Worksheet
Curated OER

Parallel Structure

For Students 7th - 8th
In this language arts instructional activity, students read 6 sample sentences. They revise sentences that do not use parallel structure.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Natural Figures

For Teachers 1st
First graders look for geometrical shapes in nature to help them appreciate the diversity of the natural environment.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Poetry Unit Test

For Students 5th - 12th
In this poetry worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions on different aspects of poetry. Students complete 40 questions total.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Metaphors

For Teachers 4th - 6th
In this metaphor worksheet, learners make a "word card" with the word metaphor for their vocabulary bank, then determine whether statement from The Dragonslayer are similes or metaphors, 
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Go LEGO!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students utilize LEGO's to replace cards for a game that replicates "Go Fish".
Interactive
PBS

Wgbh: Peep and the Big Wide World: Games: Sounds Like Fun!

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Cleverly animated game that alerts young learners to the musical sounds all around them in their everyday environments. A useful exercise in helping children understand sound patterns and repetitive beats and the meaning of start and...
Unit Plan
TED Talks

Ted: Ted Ed: The Pleasure of Poetic Pattern

For Students 9th - 10th
Humans are creatures of rhythm and repetition. From our breath to our gait: rhythm is central to our experience, and often brings us pleasure. We can find pleasure in the rhythm of a song, or even the rows of an orchard. Of course, too...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Musical Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Young scholars will become familiar with the concept of patterning by using musical instruments to repeat and create patterns of sounds.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls Engaged in Math and Science, GEMS Project...
Interactive
PBS

Peep and the Big Wide World: Shapes and Patterns

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This interactive game focuses on repeated patterns to create dance moves.
Lesson Plan
Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Arts Connect Ed Artist's Toolkit: Repetition

For Students 3rd - 8th
An interactive site that explores the elements and principles of visual art through the artist's toolkit. This lesson is on repetition using Carla Running Horse's "Star Pattern Quilt." The animation demonstrates the constant repetition.
Lesson Plan
Utah Education Network

Uen: 1st Grade Act. 12: The Little House

For Teachers K - 1st
This lesson introduces students to cycles and patterns. Students will engage in shared reading. Students will learn word patterns and repetition in language cycles. Students will learn that time in math and cycles of change in science...
Lesson Plan
Code.org

Code.org: Cs Fundamentals: My Loopy Robotic Friends

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
A reintroduction to loops, using the set of "robot" programming instructions. Students will develop critical thinking skills by looking for patterns of repetition in the movements of classmates and determining how to simplify those...
Website
University of Illinois

University of Illinois: Predictable Story Books

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Several examples of predictable books are listed and organized according to type. In addition to providing titles of children's books, this resource lists related titles for young adult readers. The bibliography includes several...
App
National Gallery of Art

National Gallery of Art: Wallovers

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A wallpaper-designing program that turns your freehand drawing into repetitive patterns. A good introduction to repetition as a design principle and to grid systems.
Handout
Other

Bob's Byway: Glossary of Poetic Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
Calling itself "unique," Bob's is easy to use, with cross-links throughout, phonetic pronunciation guides when necessary, and many examples and quotations. Click on the letter and scroll for the word.
Graphic
Curated OER

Guilloche Ornament Painted on Burnt Clay, From the Ruins of Nineveh

For Students 9th - 10th
Guilloche, usually spelled without the acute accent on the final e, describes a repetitive architectural pattern widely used in classical Greece and Rome, consisting of two ribbons that wind around a series of regular central points....