Government of Alberta
Learn Alberta: Math Interactives: Exploring Patterns (Object Interactive)
This interactive Learn Alberta math resource offers a hands-on exploration of number patterns. Students get to control an animated squirrel in order to figure out terms in a sequence and see each pattern represented both in picture form,...
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Patterns and Number Sequences
A large collection of teacher resources for teaching and reviewing patterns and number sequences. There are games, PowerPoint presentations, worksheets, pdf files, Word files, and smartboard activities available for download at several...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Sequences
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of patterns in sequences. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page click the "Check It"...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Jumping Math: Lesson Plan
Combine counting sequences with physical activity to engage students and increase overall fitness. This lesson plan describes a fifteen to twenty minute series of activities that can be easily tweaked to work in any elementary classroom.
History is Fun
Jan Brett: Ordinal Numbers: Cats in Line Activity Page
Math and literature meet in this interactive game exploring ordinal numbers. Based on the cat tale, Comet's Nine Lives by Jan Brett, this activity is sure to engage students in developing number order skills. Learners receive immediate...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Making Patterns
Explore the literature connections, online activity, pencil and paper activity, and the manipulative investigation of patterns and geometric shapes on this page!
Scholastic
Scholastic: Math Maven's Mysteries: The Case of the Mysterious Money Trail
Pat Tern has been buying items all around town using counterfeit money. Help Math Maven identify a pattern to catch her before she deposits fake money into the Cashflow Bank.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Sequences
The lesson discusses sequences. Students learn about finite sequences, infinite sequences, and sequences with patterns. The resource consists of class notes, calculator tips, examples, and practice problems with solutions. The teacher...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Dna Sequencing Alignment
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson has student find the level of similarity between two different-length strands of DNA. Connections to Djikstra's algorithm are mentioned, and students learn more to follow careful...
Other
Intervention Central: Early Math Fluency Generator
Three activities to help students with early math fluency: Quantity Discrimination (QD): The student is given a sheet of number pairs and must verbally identify the larger of the two values for each pair. Missing Number (MN): The student...
Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Magnifying Max
This site has the view through Max's magnifying glass. The ants seem to be walking past him in a pattern, can you help him predict how many ants are coming next? Teachers will like the teacher's guide, activity sheet, and extra challenges.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Counting Down With Numbers
Practice counting down from ten with this interactive game.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: The Tooth
Read this spooky rhyme and then use the activity page to create patterns with Halloween candy. The teacher's guide and extra challenges will help teachers make fun and interesting lesson plans.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Counting With Words and Numbers
Students must choose the written number word that comes after the numeral given in this online game from AAAmath.com. This lesson offers the opportunity to learn, practice, play a game, and explore the concept.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Counting Down With Numbers
Students practice counting backwards on this interactive lesson from AAAmath.com. This lesson offers the opportunity to learn, practice, play a game, and explore the concept of counting down.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Max's Math Adventures: Max's Super Stars
Use this poem, teacher's guide, and various small manipulatives to make a great lesson on counting. There is a section for students to give their responses on the website.
Rice University
Rice University: More Counting!
Use this interactive site for interesting and engaging practice with counting.
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Patterns and Picture Books
CarolHurst.com provides a sample chapter from Picturing Math, which teaches geometric concepts using picture books and activities.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Exploring Infinite Series
For this activity, students learn to identify geometric series. They determine if a sequence converges and also learn to calculate the sum of numbers in a geometric series.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: A Shapey Network
Sharpen your problem solving and logic skills on this network activity. There is a "Printable Page," link if you want to print it out to help you with your strategy.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Find a Path
Sharpen your problem solving and logic skills on this network activity, Find A Path. There is a "Printable Page," link if you want to print it out to help you with your strategy.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Finger Puppets You Can Count On
Make finger puppets. Learn to recognize numbers and count from one to ten and ten to one.
Fun Brain
Fun Brain: Number Cracker (Number Series Game)
The Number Cracker needs you to help find a secret code by identifying the missing number in a series.