Patterns with shapes

In this lesson, we will learn:

• How to identify patterns with shapes
• How to describe and draw sequences of figures (compound shapes)
• How to predict the next figure in a sequence with shapes and numbers

Notes:

• A pattern is something that repeats over and over again
• It could be a set of number, alphabetic letters, colors, objects, shapes, etc.


• To create a pattern with shapes, there must be a repeated order
• Ex. triangle, triangle, square, triangle, triangle, square, triangle …

• The order of shapes goes “triangle, triangle, square” and repeats
• Using the pattern, you can predict what shape will come next (for this example, the next shape in the pattern is a triangle)

• More complicated shape patterns use multiple shapes to build compound shapes
• Each new form of the shape can be called a figure in the pattern sequence
• A sentence description can be used to describe a pattern and help predict the next figure
• Ex. “add one more block to the right and bottom sides of the figure each time”

• Creating a table for the figure number and the number of shapes can help you see number patterns too!

• For this pattern, two more squares are added each time. You can predict that the 4^th figure will have 7 squares (5+2=7)