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Duplo/Lego Tower Pattern Busy Bag

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
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...
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Odd Or Even Sums

For Students 2nd - 3rd
Build strong number sense through pattern recognition. Learners investigate whether the sum of each problem will be odd or even if they add certain combinations of numbers together. They complete 12 problems, adding odd+odd, odd+even, or...
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Repeating Patterns

For Teachers K - 1st
Pattern recognition is a very important skill to foster in younger children. It helps boost algebraic reasoning, logical reasoning, and mathematical reasoning skills. Here are 11 different shape patterns for learners to complete. They...
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Learning the Multiplication Facts: Part 1

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
When students explore mathematics through patterns they will build a strong number sense and creative analysis skills. This presentation shows students that 0's, 1's, 2's, 5's, 6's, and 9's all have patterns. Tip: Before revealing each...
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The Happy Game

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
The Happy Game will make your students smile! They play this game to review basic math concepts such as, finish the pattern, even and odd numbers, addition, subtraction, and word problems. Tip: Use this PowerPoint as a template to create...
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Pascal's Triangle

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students explore the concept of Pascal's Triangle. In this Pascal's Triangle lesson, students use an applet called 'Coloring Multiples' to explore Pascal's Triangle. Students develop patterns starting with various numbers in Pascal's...
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Shape Patterns

For Teachers K - 1st
Are you working on shapes and patterns? This PowerPoint kicks focuses on what comes next in a variety of shape patterns. There are four patterns for learner consideration.
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Halloween Cut and Paste

For Students K
It's Halloween! Here's an engaging cut and paste resource to celebrate while practicing pattern recognition. Learners color and cut out the pictures of various Halloween characters from the bottom of the worksheet and then paste them in...
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Complexity Madness

For Teachers 5th
After introducing the concept and formula for finding the area of a square, try this instructional activity. Fifth graders will use their prior knowledge to break apart various shapes in order to determine area. This instructional...
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Which Fish Where?

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Here is a lesson outline that prompts elementary students to graph and analyze data regarding fish caught along the Hudson River. They will review vocabulary and complete 2 worksheets which can be accessed by clicking on the provided links.
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Math/Patterns: Preschool

For Teachers Pre-K
Show this presentation to your preschoolers to boost their pattern recognition skills. Students must determine what comes next in each of the 9 slides. Each slide contains different numbers, letters, colors, or images to show that...
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Survival of the Fittest – Battling Beetles

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students explore natural selection. For this genetic adaptation lesson, students discover why certain traits continue and some traits disappear. Students discover how species evolve and change. Resources are provided.
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Math in Nature

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Learners explore math in nature. In this activity on the Fibonacci sequence, students use natural objects and Fibonacci numbers to discover mathematical patterns.
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Patterns Worksheet: Complete the Patterns (#2)

For Students Pre-K - K
In this patterns worksheet, students look at 3 rows of patterns and then complete each pattern by drawing the appropriate shape at the end of each row. A good logic and reasoning worksheet.
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Math: Basic Number Operations

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this math learning exercise, students answer 175 questions by applying basic math operations to simple calculation and word problems.
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Math: Basic Math Applications

For Students 5th - 7th
In this math worksheet, students answer 303 problems including addition of numbers with decimal points, multiplication word problems, and rounding numbers to the nearest one thousand.
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Patterns

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this patterns worksheet, students examine each of five strips of shapes and then decide which of two shapes shown follows the same pattern. Students circle and color the pattern that follows.
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Patterns

For Teachers 1st
In this math literacy worksheet, 1st graders practice finding the shapes for each pattern for the five problems. The worksheet could be adapted for numbers also.
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Gingerbread Man Matching Game

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
In this literacy worksheet, students find the patterns that are common amongst the groups of gingerbread men. The sheet strengthens one's ability to recognize patterns.