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Subject: Math

Lesson Length: 30 - 40 mins

Topic: Operations & Algebraic Thinking; Generate and Analyze Patterns

Grade Level: 4

Standards / Framework:

Brief Description: Students will create and explain their own number patterns and rules.

Know Before You Start: Students should have experience identifying and following rules for patterns.

Hook: Read and discuss the sample comic. Do you notice a pattern? Can you determine the rule for the pattern? Discuss how you determined the rule. What would the next two numbers in the pattern be?

Activity:

  • Students will choose a rule to follow when creating a number pattern.

  • Students will start with a number of their choice and follow their rule to generate the next five numbers in the pattern on a piece of scrap paper.

  • Using the sample comic as a guide, students will create their own four-to-six-panel comic introducing a pattern and a rule. The characters in the comic should explain how the rule works.

Closure: Students will share their comics with a partner. Partners will check each other’s work to make sure their rules were followed correctly.

Differentiation:

  • Choose a pattern rule for students as needed.

  • Provide sentence frames for character conversation.

  • Allow students to work in pairs.

Resources: Comic to print or display: Comic.

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