Level 1 · Mathematics M1.8

Patterns

Find patterns that repeat or grow, and say what comes next.

Planned. This book is not written yet. Below is its plan, which a teacher can already use.

You are ready for this book if

You can count in 2s up to 20.

The plan

  1. M1.8.1 Patterns that repeat
    • Copy and continue a repeating pattern of shapes or colours
    • Find the part of a pattern that repeats
  2. M1.8.2 Making your own patterns
    • Make a repeating pattern with beads, sticks or seeds
    • Find the mistake in a broken pattern
  3. M1.8.3 Number patterns
    • Continue counting patterns in 2s, 5s and 10s
    • Find the missing number in 2, 4, □, 8, 10
  4. M1.8.4 Patterns that grow
    • Build the next step of a growing pattern of sticks
    • Say how many more each step adds
  5. M1.8.5 Patterns in sums
    • Spot the pattern in 3 + 4 and 13 + 4
    • Find patterns on the hundred square

For parents and teachers

Level 1 fits learners who can already: listen to a story. count a few things. In many schools that is about 5 to 7, but start wherever the learner is.

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