Cooper,+Parker,+Beasley,+McGinn_K_Patterns

Pretest and assess via observation to determine the students understanding of patterns.


 * Think Tac Toe Pattern Activity**
 * Make a pattern with cup of fruit loop cereal. Glue and label your pattern to paper. || Draw pattern you created with cereal in your math journal. || Partners: Take turns making pocket chart patterns for your partner to “read.” ||
 * Clap out a pattern to your partner while your partner builds the pattern using a unifix cubes. || Design a pattern on pixie. || Using pattern blocks construct a pattern snake. Illustrate your pattern using various art supplies. ||
 * Using provided pattern path cards, build a duplicate using objects of your choice. || Use stamps or dot markers to produce patterns. Students my elaborate patterns using pencils or marker details drawn onto the dots. || Pattern scavenger hunt: Students search school environment looking for patterns that occur… then listing them. Then students play I spy with a partner and describe their pattern to another student wo/ naming where the pattern is found. ||