Complete a repeating pattern

key notes :

Understanding Repeating Patterns

  1. Definition: A repeating pattern is a sequence that repeats the same sequence of elements over and over. For example, red, blue, red, blue is a repeating pattern.
  2. Components of a Pattern:
    • Core: The part of the pattern that repeats (e.g., red, blue).
    • Elements: The individual items or symbols in the pattern (e.g., red and blue).

Identifying Repeating Patterns

  1. Visual Patterns:
    • Use shapes, colors, or objects to create visual patterns. For example, triangle, square, triangle, square.
  2. Auditory Patterns:
    • Patterns can also be auditory, such as clapping, tapping, clapping, tapping.
  3. Patterns in Nature:
    • Show patterns in nature like stripes on a zebra or the arrangement of petals on a flower.

Completing Repeating Patterns

  1. Recognizing the Pattern:
    • Identify the core sequence of the pattern. For instance, if the pattern is red, blue, red, blue, determine that “red, blue” is the core.
  2. Extending the Pattern:
    • Add more elements to complete the pattern based on the core sequence. For example, if the pattern is red, blue, red, blue, the next element should be red.
  3. Drawing and Matching:
    • Use worksheets with incomplete patterns for students to complete. For example, if the pattern is A, B, A, B, and the pattern stops at A, students should draw or write B next.

Learn with an example

Use the shapes to continue the pattern.

It’s easy to predict what comes next.

The Core of this pattern is

Use the core to complete the pattern

The next shapes are

The pattern is:

Use the shapes to continue the pattern.

The pattern starts with these two shapes:

The pattern repeats these shapes over and over.

So, the completed pattern is:

Let’s practice!🖊️