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Making Pictures from Smaller Shapes
Students investigate shapes. In this dimension and orientation of shapes lesson, students identify and color shapes, use shape stamps to form animals, glue shapes together to make other objects and describe how shapes are used.
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Looking at shapes, colours and patterns in Flowers and Butterflies
Students study patterns, lines, shapes, and colors in both flowers and butterfly wings. They create their own flower and butterfly drawings and/or models to reinforce the concept.
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Patterns: A Stitch in Time
Learners recognize shapes, designs and numbers that form patterns. Using their surroundings, they identify common patterns. They create their own patterns in various software programs and share them with the class.
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Patterns
Fifth graders recognize shape and number patterns. In groups, 5th graders use strategies to find patterns. They extend the patterns and give explanations as to how they found the pattern. Students use the computer and the hundreds...
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Working With Pattern Blocks
Fourth graders use pattern blocks to complete patterns, puzzle, and area centers. In this pattern blocks lesson plan, 4th graders also demonstrate fractions and use the SMART Board with their pattern blocks.
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Investigation: Shape Balance
Second graders explore geometry by utilizing pattern blocks. In this shape identification lesson, 2nd graders view the characteristics for several different geometric shapes and create them using building blocks and other classroom...
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Problem-Solving Strategy: Find a Pattern: Homework
In this math patterns instructional activity, students use the problem solving strategy of finding a pattern to solve the given problems.
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The Shape of Things
Students create shape booklets. In this interdisciplinary activity, students practice shape recognition as they participate in a scavenger hunt and create a shape booklet.
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Pretty Patterns
Students discuss shape and number patterns and play a game practicing completing patterns. Then they rotate through five workstations that reinforce the concept of patterning.
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Translate Patterns
For this math patterns worksheet, students solve 6 problems in which the number, letter or shape pattern in a series is determined. Students mark the choice that shows how the pattern would be continued.
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Make Your Own Pattern
In this early childhood understanding patterns worksheet, students find the pattern in 3 problems and then show each another way. Students also explain how they decided what pattern to make in 1 of the problems.
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Sample Worksheet: Patterns
In this pattern worksheet, learners select shapes that come next in sets of patterns, draw missing shaped to complete patterns, and select the shape that completes the pattern from a choice of 3. Worksheet is a sample from a subscription...
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Pattern Block Shapes
In this pattern blocks worksheet, learners cover the given shape with pattern blocks and trace each block in the design. Students make sure the design has the dotted line as a line of symmetry.
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Patterns Within Shapes and Pictures
In this patterns within shapes and pictures instructional activity, students look at the shapes and pictures, then color or draw to complete the pattern.
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Combine and Separate Shapes
In this pattern blocks review worksheet, students combine and separate shapes in order to solve 3 problems. Students also respond to a test prep question.
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Geometry Patterns
Fifth graders, using graphic and word processing software, create geometric patterns by performing elementary transformations.
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Create Your Own Pattern
In this patterning worksheet, 1st graders create their own patterns. Students complete 4 self made patterns using colors and shapes in each.
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Finding the Shape of a Web
Young scholars examine spider webs they find as they explore outside. They make T-chart of the shapes found in two different webs and draw them on geoboard paper. Next, they measure length and width of a spider's web before checking to...
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Repeating Patterns
Learners explore growth patterns by using manipulatives such as pattern blocks, investigate growth pattern of pattern, record growth in T-chart, describe how pattern is growing, and predict number of blocks needed to extend pattern.
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Perfect Patterns- Completing Patterns Worksheet
In this completing patterns activity, students complete patterns with geometric shapes and the numbers 1-10. They color the geometric shapes with at repeating patterns.
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Short Sound of A Word Shapes
In this word shapes activity, learners write the 14 short a words from a word bank in the correct word shapes. They work with words such as grapple, cap, math, pattern, and granite.
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Patterns 5
In this patterns practice worksheet, students study the 5 shape patterns sets. Students identify the missing shapes in each set in order to complete the patterns.
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Patterns 6
In this patterns practice learning exercise, students study the 21 shape patterns sets. Students identify the missing shapes in each set in order to complete the patterns.
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Lengths, Areas and Shapes - Week 9
In this lengths, areas and shapes worksheet, students explore overlapping and non-overlapping patterns. They identify the number of objects in a pattern, determine how the pattern may be folded to create additional patterns, and...