Fun in Math Class!

In math class our focus continues to be on repeating, growing and shrinking number patterns. Students are learning to identify different types of patterns as well as pattern rules. They are also learning to identify missing terms in patterns and recording pattern terms (position) and missing values on a 'table of values.' Patterning is a cross-strand concept as it involves the basic operations of addition/multiplication (growing patterns), subtraction/division (shrinking patterns). Recognizing repeating patterns requires students to detect a pattern core that repeats itself over and over in order to make the pattern. While most of the patterns we have been working on in class are number patterns, we are also creating and identifying patterns with the attributes of shape, colour, position, etc. Check out these growing patterns they created together in partners using loose parts: