Making Patterns

Personal Objective:

Patterns are everywhere! Upon knowing this, I created this lesson to teach Prekindergarten/Kindergarten students to exercise their ability to create "AB" patterns. Understanding patterns will help students to prepare for learning complex number concepts and mathematical operations.

Common Core Standard(s):

PK.MATH.1. [NY-PK.CC.1.] Counts to 20

PK.MATH.9. [NY-PK.OA.2.] Duplicates and extends simple patterns using concrete objects (e.g., what comes next?)

 Mathematical Practice Standards:

 MP7. Look for and make use of structure

 MP8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

 Materials & Preparation
  • October Calendar and Dates
  • Unifix Cubes

 Activity:

 1. I will stand in the front of the classroom next to the Calendar. I will explain to students (as I do each day) that today we will complete our Calendar, to find out? *Students will say* 'Today's Date."

2. In order to complete our calendar, we will review what month is it (October) and sing our days of the week song in order to find out that today is (Thursday). Together we we will count each number in order to find out what the day is (21st). 

 3. Next, I will instruct students to pay attention to the AB pattern on the calendar, in order to figure out which color comes next.  I will explain/remind students that the yellow pumpkins on our calendar represents [A] and orange represents [B].

4. Starting from the beginning at number 1 on the calendar I will have students repeat after me A,B,A, B" this will continue until we reach up to our number 21 which will represent [A] on the AB pattern flow. 

5. I will say to students, now that we know our next pumpkin will represent "A" if yesterday was an orange pumpkin that will make today's date what color, *Students will say "YELLOW." I will now  
call on a student to place today's day in the right place on our calendar. As a class we will also, review one more time that today is (Thursday, October 21, 2021). We will also, review that today is the letter "A" of our AB calendar pattern.

6. Afterwards, I will explain to students that we will continue to follow the same process of practicing AB patterns, using unifix cubes. I will instruct students to choose 2 colors (it can be the same orange and yellow or any other color of their choice). I will hand out a bucket filled with unifix cubes to each group of students at a table for them to engage in the activity. 

7. As students engage in this AB pattern making  I will ask activity, I will stop by to visit each table to ask questions such as: What two colors did you choose? Which color represent A and which represents B? Can you count how many cubes did you use

    


Other Resources:

ABABA: A Book of Pattern Play
By: Brian P. Cleary




Reflection:

I chose this task because learning/understanding patterns helps students to learn the concepts of sequencing. It also, helps students to make predictions which leads to the understanding of mathematical relationships and establishing order in life. Through hands-on engagement, students have the opportunity to practice showing "what comes next?" in their patterning.

As students engage I will ask them open-ended questions to allow students the freedom to answer in as much detail as they choose. Students who share any extra details about the patterning activity, usually further clarify their understanding.





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