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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Rain Game

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
It's raining, it's pouring! Simulate the precipitation process with rope or hula hoop and assorted colored construction paper. This simple game should give young learners a better understanding of how rain falls.
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Interactive
Arcademics

Turtle Dash

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Vowel digraphs are the focus of a turtle-themed learning game. Players race against three others, filling in the blank space of words with a double vowel spelling pattern. 
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Activity
University of Texas

Essential Reading Strategies for the Struggling Reader

For Teachers K - 5th Standards
Beneficial for beginning readers, struggling readers, and those in need of review, a set of language arts activities is a great addition to any foundational reading unit. Focusing on phonological awareness, fluency, instructional...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Find a Pattern

For Students 4th - 5th
In this pattern instructional activity, students use a table to solve a set of 3 word problems, then write their own problem using information in the table.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Geometric Designs in the Game of "Life"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students play a game to discover simple patterns. For this geometric designs lesson, students use a game board and counters to represent survivals, deaths, and births. They explore simple patterns for several generations.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pretty Patterns

For Teachers K
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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Worksheet
Curated OER

Algebra and Patterns

For Students 5th - 7th
In this algebra and patterns practice worksheet, students sharpen their problem solving skills as they solve 6 story problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Patterns, Functions & Algebra

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Learners participate in numerous activities and games. In pairs, they play card games to find relationships between a random set of playing cards. After writing samples of Dear Abby letters concerning math problems, students create a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Fun patterns

For Teachers K
Students gain an understanding of shapes and patterns using Interactive Math Journey while reviewing the names of shapes and colors.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Patterns and Pentominoes

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in a class discussion about how pentominoes figure into the plot of "Chasing Vermeer." They then solve pentominoe puzzles and play interactive games. Resource links are provided for the activities and puzzles.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Finding Patterns with Frogs

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students create patterns. In this math instructional activity, students complete and create patterns using pattern blocks or disks. Students analyze the patterns they see.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Identifying Patterns

For Teachers K - 1st
Students investigate the elements of a pattern.  In this geometry lesson, students identify different shapes in a pattern and discover which shapes are missing in order to extend it.  Students create their own patterns using...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Eye Spy a Pattern

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine how to see patterns by showing how things work together. They identify, analyze and determine a rule for predicting and extending numberical patterns involving operations of whole numbers, decimals and fractions.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Patterns: Pre Test

For Students 4th - 6th
In this patterns worksheet, students complete multiple choice questions about number and shape patterns. Students complete 10 questions total.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Say and Spell Long Vowel Bossy E Board Game

For Teachers Pre-K - 3rd
Pupils practice saying and spelling long vowel "bossy E" words. For this spelling lesson, students play a board game that requires them to look at a picture, say and spell the word. The first person to the end wins.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Identify the Pattern of Words Liked and Disliked

For Students 7th - 11th
In this pattern worksheet, students analyze lists of words someone likes and dislikes to identify the pattern. The solution is provided.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Interactive
Curated OER

Math Puzzles: Number Series

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this series of numbers worksheet, students complete the patterns of the number series they are given with one and two digit numbers. Students complete 6 problems.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Aches and Pains

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Being able to distinguish between short and long vowel /a/ sounds is an important skill for young readers. They are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e pattern that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They practice reading...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

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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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Relations

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Pupils identify, compare, and analyze shapes and numbers. In this analogies and comparison math lesson, students warm up by completing 4 worksheets to familiarize themselves with analogies. In small groups, pupils are challenged to...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Algebraic Processes And Its Connections To Geometry

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Youngsters explore number patterns within a Hundreds Chart. They discover six specific patterns from six teacher-directed rules in cooperative groups and describe in words ONE of the three patterns in their Learning Logs. They prove for...
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Lesson Plan
Phys Ed Review

Physical Education Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Get active by dribbling a ball. Begin with a game of banana bunch and high five beanbag grab. Then, practice dribbling a ball, and identifying the part of the hand with which your active learners dribble. Finally, conclude with...
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App
American Association for the Advancement of Science

Gravity Launch

For Students 3rd - 12th
Getting a ship into orbit isn't rocket science. Oh, wait...that's exactly what it is! Learn the basics of the concepts of thrust, launch angle, and gravitational pull in this fun and progressively challenging game.