Worksheet
Curated OER

Counting by 3s, 4s, and 5s

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Skip count along the mushrooms to complete these number sentences which give young scholars an introductory look at addition and subtraction. Starting from five double-digit numbers, they subtract or add by threes, fours, and fives to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Using Rhythm to Teach Patterns and Directions

For Teachers K - 4th
Introduce young learners to line dancing. Here are some simple movement patterns to teach them. First teach, repeat, and repeat again without music. Then when they have a pretty good grasp of the movement patterns, add music and practice...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Frogs Hopping by 2s

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Hop to it! Beginning counters fill in water lily number sequences as a frog "hops" across them, skip counting by twos. There are five sequences in total, and some require counting backward. Learners can reference the two examples, which...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Number Patterns in Everyday Life

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Examine scenarios involving number patterns. Learners complete a series of activities, including working with Pascal's triangle ando completing chart activities based on different pricing for pizza toppings. An included extension has...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Identify Patterns

For Students 3rd - 4th
To complete these number patterns mathematicians must determine by what number each is constantly increasing. However, this isn't your typical skip counting; scholars count by numbers like 18, 60, and even 101 to fill in the missing...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Patterns Patterns Everywhere

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
Upper graders work with number patterns. In this pattern lesson, learners recognize and continue number patterns and find the rules.  They do some as a class and complete an assessment. 
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Counting the Zeros

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
This handout is a terrific teaching tool when covering the powers of ten and moving decimal points to multiply and divide large numbers. The first half of the assignment covers multiplication and then gives learners a try. The second...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Naming the Pattern

For Students 2nd
In this pattern worksheet, 2nd graders complete fifteen number patterns and explain the counting pattern for each group. Students also complete five picture patterns and label each of the patterns.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Counting to 100: Step-by-Step

For Students K - 2nd
Introduce your pupils to the hundreds chart! This pair of worksheets is designed to walk them through the patterns they see in the chart as they count by ones and 10s. They fill in missing numbers on a hundreds chart, using guided steps....
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Oddball Patterns

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Investigating unique number patterns gets learners to put their thinking caps on. Your whole class examines numerical palindromes that are added and multiplied. The class works to find the pattern.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Relate Counting to Addition and Subtraction

For Students K - 2nd
Use patterns to practice basic addition; pupils count by two, starting from eight and counting on to 20. They record the five numbers missing from the sequence. Below, the worksheet walks learners through the process...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Count by 5s, 10s, and 100s

For Students 1st - 2nd
These number sequences are missing digits! Each of the six has one missing number and scholars must figure out what it is. Here's the pattern, though: all of these sequences involve counting by 5s, 10s, and 100s. Learners add one of...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Skip Counting

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students skip count by 3's on paper and using the calculator check their figures. They sing the song "2, 4, 6, 8 who do you appreciate?" Ask what number would come next? Students chorally chant skip counting by 3s. Ask students, "What...
Worksheet
Curated OER

Counting Forward

For Students K - 2nd
Practice counting on from a number using these three sequence starters. Arranged in order of increasing difficulty, the first sequence begins at 5 and has learners add 9 numbers. The answers are written below each sequence, so they...
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Terry Kawas

One Hundred Shoes

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Practice counting and patterns in one fun activity! After discussing the word cent and what it means, kids count the number of body parts on the centimeter and add two legs to each. They then determine if there is a faster way to...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exercises: Counting by 10s

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
You've found six problems sure to help your class understand adding tens and hundreds. First they fill in a chart by adding 10s, then they make 100 in different ways. They then use a hundred chart to complete three different patterns,...
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Patterns Here, There, and Everywhere!

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Upper graders access the Microsoft Word program and create patterns by utilizing certain keys on the keyboard. They create picket fences, smiley faces, and hearts. It seems that this lesson has as much to do with keyboarding skills as it...
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Curated OER

Find a Pattern

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this multiplication worksheet, students solve 6 word problems where they use skip counting or create a t-chart to find a pattern in order to arrive at an answer.
Worksheet
Curated OER

Patterns With 10

For Students 1st
In this patterns worksheet, 1st graders add as many circles as needed to make 10 circles in 9 rows. Students write a number sentence for each row in exercise 10.
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Marshmallow Fun Day - math

For Teachers K
Early learners rotate to different classroom centers and participate in six activities based on using marshmallows to review concepts learned. They make: marshmallow sculptures (geometric shapes), the shape of mittens using colored...
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Granite School District

Activities that Build Number Sense

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Have fun while building the number sense of young mathematicians with this list of ten-frame learning games. From developing cardinality and counting skills to learning place value and basic addition strategies, ten-frames are excellent...
Worksheet
DK Publishing

Learning 6 - Write the Number

For Students Pre-K - K Standards
Have crumpets with the queen! Kindergartners count the number of crumpets on each plate - all add up to six - and write the correct number in the space provided. They then copy a dominoes pattern for different ways to add up to six, and...
PPT
Curated OER

Number Sequences

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Number sequences make for great challenges that stimulate pattern recognition, algebraic reasoning, and number sense. This slide-show includes eleven number sequences for learners to work through, an explanation of what number sequences...
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Number of the Day

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Daily routines not only help to manage classrooms, they can also provide students with rich opportunities for learning. This activity supports young learners in developing their number sense by counting up the school days on a class...