Pattern pursuit
Students identify, describe and create repeating patterns.
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| Year level(s) | Year 1 |
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| Audience | Teacher |
| Purpose | Teaching resource, Teaching strategies |
| Format | Downloadable resources |
| Teaching strategies and pedagogical approaches | Concrete Representational Abstract model, Culturally responsive pedagogies |
Curriculum alignment |
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| Curriculum connections | Numeracy, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Culture |
| Topics | Patterns and algebra |
| AC: Mathematics content descriptions |
ACMNA018
Investigate and describe number patterns formed by skip-counting and patterns with objects
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| National numeracy learning progression |
Number patterns and algebraic thinking
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NPA3
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Copyright details |
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| Organisation | Queensland University of Technology |
| Copyright | © Queensland University of Technology. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. |
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Pattern hunt
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