Patterns Lesson Plan: Number and Operations

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This lesson accompanies the BrainPOP topic Patterns, and supports the standard of identifying arithmetic patterns and explaining them using properties of operations. Students demonstrate understanding through a variety of projects.

Step 1: ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE

Display this image from the movie (timestamp 1:15):

Ask:

• What do you notice about the number line?
• What do the arrows represent?

Step 2: BUILD KNOWLEDGE

• Read the description on the Patterns topic page.
• Play the Movie, pausing to check for understanding.
  

Step 3: APPLY and ASSESS 

Assign Patterns Challenge and Quiz, prompting students to apply essential literacy skills while demonstrating what they learned about this topic.

Step 4: DEEPEN and EXTEND

Students express what they learned about patterns while practicing essential literacy skills with one or more of the following activities. Differentiate by assigning ones that meet individual student needs.

• Make-a-Movie: Produce a tutorial that explains how to find a rule for a number pattern.
• Make-a-Map: Identify the steps to solving a problem using a number pattern.
• Creative Coding: Code a math problem that involves identifying a number pattern, then challenge a classmate to solve.

More to Explore 

Related BrainPOP Topics: Deepen understanding of number patterns and their applications with these topics: Adding and Subtracting Integers, Multiplication, and Computational Thinking.

Teacher Support Resources:

• Pause Point Overview: Video tutorial showing how Pause Points actively engage students to stop, think, and express ideas. 
• Learning Activities Modifications: Strategies to meet ELL and other instructional and student needs.
• Learning Activities Support: Resources for best practices using BrainPOP.