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The One-Hundredth Day of School
Students use their fine motor skills to create a pattern of one-hundred fruit cereal O's using the concept of counting by tens in order to create a one-hundredth day of school necklace.
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Next, Please!
In this math patterns worksheet, students solve 8 problems in which the pattern in a series of numbers or letters is determined. Students write the pattern in words, then tell what would come next.
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Long Vowel Search and Sort
Students practice identifying long vowels. In this vowel lesson, students read a story and find long vowel words that fit their pattern. Students then sort their word under the correct long vowel pattern.
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Venn Diagram
Young scholars classify items and numbers by using a Venn diagram. In this Venn diagram lesson plan, students use the computer to do this and classify pictures and numbers.
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Dinosaur Math
Young scholars participate in an activity to discover patterns. They make cutouts of bones and decorate them in patterns. They work together in pairs and removes the number of bones they roll on the die. They also practice writing their...
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Alien Math
First graders identify combinations and patterns in this lesson. They manipulate an alien picture with 10 arms - 5 red and 5 blue. They use an individual alien picture to identify as many combinations as possible. Students compare...
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Leaves, Flowers, Seashells, Mirrors and Symmetry
Students develop an understanding of patterns and symmetry. In this symmetry and pattern lesson, students use real world patterns then analyze and extend them. Students also use real world items while discovering and observing symmetry.
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Wax Resist Fish
Students review what a pattern is and they create a pattern on a fish. They are reminded that patterns do not change halfway through and they paint over it with watercolor paints. They display their fish on the walls.
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Connecting Algebraic Reasoning to Models
Young scholars analyze relating a model to an algebraic equation and visa versa. Patterns are reviewed in detail and then in pairs new models are created and then translated into a word problem or equation. They illustrate their models...
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Back to the Beginning
In this number pattern worksheet, 4th graders fill in the number sentence while looking for a pattern. The 9 number sentences are made up of multiplication and division problems. Also students are asked to provide a short response...
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Turk-o-nacci Sequence
In this sequence worksheet, students use the Fibonacci sequence to determine the number of turkeys in a flock. This one-page worksheet contains 1 multi-step problem. The answer is provided at the bottom of the page.
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The Power of Algebra
First graders explore patterns. They look for patterns in number problems and use algebra as a means of solving general problems. Students devise a strategy to solve the number problem.
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Blending Bumper Cars
First graders practice blending words with the consonant-vowel-consonant pattern. Given a card with a decodable word part, 1st graders add an initial consonant sound and blend the sounds to read the new word. They practice reading a...
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What Is the Rule?
In this patterns learning exercise, 1st graders complete 6 patterns by filling in the missing numbers in each one and then write the rules for filling in patterns.
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Mathematics Witing: Algebraic Processes and Its Connections to Geometry
Students, using manipulatives, determine how many different ways there are to arrange 3 and 4 objects. They organize and record their arrangements. Students investigate the pattern generated by 3 and 4 objects, they predict how many ways...
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Puzzle Pieces
In this patterning worksheet, students create a number chart. Students cut out the number patterns and place them in the correct order to complete the chart.
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Number: Index Notation
Students explore the concept of index notation. In this square root and cube root lesson, students examine number patterns as they complete a worksheet that requires them to calculate roots.
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The Long and Short of It
Fourth graders play a variety of ordering games to identify place value in whole numbers and decimals. They consider the importance of place value in dealing with money.
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Divide and Conquer
Seventh graders analyze responses to different types of problems. Using pictures and diagrams, they explore and model the division of fractions. Students examine situations that call for division whether with the whole numbers or with...
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How Many Ways Can You Represent a Number?
Students participate in monthly scaffolded lessons that focus on working with whole numbers from 1 to 10. They work with tiles on exploration mats, number tile mats, and a number representation book. Each month they complete activities...
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Investigation: Peg Race
Students explore competition by participating in a peg race. In this pattern creation lesson, students utilize an egg timer and pegs or colored cubes to create patterns quickly while competing with fellow classmates to finish first....
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Decode Word Is..
Students solve problems using patterns. In this algebra activity, students identify the relation, domain and range of a function. They graph functions using coordinate pairs.
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Oh My
Students are introduced to the vowel-consonant-e patter that changes short vowel sounds into long vowel sounds. They distinguish between the short vowel sound for o and the long vowel sound for o. Students practice reading and spelling...
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"How Divine Is My Proportion?"
Eighth graders explore the concept of the divine proportion/golden ratio. In this Fibonacci Sequence exploratory lesson, 8th graders measure the length and width of various objects to see which items have a divine proportion. Students...