P a T t E r N s

Patterns are everywhere; in nature and in math. For us they are being created all over our classroom with our classroom materials.      Do you see the pattern?

Our pattern makers have chosen crayons, pencils, blocks, markers, paintbrushes, and expo markers to make their interesting patterns.            Love the colors choices!

Take a look at the children hard at work!

*After all the fun of making patterns, the final step is to document the design in the math journals*.

Math in Focus Common Core State Standards
Use appropriate tools strategically.
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Model with mathematics.

Essential Question: What kinds of patterns can you make with familiar materials?