Patterns
One student explained that he had patterns on his clothes. It was a repeating pattern of black and blue stripes.
Another student noticed that she had a pattern on her tights. They were black and green stripes.
The students began to look for other repeating patterns on items of clothing. A few of them had pink and white striped socks.
The students began to create their own patterns using manipulatives.
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- Black, brown, blue pattern.
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- Orange and blue pattern.
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- Purple and pink pattern.
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- Big and small pattern.
One student explained that we could make a big, medium and small pattern. The students helped to create this pattern using rings.
Then we began to create a pattern with linking chains. The students chose the first few links. This was a different pattern. We continued to create the chain together.
Blue, blue, green and red pattern.
What patterns do you see around you?
SLO’s
- recognise patterns and solve problems
- describe patterns and identify rules
- check and continue the pattern