Can You See the Pattern?

Perfect Patterns
Math Provide each child with a crayon box upon which is depicted a row of crayons. Provide a large assortment of crayons for children to use in reproducing the pattern of crayons shown on the box.

Color Patterns
Students will be able to make a pattern of three colors and then repeat the pattern on paper.

Fancy Footwork
Physical Education By the end of third grade, students should not only be able to repeat a pattern that's clapped to them, but also be able to repeat various step patterns. As a physical break between classes, put on some music, have everyone stand and ask one student to demonstrate a few forward, backward or sideways steps for the others to imitate.

What Comes Nex_?
Students investigate a series of items that appear to be ordered in some "obvious" ways. Students also explore ways of sorting items into two disjoint groups on the basis of some definable characteristic.

People Patterns
Math/Social Studies Line up the students in some kind of a pattern known only to you. Ask the students what pattern they see – two children with glasses, two without, three girls, three boys, sneakers, shoes, blue shirts, etc. Have students line one another up in a pattern for the others to discover.

Pattern Play
A hands-on lesson that guides students in creating their own number patterns, and looking for something that does not belong in a pattern.