emerge as the class works together to fill in a number grid. This whole group activity is designed to make all learners feel successful, and ultimately turns into a instructional activity on the least common multiple.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exponential Expressions - Perfect Squares, Square Roots

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Color tiles are used to model perfect squares. Alone or in pairs, middle schoolers will find patterns. Afterward, the relationship between perfect squares and roots will be discussed as a whole class.
PPT
Curated OER

Recognizing and Extending Number Sequences

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Kids work to recognize and extend number sequences. They determine the rule in order to find the missing number in each sequence given. They review the concept, practice finishing sequences with a calculator, and explain each rule. 
Assessment
Inside Mathematics

Number Towers

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Number towers use addition or multiplication to ensure each level is equal. While this is common in factoring, it is often not used with algebraic equations. Solving these six questions relies on problem solving skills and being able to...
Worksheet
DK Publishing

Fishing for 10

For Students K - 1st Standards
Young counters will enjoy this beginning addition activity; they get to color as they go! For each set of 10 fish they color some green and leave some white. Then, they fill in the blanks to create an addition sentence with the sum of...
AP Test Prep
College Board

Calculations Aren't Enough!

For Teachers 10th - 12th Standards
Unlike mathematics, statistics comes with a context. The author reminds teachers that data analysis involves using the context to make sense of the numbers. The article stresses good communication skills by highlighting the scoring...
Worksheet
DK Publishing

5 Times Table

For Students 2nd - 4th Standards
Get scholars familiar with the fives multiplication facts using a hundreds chart and number sentences. They skip count by five on the chart, coloring in all numbers that are multiples of five. Do they see a pattern? Next, learners...
Lesson Plan
EngageNY

Building Logarithmic Tables

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Thank goodness we have calculators to compute logarithms. Pupils use calculators to create logarithmic tables to estimate values and use these tables to discover patterns (properties). The second half of the lesson plan has scholars use...
Assessment
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Illustrative Mathematics

Calculations with Sine and Cosine

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Practice makes perfect and perfecting those trigonometric functions are vital in trigonometry. The task requires evaluating cosine and sine values at common degree measures before looking at the results. Is there a pattern when the...