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Tiles, Blocks, Sapphires & Gold: Designing a Treasure Map

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young cartographers in groups hide treasure at school and then create a map to find it using pattern blocks and tiles. They make paintings with clues to create a visual representation of the location of their treasure. Groups present...
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Pattern Block Barrier Game

For Teachers K - 4th
Challenge your learners to give clear and concise directions in this shape-name practice activity. In partners, they place a dividing "wall" between them, with pattern blocks and a grid on each side. Partner A places one block at a time...
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Pattern Power

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young elementary students will discover there are patterns all around them in their daily lives. In groups, they sort pattern blocks by size and color. Using the internet, they create their own type of patterns and share them with the...
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Pattern Block Fractions

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders participate in a lesson that is about the finding of different fractional sizes with the help of pattern blocks. They define the vocabulary terms of numerator and denominator. The lesson also uses geometry and relates it...
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Patterns, Patterns Everywhere!

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Not only is pattern recognition an essential skill for young children to develop, it's also a lot of fun to teach! Over the course of this lesson, class members participate in shared readings, perform small group...
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Patterns

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders work with different types of patterns. In this pattern lesson, 2nd graders go to a pattern block webpage and use Unifix cubes to create their own patterns. They find patterns in the real world and draw their own...
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Problem Solving Using Pattern Blocks

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
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.
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Working With Pattern Blocks

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders use pattern blocks to complete patterns, puzzle, and area centers. In this pattern blocks lesson plan, 4th graders also demonstrate fractions and use the SMART Board with their pattern blocks.
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Pattern Block Polygons

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders create polygons. In this shapes lesson, 6th graders explore prefixes such as oct, tri, quad, pent, etc. and share their findings. Students use pattern blocks to create two different polygons and label them.
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Pattern Blocks to Understand Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Young scholars use pattern blocks to help them complete fraction problems. In this fraction lesson plan, students complete problems on worksheets provided.
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Identifying Relative Value of Pattern Blocks

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students assign value to different shapes of pattern blocks, and estimate values and use process of elimination to determine values. In this pattern block values lesson plan, students trace each block on a worksheet and use 5 blocks to...
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Representing Patterns & Evaluating Expressions

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Write algebraic expressions, determine patterns, and evaluate expressions in a real-world context. Learners engage in a series of collaborative activities to identify, model, and give variables for real-world patterns. They write...
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Fraction Pattern Blocks

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders practice using pattern blocks. For this pre-algebra lesson, 7th graders complete tasks that require them to compare fractions, make fractions equivalent, and add fractions.
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Block Designs

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Pupils cover a picture with the correct pattern blocks and then sort the blocks into groups of the same shape. They make statements about the patterns blocks using comparison words.
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Measuring Pattern Block Angles

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders identify various angles by using pattern blocks. In this measurement lesson, 6th graders find out how many degrees are in each of the different angles of the various pattern blocks.
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Finding Patterns with Frogs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create patterns. In this math instructional activity, students complete and create patterns using pattern blocks or disks. Students analyze the patterns they see.
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Getting in Shape Again

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners create rocket shapes out of pattern blocks. They draw a picture of a rocket, build a pattern block rocket following simple directions, and complete a graph of the shapes used.
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Investigation - Can You Guess My Favorite Color?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore a bag of mixed pattern blocks. As a class they discuss different attributes of these shapes. For this math lesson, 2nd graders search to find shapes that are similar by placing shapes on top of one another to...
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Symmetry

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders find the lines of symmetry in pattern blocks and alphabet letters. In this symmetry lesson, 2nd graders discuss what symmetry is, view examples of lines of symmetry and apply what they have learned by finding the line of...
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Investigation - Patterns

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Learners create a pattern out of pattern blocks. For this math lesson, students work with a partner to investigate the pattern they have. Within that group, learners continue to design the pattern by adding the next two pieces....
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Polygons: Angles vs. Sides

For Teachers K - 4th
Students analyze the relationship between the number of sides of a polygon and the sum of its angles. Pattern blocks are utilized to trace the outside of the shapes. They make their own outline of a four-sided polygon from the replica of...
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Number and Shape Patterns

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Review what constitutes a pattern, and have the kids create number and shape patterns of their own. An activity page requires them to name and identify simple numerical patterns.
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Using Pattern Blocks and Fractions

For Teachers 6th - 9th
The lesson plan includes scaffolding with the use of a teacher assistant and peer tutoring. The instructional activity has good intentions and the set up for instruction is well thought out. However, there is not enough information in...
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Ocean Exploration: Shapes and Patterns Under the Sea

For Teachers K - 3rd
So many shapes in our vast oceans. Young explorers can discover new shapes in a variety of ways in this lesson. One way is having free exploration with a pattern shape kit handed out by the teacher. Another is by viewing a...

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