Passing the Pattern

Give the actors in your class a chance to shine as they act out skip-counting. In their roles, they take turns shouting out different number patterns and jumping when reaching the given goals set for each number family. A fun and...

Students participate in a instructional activity that covers shape properties and recognition. Also they must recognize differences in patterns that correlate to shapes. Students review some of the geometric properties of shapes and...

First graders identify patterns. Given single blocks and blocks-of-10, children describe and discuss the pattern shown. They count the total number of blocks in the set and model counting by ten. Students create their own pattern.

A wonderful world awaits a student who can activate their senses to identify patterns in the world around them. Inspire your class to participate in a "pass the pattern" game where they shut their eyes and tap rhythmic patterns on a...

First graders identify, create, and label simple patterns.

Students design butterflies.  In this symmetry lesson, students examine butterfly pictures, discuss the symmetry of their wings, and create their own symmetry patterns.

Students complete a series of lesson plans dealing with numbers, counting, and ordering. In this numbers lesson plan, students identify numbers, identify number patterns, count forwards and backwards, and more.

A clever lesson designed around an apple awaits your students. Descriptive words are used to explain what they believe is inside a bag while using their five senses. Students read the story The Apple Pie Tree and are introduced to the...

Students practice identifying, creating and labeling simple patterns. They recreate patterns in used in Stuart Murphy's book, Beep, Beep, Vroom, Vroom.

Students create a spring egg using a repeating pattern.