Patterns What Comes Next

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PatternsWhat Comes Next?
Miss Jessica Miller
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What Is A Pattern?
A pattern is the placement of objects in some
kind of order. These apples show a pattern.
They are placed in a certain way. A red apple
comes first. A green one comes next. The color
pattern repeats.
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Is This A Pattern?
What is the pattern?
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Patterns of Position
These kids are showing a pattern of position.
The pattern is up-side down, right-side up,
up-side down, right-side up. You can use letters
to represent the pattern. The letter A is for
up-side down. The letter B is for right-side
up. The pattern is ABABAB.
A
A
B
B
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Can You Name This Pattern?
Can you use letters to represent the pattern?
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Patterns of Size
These balls show a pattern of size. Size is how
large or small something is. The pattern is
large ball, large ball, small ball, small ball.
The pattern repeats.
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What Comes Next?
A
A
B
A
A
A
A
B
You can use letters to represent the pattern.
The letter A represents the small car. The
letter B represents the large truck. The
pattern is AABAAB.
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Patterns of Color
These crayons show a pattern of color. The
pattern is red, green, blue, red, green, blue.
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The Pattern is ABCABC
What color does each letter represent? What color
should come next in the pattern?
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Checkerboard Pattern
This game board shows a checkerboard pattern.
First there is a black square, then a white
square, and so on. The same pattern goes across
and down the whole board.
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Can you think of anything else that can be a
checkerboard pattern?
A quilt is another example of a checkerboard
pattern. The pattern repeats across as well as
down. There can be many patterns within a quilt
and made of many different shapes and objects.
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Growing Patterns
This string of beads shows a growing pattern.
First there is 1 blue bead, then 1 red bead.
Next, 2 blue beads are added and then 1 red bead.
An extra blue bead is added each time the
pattern repeats.
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Growing Pattern
A
B
The growing pattern begins with the letters
ABAABAAAB. What letters come next in the
pattern? What color is this bead? How many will
there be?
A
A
B
A
A
A
B
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Skip Counting By 2s
You can use skip counting to count objects
quickly. Skip every other number when you skip
count by 2s. You make a number pattern when you
skip count.
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2
4
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Count these socks 2 at a time. The number
pattern is 2, 4, 6, 8. There are 8 socks.
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Patterns Are All Around Us
You can see patterns in your neighborhood.
This road sign shows a pattern of color.
This fence shows a pattern of size.
You can also see patterns on animals.
These fish and tiger have a color pattern.
Can you find any patterns in the classroom?