Are you looking for no-prep lessons and activities to teach increasing and decreasing patterns? Look no further! These Patterns Lessons provide everything you need to teach increasing and decreasing patterns with objects, pictures, numbers, and number lines. Save time planning and your students will love completing the hands-on activities found in this unit.

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What will students learn through these detailed lesson plans?

5 Detailed lesson plans are included to help students learn and practice the following skills--

• Identify and describe increasing and decreasing patterns using various representations (e.g., objects, pictures, numbers, number lines).
• Identify a missing term in a pattern.
• Extend a pattern.
• Create increasing and decreasing patterns using objects, pictures, numbers, and number lines.
• Solve contextual problems that involve identifying, describing, and extending patterns.
• Investigate and explain the connection between two different representations of the same increasing or decreasing pattern.

What comes in these Patterns Lessons?

You will find the following included in this math unit--

• 5 Detailed Lesson Plans
• 18 Worksheets
• 8 Task Cards
• 5 Exit Tickets
• 3 Anchor Charts
• 2 Games
• 1 Sort
• Quiz
• Final Test
• Word Wall Cards
• Digital Activities for Google Slides
• Answer Keys

Are digital resources included?

Some worksheets, the quiz, and the test within these Patterns Lessons are also included in a digital format and can be shared with students using your Google Drive.

When you purchase this product, you will be given access to a link that will allow you to open the file in Google Slides. You’ll then share that file with your students. The slides can be printed and adapted for students who prefer to answer the questions by hand. You can also view and print a student's completed version of the slides.

What standards are covered?

These Patterns Lessons are specifically created to align with Virginia math SOL 3.PFA.1 although the lessons and activities closely align with most math standards related to increasing and decreasing patterns.

Don’t Miss Out!

These Patterns Lessons require minimal prep work and are easy to implement whether teaching in-person or virtually. Students will also enjoy learning about increasing and decreasing patterns as they play games, complete hands-on activities, and relate patterns to real-world examples.

More math resources:

• Patterns and Equations Task Cards
• 3rd Grade Math Task Cards Bundle
• 3rd Grade Math Interactive Notes
• 3rd Grade Math Parent Study Guides

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