Patterns What is a pattern Repeating patterns Growing

Patterns

What is a pattern? • Repeating patterns? • Growing patterns? • Number patterns?

Repeating pattern A repeating pattern is a pattern where there is a noticeable unit that repeats. red, yellow, green; red, yellow green. . . OR apple, banana, pear; apple, banana, pear. . .

Growing patterns are patterns that increase (grow) or decrease (shrink) in a predictable and describable way. A growing pattern has noticeable units called terms.

Number Patterns Number patterns are made up of numbers that increase or decrease in a predictable way and are growing patterns.

What senses can we use to find patterns?

Patterns

What is the pattern? g"g""g""""g"""""" A B A BBBBB A BBBBBBB A

What is the pattern? • Peter picked a peck of pickles • Clap clap, click, clap, click • sit stand jump, sit stand jump • Rolaids in Rangoon I had, for lunch, in old Rangoon, A well done mouse served on a spoon, With raw earlobes of an old baboon, And I finished with a macaroon.

What is the pattern? • 2 4 6 8 10 12 14…………. • 3 6 9 12 15 18 21………. . • 5 10 15 20 25 30 35……. • 10 20 30 40 50 60 70…. .

What are we going to learn in this unit? • • • Describe, extend and make repeating patterns Describe, extend and make growing patterns. Use numbers to describe growing patterns. Identify number patterns. Show and describe number patterns.

Rainforest maths. • Group 1: Activities based on patterns. *Remember your password and you can access these sites at home and continue the fun!

Seek and See Patterns • Group 2: Find, photograph and describe examples of repeating, growing and number patterns.

Design a necklace • Group 3: make and record a pattern on a necklace

Body percussion teams • Group 4: Make a pattern with your body and present to the class.

What is the pattern? g"g""g""""g"""""" A B A BBBBB A BBBBBBB A

How do we know what we have learnt? Assessment: • • Power. Point of pattern photos labeled Body percussion pattern performance Worksheets Test Photos; 20% test ; 40% Percusion; 20% worksheets ; 20%