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Archeologist Frieze Patterns
Learners construct frieze patterns using translations and rotations. They will discuss how frieze patterns are similar to jigsaw puzzles and use Cabri Jr. to build a triangle frieze pattern using rotations, translations, and reflections.
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Making Shapes
In this shapes worksheet, students identify and trace twelve shapes and then color them according to the directions. Students complete twenty-four activities.
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Shapes-Search
In this identifying sets of shapes worksheet, students observe eight sets of three shapes and search for them in horizontal or vertical patterns in a grid. Students find 8 sets.
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Tessellations
Learners form repeating patterns using tessellations. In this tessellations lesson, students identify shapes and illustrate three types of transformations. A website is included with the lesson which provides extension activities and...
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Terrific Tessellations
Students create, transform, and critique their own piece of artwork. In doing this lesson, students get more experience working with angles, lines, and measurement. They gain experience seeing, and creating their own patterns and shapes.
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Shape Up! Continue Patterns, Write Fractions
In this shape and pattern worksheet, students draw shapes to continue patterns and write the fraction for the shaded parts of shapes. Answers included on page 2.
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What Comes Next?
For this pattern worksheet, students evaluate each pattern and then draw the shape that comes next in the sequence. There are 5 patterns to complete on this worksheet.
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Tetrominoes Cover-Up
Third graders compare and contrast the attributes of two-dimensional shapes. Using a tetrominoes game, they create two-dimensional shapes to cover up a game board. At the conclusion of the game, 3rd graders discuss the patterns they...
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First Grade Mathematics Quiz
For this math quiz activity, student complete multiple choice problems about money, shapes, patterns, and more. Students complete 15 problems total.
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2-D Shape Patten Placemats
Young scholars identify and form a pattern out of 2-D shapes, then transfer this pattern into creating placemats.
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Patterns
In this shape patterns worksheet, 1st graders identify the shape within each set and select that shape that comes next in the pattern. Students complete 3 sets.
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Find a Pattern: Problem Solving
In this pattern worksheet, students learn to make patterns by studying the pattern given and answer questions about what they understand, how they plan to find the pattern, then solve, and finally look back.
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Patterns
In this math patterns activity, students identify the shapes in each pattern and then select the shape that comes next in the pattern. Students find 3 patterns.
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Patterns
In this math patterns instructional activity, students identify the shapes in the 3 problems. Students then select the shape that comes next in the pattern.
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Writing Basic Equations: Stars and Moons
You'll be over the moon about finding a useful resource for describing patterns. Aspiring mathematicians drag moon and star shapes to complete a shape pattern. Additionally, they must write an algebraic equation to describe the pattern.
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Hexagons
Scholars find a pattern from a geometric sequence and write the formula for extending it. The worksheet includes a table to complete plus four analysis questions. It concludes with instructional implications for the teacher.
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Assessment for the California Mathematics Standards Grade 1
Here is an assessment designed to test mathematicians' knowledge of writing numbers, comparing numbers, skip counting, solving addition and subtraction problems; along with measuring objects, telling time, identifying shapes, reading...
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Name Patterns
Here is a fun, colorful, and engaging art project that is sure to get your kids excited! They make a piece of art using watercolor paints, and by making a design out of the letters of their first name. This would be a fantasti art...
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Tile Patterns I: Octagons and Squares
This can be used as a critical thinking exercise in congruence or as a teaching tool when first introducing the concept. Four octagons are arranged in such a way that a square is formed in the middle. With this information, geometry...
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Patterns
In this shape patterns worksheet, students identify the patterns in the 10 problems. Students then draw in the missing shapes to complete the patterns.
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Identifying Shapes and Matching
Students recognize shapes and repeating shapes can make a pattern. In this patterns lesson, students identify pictures of shapes as patterns or not patterns. Students describe how the pattern is made.
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Learning about the World of Color, Object and Shape Patterns
First graders practice identifying and creating patterns by using unifix cubes. In this visual design lesson, 1st graders investigate reoccurring patterns using colors and shapes and extend what is being made with their unifix cubes....
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Shape Patterns
In this math worksheet, students examine a pattern of geometric shapes. After looking at the sequence of shapes and deciding what the pattern is, students choose the shape that would come next. There are 4 problems.
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Fun patterns
Students gain an understanding of shapes and patterns using Interactive Math Journey while reviewing the names of shapes and colors.