November 2, 2015

MATHS: Patterning ideas

Kindergartners love patterns. Or should I say "pat-ter-ens." They're super fun! But what they don't know is that they are an essential building block in their understanding about numbers. What starts out in kindergarten as making pretty designs with pattern blocks eventually leads to skip counting, repeated addition (and therefore multiplication and division), algebraic reasoning, and beyond! So it's important that we provide them with a solid foundation.

Here's a series of color pattern cards where students use manipulatives (pom-poms, color tiles, bear counters, Unifix cubes, etc.) to make, extend, or fill-in the pattern pictured.

PATTERNING CARDS (SHAPE AND COLOUR)

SHAPES SHAPES SHAPES!!
 
LEVEL 0: FOCUS ON THE SHAPE
LEVEL1 : FOCUS ON THE COLOUR
 
LEVEL 2: FOCUS ON THE SHAPE AND COLOUR





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