Patterns!

1. ABABBABBB Patterns! ABCABCABC

2. Money Poem Penny, penny, easy spent Copper brown and worth one cent. Nickel, nickel, thick and fat, You’re worth 5, I know that! Dime, dime, little and thin, I remember – you’re worth 10. Quarter, quarter, big and bold, You’re worth 25, I am told. Half a dollar, half a dollar, Giant size, 50 cents to buy some fries. Dollar, dollar, green and long, With 100 cents you can’t go wrong!

3. What is a pattern? Something that is repeated

4. Patterns are ALL around us – let’s take a look!

5. In the underside of a mushroom

6. Butterfly wings

7. Peacock feathers

8. The seeds of a sunflower

9. Granite

10. The veins of leaves

11. Tree Bark

12. Cacti

13. Seashells

14. Snake scales

15. Zebra stripes

16. Bees’ honeycombs

17. Spider webs

18. Repeating Patterns A B C A B C 1 2 3 1 2 3 DD33DD33DD33 Can you come up with any other patterns?

19. Growing Patterns A B A BB A BBB A BBB 11 2 11 22 11 222 111 Can you think of another one?

20. Geometric Patterns

21. Numeric Pattern 2 4 6 8 10 40 45 50 55 60 62 64 66 68 What else can you come up with?

22. Now, let’s work on patterns together!