Jordan Kennedy

16 October 2014
Repeating Patterns
Lesson Title: Repeating Patterns, Viewing Rectangles as Sides of Boxes
Purpose: The purpose of this lesson is to learn how to make repeating patterns
using shapes, and study rectangles in 3-D shapes
Materials:
Rectangles and squares
Red, blue, yellow, and purple crayons
Glue
Scissors
Boxes with rectangular sides
Purpose: the students will respond
Introduction: I will gain students attention by finding the students prior knowledge
in regards to repeating patterns and shapes. I will ask the students what shapes they
know, and ask them if they can define what a repeating pattern is, or if one student
can write a repeating pattern on the white board for the class if they know what it is.
Repeating pattern: The shapes (objects) change in the same way each time.
Repeating Patterns Procedure:
1. Hand out worksheets to students, and make sure each student has the
correct four colors of crayons. (Red, Blue, Yellow, and Purple)
2. Put up the colored page for the children so that they can understand
and follow the directions more easily.
3. Demonstrate for the children how they will complete the task of
coloring the first four rectangles red and the second four rectangles
blue.
4. Move on to coloring the big squares by coloring the first top two big
squares yellow and the first bottom big squares yellow. Then color the
two top and bottom big squares purple
5. Then in the next set of squares have the children color the first four
squares red and the second four small squares purple.
6. Have students cut out the rectangles and squares, cut on every solid
line.
7. Ask children how the shapes can make other shapes (ex. Four small
squares make one large square.) Could demonstrate this after cutting
shapes and point it out to students and ask students to try to make
some on their own, if one or two students understand and make other
shapes ask them to come show the rest of the class on the projector.

Other examples: two small squares make one rectangle, two

rectangles make one big square)
8. After cutting out shapes show children that the shapes can move and
are still the same shape they were before, just in a different
orientation.
9. Ask the children to remind each other what a pattern is by whispering
it to their partners and then ask one student to tell the entire class
what a pattern is and use their definition to make a pattern on the
projector for the entire class to see.
10. Ask the students what type of pattern it is AB or AAB?
11. Show the students by pointing to each shape and say this pattern is
red rectangle, yellow square, red rectangle and then have children say
it with me when I point to the shapes again.
12. Then point to each shape in a different pattern and ask what
shape/color it is? Ask the students if it is a pattern and if so is it an AB
or an AAB pattern?
13. Have students make their own repeating pattern using the shapes
they have cut out to make one of these patterns they explained to
their partners.
14. Remind students that they can manipulate the shapes and turn them
horizontally and vertically, or that they can use the same shape with
different colors, or alternate squares and rectangles.
15. Remind students to make some AAB patterns and ask one student to
show their AAB pattern to the class.
Rectangles in 3-D shapes Procedure:
1. Show students the side of a box and help them to discover that the
side of the box makes a shape, what is it? (rectangle) Have the
students show me what the rectangle looks like by draw the rectangle
in the air.
2. Sing the make a rectangle song?? While the class stands in the shape
of a rectangle make sure students are quiet and composed before
letting them get out of their seats to form the rectangle shape.
3. Have students walk around the rectangle walk to the left
4. Have children find an object in the room that has a rectangular shape
and show them that the 3-D shaped object can be traced to form a
rectangle on the paper.
Closure:
Ask students to remind me what shapes we used today and give an example of how
two shapes can make one different shape (two squares can make one rectangle, etc.)
Ask students to remind me what a repeating pattern is, and what types of repeating
patterns we discussed today (AB, AAB) Ask students what shape makes up a 3-D
rectangular object, such as a Kleenex box. (Rectangle)
Evaluation: Did the students readily respond to the in class discussion, did
everyone participate as the lesson advanced or were some kids struggling to

understand the concepts? How well do the students understand the worksheet, and
what was their competence level in completing the worksheet?
**Make sure everyone is involved in discussion and is following along and keeping
up to the pace of the lesson.
** Praise students who are following the directions
** send students who are repeatedly disrupting the class to the safe seat (2 times)
- Students name, it is not fair that the other students cannot learn because you
are disrupting the class, please go to the safe seat.
** clap hands if students are not paying attention, keep the pace fast enough so
students dont get distracted.