Patterns

Pattern recognition is an essential step in the development of young mathematicians fluency with the four basic operations. This simple skills practice activity asks children identify and complete three different numerical patterns,...

Who needs to buy pattern blocks when you have this printable pattern block template? Including triangles, squares, trapezoids, rhombuses, and hexagons, this resource offers endless possibilities for teaching children about geometric shapes.

Here is an outstanding lesson on equivalent fractions! Using pattern blocks, learners are encouraged to structure their thinking by finding as many ways as possible to represent an equivalent fraction. By modeling equivalent fractions...

Turn young learners into pattern detectives with this fun hands-on activity. Using the included set of cards showing different block towers, children replicate each pattern with their own manipulatives while attempting identify...

Further develop your class's understanding of patterns using the second video of this nine-part series. First introduce the key vocabulary words pattern, core, and step, using shape patterns to explain the meaning of each. Then apply...

The fifth video in this nine-part series explains how tables can be used to find the rule in decreasing patterns. After first reviewing prior knowledge of patterns, examples are provided that demonstrate how to organize number sequences...

Finding patterns is an essential skill for mathematicians of all ages. Follow along with Zoe as she walks step-by-step through the process of identifying and completing number patterns. Work through the Try It! problems as a whole class...

Continue building pattern recognition skills with the sixth video in this nine-part series. Looking at different arrangements of triangles, tables are used to identify and extend patterns. Teach young mathematicians that when working...

Use geometric shapes to identify patterns and deepen number sense with video four of this nine-part series. Looking at different configurations of square tiles, learners use tables to describe patterns with regard to both the number of...

The eighth video in this nine-part series teaches how to create patterns that follow rules with multiple parts. First, a T-chart is used to show the different steps of a shape pattern, visually demonstrating each part of the rule. The...