Series: Focus on the Lesson
Who Is Napping?
Teachers encourage children to describe the pattern in a favorite story book.
Why is this important?
Children need practice and support to identify what repeats in a pattern. In the case of a growing pattern, it’s a quantitative change that repeats.
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Big Idea
Identifying the rule of a pattern brings predictability and allows one to make generalizations. Read More
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Big Idea
Patterns are sequences (repeating or growing) governed by a rule; they exist both in the world and in mathematics. Read More
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Common Core Alignment
Operations and Algebraic Thinking Read More
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Foundational Math Topics
Read more about Pattern