1+-+Color,+Shape,+and+Number+Patterns

1 -Color, Shape, and Number Patterns

Color, Shape, and Number Patterns: Patterns and Functions

Students make, describe, and extend repeating patterns. As they analyze the regularities of these patterns and identify the unit of the pattern that repeats, they build an understanding of what makes patterns predictable. They use this information to determine what comes next or that comes several steps ahead in a repeating pattern. Students also work on constructing, describing, and extending number sequences with a constant increase generated by various problem contexts.