Christmas Growing & Shrinking Patterns Task Cards Extending Number Pattern Rules

What others say

"This was such a nice activity to do right before Christmas break. The students were able to go around the room and answer the questions easily."

Hali L.

"These are a great way to practice number patterns in a fun and engaging way. Will be used for many years! "

Courtney S.

Description

Do you need a low-prep Christmas activity for algebraic patterns and number sequences as part of your December math class? Would it be nice to welcome the holidays with pattern activities with options for traditional task cards, black and white printable task cards, PowerPoint task cards, Google Slides task cards, and Easel task cards? Look no further.

This versatile set of Christmas themed number pattern and algebra pattern task cards has your holiday patterning practice covered. Includes addition and subtraction patterns, multiplication and division patterns, input-output tables, determining a pattern rule, and finding a pattern to the nth shape.

36 Christmas Algebraic Patterns Task Cards in 5 formats:

Traditional quarter-page task cards in full color to laminate and use year after year.
Black and white printer-friendly, quarter-page cards that you can use in the classroom or send home.
PowerPoint single card slides that you can display from whole-class discussion and solving, use as a bell ringer activity, or class cooperative learning structures.
Google Slides single card slides with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned in Google Classroom.
Easel-ready activity with one card per page with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned through Easel by TpT.

Concepts Included in Christmas Algebraic Patterns Task Cards:

addition and subtraction patterns
multiplication and division patterns
input output tables
determining a pattern rule
and finding a pattern to the nth shape
word problems

PLEASE NOTE: The math problems in this card set are identical to those in my other holiday-themed sets of the same skill. Only the clipart has been changed to match the holiday/season.

To prepare Christmas Algebraic Patterns Task Cards:

For traditional task cards: Print one copy of each card page. Laminate for durability to use year after year. Print enough copies of the recording sheets for each student in your class. B&W, PPT, and Google Slides versions are included for versatility.

Christmas Algebraic Patterns Task Cards in Action:

Task cards are so versatile. Here are just a few ideas.

Scavenger Hunt in the room-Hide the cards around the room and have students find and solve all the cards.
Hang on the walls for Solve the Room.
Place cards at a table to be completed as a language arts station.
Use as the content for your favorite game.
Use as the content for your favorite cooperative learning structure such as Quiz Quiz Trade or Fan and Pick.
Display one at a time (PPT version) and discuss as a class or use as bell ringers
Assign a few slides a day in Google Classroom (Slides version).
Print the black and white version to assign as homework.

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4th Grade Math ALL YEAR MEGA BUNDLE of Lesson Plans Games and Activities

3rd Grade Math ALL YEAR BUNDLE of Lesson Plans, Games, and Activities

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Christmas Growing & Shrinking Patterns Task Cards Extending Number Pattern Rules

Name: Christmas Growing & Shrinking Patterns Task Cards Extending Number Pattern Rules
Brand: Curious Classroom Adventures
SKU: 8807463
Price: 4.29 USD
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Rating: 5 (7 reviews)

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Highlights

Digital downloads

Easel Activities, Google Apps, Microsoft PowerPoint

Grades

3rd - 5th

Subjects

Algebra, Numbers

Standards

CCSS3.OA.D.9

CCSS4.OA.C.5

CCSS5.OA.B.3

What others say

"This was such a nice activity to do right before Christmas break. The students were able to go around the room and answer the questions easily."

Hali L.

"These are a great way to practice number patterns in a fun and engaging way. Will be used for many years! "

Courtney S.

Description

36 Christmas Algebraic Patterns Task Cards in 5 formats:

Traditional quarter-page task cards in full color to laminate and use year after year.
Black and white printer-friendly, quarter-page cards that you can use in the classroom or send home.
PowerPoint single card slides that you can display from whole-class discussion and solving, use as a bell ringer activity, or class cooperative learning structures.
Google Slides single card slides with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned in Google Classroom.
Easel-ready activity with one card per page with pre-made answer boxes that can easily be assigned through Easel by TpT.

Concepts Included in Christmas Algebraic Patterns Task Cards:

addition and subtraction patterns
multiplication and division patterns
input output tables
determining a pattern rule
and finding a pattern to the nth shape
word problems

PLEASE NOTE: The math problems in this card set are identical to those in my other holiday-themed sets of the same skill. Only the clipart has been changed to match the holiday/season.

To prepare Christmas Algebraic Patterns Task Cards:

Christmas Algebraic Patterns Task Cards in Action:

Task cards are so versatile. Here are just a few ideas.

Scavenger Hunt in the room-Hide the cards around the room and have students find and solve all the cards.
Hang on the walls for Solve the Room.
Place cards at a table to be completed as a language arts station.
Use as the content for your favorite game.
Use as the content for your favorite cooperative learning structure such as Quiz Quiz Trade or Fan and Pick.
Display one at a time (PPT version) and discuss as a class or use as bell ringers
Assign a few slides a day in Google Classroom (Slides version).
Print the black and white version to assign as homework.

More resources from Curious Classroom Adventures:

Math Anchor Charts and Math Posters BUNDLE for 3rd Grade and 4th Grade

4th Grade Math ALL YEAR MEGA BUNDLE of Lesson Plans Games and Activities

3rd Grade Math ALL YEAR BUNDLE of Lesson Plans, Games, and Activities

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Permission granted to copy for single classroom use only.

Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.

Report this resource to TPT

Reported resources will be reviewed by our team. Report this resource to let us know if this resource violates TPT's content guidelines.

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This meet my students needs and was holiday themed!

Victoria C.

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Grades taught: 3rd

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June 17, 2025

This was a helpful supplemental resource for my students!

Rachel M.

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Grades taught: 4th

Rated 5 out of 5

January 9, 2025

This was such a nice activity to do right before Christmas break. The students were able to go around the room and answer the questions easily.

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Grades taught: 4th

Rated 5 out of 5

December 2, 2024

These are a great way to practice number patterns in a fun and engaging way. Will be used for many years!

Courtney S.

235 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

Rated 5 out of 5

April 18, 2024

This resource was great! Thank you so much for creating and sharing it!

Sarah M.

1,467 reviews

Grades taught: 5th

Student populations: Emerging bilinguals

Rated 5 out of 5

May 10, 2023

My students loved these pattern task cards. It was a fun way to review the standard before Christmas Break.

Sarah T.

71 reviews

Grades taught: 4th

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Jun 1, 2023

I'm glad it worked well for you! Thanks for taking the time to leave feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5

December 14, 2022

We have used these task cards to help review patterns during our weeks before Christmas. Students loved the Christmas theme, I like the variety.

Cyndi W.

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Grades taught: 3rd

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Questions & Answers

Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).

CCSS3.OA.D.9

Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table), and explain them using properties of operations. For example, observe that 4 times a number is always even, and explain why 4 times a number can be decomposed into two equal addends.

CCSS4.OA.C.5

Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself. For example, given the rule “Add 3” and the starting number 1, generate terms in the resulting sequence and observe that the terms appear to alternate between odd and even numbers. Explain informally why the numbers will continue to alternate in this way.

CCSS5.OA.B.3

Generate two numerical patterns using two given rules. Identify apparent relationships between corresponding terms. Form ordered pairs consisting of corresponding terms from the two patterns, and graph the ordered pairs on a coordinate plane. For example, given the rule “Add 3” and the starting number 0, and given the rule “Add 6” and the starting number 0, generate terms in the resulting sequences, and observe that the terms in one sequence are twice the corresponding terms in the other sequence. Explain informally why this is so.