This Bundle combines two great activities in one package!

The Extend Patterns to Write Expressions - Activity and Lesson Plan and The Extend Patterns to Write Expressions - Poster Project both feature intuitive, visual activities that help scaffold students towards a deep understanding of linear expressions.

Students of many abilities, and with varying degrees of prior knowledge, will find this activity to be approachable and manageable. Whether students represent the included patterns with drawings, words, or formal algebraic expressions, they will be challenged to think “algebraically” in order to analyze, extend, and represent the patterns as they move from one stage to the next.

Included in the Activity and Lesson Plan:

· 4 different patterns, each with follow up questions requiring students to analyze and extend a pattern as well as write and describe their process for forming corresponding expressions.

· Facilitator notes with standards and suggested questions and teaching strategies.

· Suggestions for differentiation.

· Exit ticket.

Included in the Poster Project:

· Instructions and rubric to clearly communicate to students how to succeed.

· Complete example poster to help self-directed students achieve mastery.

· Facilitator notes with standards, suggestions, and complete answer keys.

· Additional patterns for extension and differentiation.

Both resources can be used for introducing students to writing expressions to represent linear patterns and arithmetic sequences at nearly any level and can be used at almost any point in an algebra study.