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Imagination Travel
Students watch video segments on shapes and patterns. They create their own pattern within shapes.
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The Function Box
Students look around classroom and identify any patterns they see, describe patterns and explain why they are patterns, use pencil to demonstrate arithmetic patterns by tapping, practice predicting patterns by using Function Box, and...
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Take a Trip on the Chandelier
Students discuss the lines, shapes, and patterns used to decorate a 19th-century chandelier that was made to look like a hot-air balloon. In this art lesson students discuss the chandelier and then create a papier-mâché sculpture of a...
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Tessellations
Fifth graders investigate the relationship between math and art by examining patterns and polygons.They examine how polygons make up the patterns that form tessellations, and determine tessellations that occur in nature. Finally, they...
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Patterning Pictorial
First graders describe and create simple patterns. They identify patterns in the environment. They extend and reproduce patterns.
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Intelligence of Authentic Character - News Coverage and John Brown's Raid
The resource, a standalone, shows how news coverage of John Brown's Raid began when the event happened and how that reporting shaped perception in West Virginia history. The resource includes interesting anticipatory discussion...
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What a SHAPEly Fit!
Students identify and explore the attributes of polygons. They design and create a quilt square using polygons, and produce a class quilt.
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Early American Quilt Patterns
Young scholars explore the history and purpose of quilts in early America. They create and name their own unique quilt blocks. Students combine their quilt blocks with other young scholars in the class to create a class quilt.
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Shape and Size Patterns
In this shape and size pattern activity, students determine the patterns in each set and find the shape that comes next or the missing shape.
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Pattern Block Fraction Design
In this pattern block worksheet, students use pattern blocks to create a symmetric design within the shapes. The designs must follow four different rules.
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Finding and Creating Addition Patterns
Third graders listen as teacher snaps her fingers in a certain pattern and then join in as they become familiar with the pattern and then repeating it. They observe a patterns of shapes and repeat after the teacher has explained it....
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Searching for Patterns
In these patterns worksheets, students complete 4 pages of activities for patterns. Students improve their visual interpretation skills with the activities.
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Pattern Block Symmetry
In this symmetry worksheet, students fill in the shapes with pattern blocks to create a design so the dotted line is one of symmetry. Students trace and label each pattern and then explain how they know the design has a line of symmetry.
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Pattern Using Unit Cells
Students explore the pattern of the unit cell. In this science lesson, students color the unit cells on a worksheet and create a pattern using unit cells.
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Design Your Own Quilt Pattern
Students apply what they have learned, from Eight Hands Round a Patchwork Alphabet, about how quilt blocks got their names by constructing and naming a quilt block pattern of their own using pattern blocks and pattern block paper.
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Singapore Math - Patterns
In this math patterns worksheet, learners look at the patterns and write the next shape for the patterns. Students complete 5 examples.
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Translating Patterns
In this worksheet, pupils examine picture patterns which have blank boxes beneath each picture. Students translate the pattern by coloring the boxes. Example: rose, rose, bird, rose, rose. (red, red, blue, red, red).
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Patterns
In this pattern worksheet, students select the shape that comes next in a pattern from a choice of 3, 5 rows of shapes total. Worksheet is labeled as a sample from a subscription site.
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Exploring Shapes
Young scholars practice moving over shapes they have designed. They work on trying to travel around the shapes while practicing their jumping and landing patterns.
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Patterns #2
In this pattern worksheet, students select the shape that comes next in the pattern, choosing from 2 options. Worksheet is labeled as a sample from a subscription site.
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Learning from Jacob Lawrence and Harriet Tubman
Students view and discuss a painting of Harriet Tubman by Jacob Lawrence. They complete a fact sheet/worksheet on Lawrence and on Tubman. They examine the colors, shapes and patterns used in the painting and compare them to their own...
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Patterns
Students make patterns. In this early sequencing lesson plan, students observe and state a pattern when they see one. The teacher begins be using students to demonstrate a pattern with half of the children standing and every other child...
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Patterns
Fifth graders explore patterns. In groups, 5th graders participate in a "Pasta Pattern" activity. Given a bag of pasta, classmates sort pasta by shapes. They use pasta pieces to model different patterns. Students complete a bean...
