ALEX Classroom Resource

Students:
When given a rule or pattern,

• Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule.
• Identify a missing number or shape in the pattern.
• Identify a feature of the pattern.

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 continue to alternate in this way.

Students know:

• Strategies for generating and recording number or shape patterns from a given rule.
• Strategies for identifying and communicating shape and number patterns.

Students are able to:

• Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given a rule.
• Analyze a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule.

Students understand that:

• A pattern is generated from a given rule.
• The properties of a rule or pattern can be used to extend a pattern.
• Some features of a given pattern are not explicit in the pattern's rule.

Learning Objectives:
M.4.5.1: Identify arithmetic patterns, including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table; and explain them using properties of operations.
M.4.5.2: Recognize arithmetic patterns (including geometric patterns or patterns in the addition table or multiplication table).
M.4.5.3: Construct repeating and growing patterns with a variety of representations.
M.4.5.4: Continue an existing pattern.
M.4.5.5: Identify arithmetic patterns.
M.4.5.6: Demonstrate computational fluency, including quick recall, of addition multiplication facts.