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...

In this using pattern blocks to create a design worksheet, students read and apply criteria to create a design with pattern blocks, trace it, and draw lines of symmetry. Students complete four pattern block activities.

In this Pattern Block Pieces worksheet, students fit pattern blocks into a given pattern block design. The design includes two angles of the same shaped, one flipped upside down.

This geometric pattern will appeal to learners' artistic sides as they color various shapes based on a guide: they color circles blue, triangles red, squares green, and rectangles yellow. What does this finished design remind scholars...

Students 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.

In this pattern block worksheet, students use pattern blocks to create a symmetric design within the shapes. The designs must follow four different rules.

In this symmetry activity, students fill in the shapes with pattern blocks to create a design so the dotted line is one of symmetry. Students trace and label each pattern and then explain how they know the design has a line of symmetry.

Young scholars explore two-dimensional and solid shapes. In this shapes and patterns geometry instructional activity, students work with a partner to create identifiable objects using tangrams. Young scholars describe the attributes of...

Shapes are so fun! Little ones explore, identify, and create shapes using tangrams or pattern blocks. The activity is intended to stimulate critical thinking while engaging learners through play and shape identification. Each child will...

First graders draw, cut out, and design their own fish shapes by cutting out shapes and putting them together. For this shapes and patterns worksheet, 1st graders also construct a stamp and print patterns with stamps to repeat a...

First graders investigate symmetry in patterns by utilizing unifix cubes.  In this pattern instructional activity, 1st graders practice creating patterns that are perfectly symmetrical no matter which way it's looked at....

First graders practice identifying and creating patterns by using unifix cubes.  In this visual design lesson, 1st graders investigate reoccurring patterns using colors and shapes and extend what is being made with their unifix...

Students examine the history of quilt making. They explore the pattern, designs, and color schemes of the quilt. Students read stories about quilting. They create a story to further develop into a story quilt. Additional cross...

In this coral reef design worksheet, student use pattern blocks, tangrams, or pentominos to make a design that looks like the animals and plants that live in a Coral Reef. They trace the shapes on your paper, color it, and label each...

Students apply what they have learned, from Eight Hands Round a Patchwork Alphabet, about how quilt blocks got their names by constructing and naming a quilt block pattern of their own using pattern blocks and pattern block paper.

In this patterns worksheet, 3rd graders match tiles with the shapes in a larger image. Students copy the tiles into the squares of grid paper to create the specified design.

Third graders discover geometric shapes by completing a series of games and activities. Using ropes with knots tied every foot, they make shapes such as squares, triangles, and hexagons. In pairs, 3rd graders use pattern blocks to...

Students research the Internet, read designated books and selection, participate in discussions and write short reports while completing this series of lessons about slavery and the Underground Railroad. As a final project, they design a...

First graders watch the teacher model how to draw pictures and write words in a First, Next, Then, Last - 4 block graphic organizer. They write and draw in their own 4 block papers.

Fourth graders explore history of Underground Railroad in Indiana and discover how slaves were assisted on their journey using codes displayed in different quilt blocks. Students examine connection quilts have to ancestry and family...

Students study quilts. In this history/geometry quilt lesson, students discover the history behind quilt making and get a chance to make quilt blocks of their own. They work independently to make a quilt block out of construction paper...

Students investigate geometric shapes in their environment, make a geometric design, and write paragraphs describing the design.

Students explore quilting. They read and discuss the book, Sweet Clara and the Freedom Quilt. They research African American quilting traditions on the Internet and name three common qualities in quilts. They create a quilt block...

Imagine how the wolf would tell the tale of Little Red Riding Hood or The Three Little Pigs. Young writers re-imagine classic tales by adopting the point of view of another character in the story. After reading models like The True Story...