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Follow the Arrows

For Students 2nd - 4th
Use this resource to help describe how a number chart can be used to practice adding ten. Each time learners move to the right or down, 10 is added. They use the chart to answer the 7 questions.
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Art or Junk? Discovering the Triangle Inequality

For Teachers 6th
Middle schoolers study the triangle inequality. They will identify, compare, and analyze attributes of two and three-dimensional shapes. Then they develop vocabulary to describe the attributes. They also use manipulatives to analyze the...
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Growing, Growing, Gone

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Budding mathematicians identify growing patterns in numbers and songs then create their own patterns. They look at number patterns and language patterns and then create their own using money and footprints.
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Shape Hunt

For Teachers K - 2nd
Explore the world of shapes! After free tangram exploration and pair share time, learners describe various patterns and shapes in both the natural and designed world. They investigate the use of tangrams to create patterns and shapes.
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Patterns Here, There and Everywhere

For Teachers K - 2nd
Pattern recognition is a skill often used in mathematics. Learners count and sort manipulatives, organize the data into a graph and answer questions about the information displayed. They collect the objects to be used and create patterns...
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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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Starfish Surprises

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
In this missing numbers worksheet, students write the missing numbers covered by the starfish in the patterns. Students complete 6 problems total.
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Shapes - Sides and Corners

For Teachers K - 1st
Students identify a number of different shapes and their corners and sides. Using a cut out of the shape, they stand on the appropriate shape on the floor and count the sides and corners. They use a geoboard to construct their own shapes...
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The Algebra of Summation Notation

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students use the summation notation correctly as they solve problems. They define the integral of a function and solve problems involving i. There are 14 questions with an answer key.
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String 'Em Up

For Teachers K
Students create different patterns using beads. They observe the teacher make patterns with different colored beads, identify the patterns, and create a necklace with colored beads, explaining what their pattern consists of to the class.
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Problem Solving of Patterns

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use a software program to practice their problem solving skills. As a class, they identify patterns in their days at school and review problem solving patterns in math. They solve different problems and discover that the...
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Fairy Tales

For Teachers K
Students listen as the teacher reads fairy tales to students and identify patterns. They listen as the teacher re-reads the fairy tales and signal or recite patterns as they listen. Students identify patterns in the fairy tales. They...
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Solving for an Unknown

For Students 8th - 9th
In this solving for the unknown worksheet, students solve and complete 18 different problems that include algebraic expressions. First, they study each pattern in the equations shown. Then, students solve each equation for the variable...
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Toothpick Patterns

For Students 5th - 6th
In this patterning activity, learners identify and complete 15 different patterns that include using toothpicks. First, they determine the number of toothpicks needed to create each figure in a given sequence. Then, students determine...
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Word Problem Solutions

For Students 6th - 7th
In this word problem solutions worksheet, students solve and complete 5 different problems that include solving various types of word problems. First, they calculate the total cost and cost per students for the table shown. Then,...
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Multiplication Patterns

For Students 5th - 6th
In this multiplication patterns worksheet, students solve and complete 6 different problems that include using patterns to multiply. First, they use the numbers circles on the sheet to identify pairs of numbers that share similar...
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Processing Satellite Images

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners comprehend the meaning of "pixel." They recognize patterns using pixels. Students observe how land use can be determined from a pixel. They measure off a 30 x 30-meter area to show the size of the surface area of one pixel....
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Print Patterns, Please!

For Teachers 5th - 10th
Students practice the art of stamping and pattern design in this lesson using cotton fabric, ink, acrylic paint, watercolors, Elmer's Glue, and Model Magic. Emphasis is placed on the creation of individual student stamps and cooperative...
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Weaving a Story

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
It's time to investigate patterns! First and second graders construct a paper weaving using a hundreds chart, then use the Ti-10 calculator to make patterns such as adding 3 each time. Learners remove multiples of three from the hundreds...
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Everyday Heroes You Can Be One, Too

For Teachers K
Students listen to a read aloud of Alan Baker's, White Rabbit's Color Book while identifying shapes and lines throughout the book. They use shapes and different types of lines to create a bunny of their own. They must use five shapes to...
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Fall Patterns

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
In this fall patterns worksheet, students examine the 5 rows of fall foliage and select the correct tree at the end of each box to continue the pattern.
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Oddball Patterns

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Investigating unique number patterns gets learners to put their thinking caps on. Your whole class examines numerical palindromes that are added and multiplied. The class works to find the pattern.
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Number and Shape Patterns

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Review what constitutes a pattern, and have the kids create number and shape patterns of their own. An activity page requires them to name and identify simple numerical patterns.
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Anno's Magic Seeds

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Read a tale for your class as they unravel patterns presented in the story using manipulatives. Pause to allow time for discussion and explanation of solutions throughout the story. They write equations or expressions with order of...