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Creating Repeating Patterns
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Creating Repeating Patterns
🔍 Part 1: Pattern Detective
1. Look at this pattern: 🔴 🔵 🔴 🔵 🔴 🔵
What comes next?
🔴 (red circle)
🔵 (blue circle)
🟡 (yellow circle)
2. Which of these is a repeating pattern?
⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
⭐ ❤️ ⭐ ❤️ ⭐ ❤️
⭐ ❤️ 🔵 ⭐ ❤️
3. Look at this pattern: 🟦 🟨 🟨 🟦 🟨 🟨
What is the repeating unit (the part that repeats)?
🟦 🟨
🟦 🟨 🟨
🟨 🟨
4. Complete this pattern: ⭐ 🔺 ⭐ 🔺 _____ _____
✏️ Part 2: Create Your Own Pattern
5. Draw your own repeating pattern using shapes. Make sure it repeats at least 3 times!
6. Describe the rule for your pattern above. Use this sentence starter:
My pattern is _________________, then _________________, then it repeats.
7. Create a different pattern using colours. You can draw circles and colour them in!
8. What is the repeating unit in your colour pattern?
🎨 Part 3: Pattern Challenge
9. Can you create a pattern using 3 different things? Draw it below:
10. Explain your 3-part pattern rule:
First I use _________________, then I use _________________, then I use _________________, and then it repeats.
11. Look around your classroom. Can you find a repeating pattern? Draw or describe it:
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