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Subject: Math
Lesson Length: 30 - 40 mins
Topic: Operations and Algebraic Thinking; Generate and Analyze Patterns
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:
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Have students choose a rule to follow when creating a number pattern.
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Have students 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.
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Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create their own five-panel comic introducing a pattern and a rule. The characters in the comic should explain how the rule works.
Closure:
- Have students share their comics with a partner.
- Partners will check each other’s work to make sure their rules were followed correctly.
Differentiation:
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
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Provide a pattern rule for students as needed.
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Provide sentence frames as needed.
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Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
Resources:
- Comic to print or display: Comic.
Make a comic abouHotels and Motels
Starter Pack
Make a comic about the Airport
Make a comic about the Amusement Park
