Opening the Top Drawer to Patterns Module 5

Patterns in shape

Duration: 40 minutes

Year levels: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, Foundation, Foundation, Foundation, Foundation, Foundation

Category: Algebra, Algebra, Algebra, Algebra, Algebra, Counting, Counting, Counting, Counting, Counting, Directed Numbers, Directed Numbers, Directed Numbers, Directed Numbers, Directed Numbers, Geometry, Geometry, Geometry, Geometry, Geometry, Number, Number, Number, Number, Number, Number Operations, Number Operations, Number Operations, Number Operations, Number Operations, Number Patterns, Number Patterns, Number Patterns, Number Patterns, Number Patterns, Real Numbers, Real Numbers, Real Numbers, Real Numbers, Real Numbers, Shapes, Shapes, Shapes, Shapes, Shapes, Solids, Solids, Solids, Solids, Solids, Transformation, Transformation, Transformation, Transformation, Transformation

Proficiency standards: Problem Solving, Problem Solving, Problem Solving, Problem Solving, Problem Solving, Reasoning, Reasoning, Reasoning, Reasoning, Reasoning, Understanding, Understanding, Understanding, Understanding, Understanding

AITSL standards: 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice

Use: Groups of Teachers, Groups of Teachers, Groups of Teachers, Groups of Teachers, Groups of Teachers

Teaching practices: Engagement, Engagement, Engagement, Engagement, Engagement, Group Work, Group Work, Group Work, Group Work, Group Work, Student Learning, Student Learning, Student Learning, Student Learning, Student Learning, Technology, Technology, Technology, Technology, Technology

Some shapes are ‘random’, but others are patterns.

Pattern blocks may be used to introduce students to some basic geometrical concepts that arise from the patterns within the shapes. This module emphasises using correct geometrical language to describe shapes, moving towards identifying shapes through their properties.

This module is one of five modules about Patterns; the others are: patterns are everywhere,mathematical patterns are regular, patterns repeat, and growing patterns.

Thinking about patterns in shapes is based on some of the material found in AAMT’s Top Drawer Teachers.