We have learned many things about patterns. We have learned to recognize and copy patterns, extend patterns, and make our own patterns. We can identify the core of a pattern. We also learned to show patterns in many different ways ( e.g., blue red blue red OR a b a b OR 1 2 1 2 OR heart circle heart circle -- all are the same 'pattern'). Finally, we used what we know about patterns to solve problems.
To warm up, we worked individually , and built patterns with longer cores:
Then we worked in groups to solve a problem:
We tried another problem independently, using beads:
The problem was " There are 9 red beads, 3 green beads, and 6 blue beads. Make a pattern -- using ALL of the beads. Draw your pattern and circle the core."
