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Patterns!

Money PoemPenny, 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!

What is a pattern?

Something that is repeated

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

In the underside of a mushroom

Butterfly wings

Peacock feathers

The seeds of a sunflower

Granite

The veins of leaves

Tree Bark

Cacti

Seashells

Snake scales

Zebra stripes

Bees’ honeycombs

Spider webs

Repeating Patterns

A B C A B C

1 2 3 1 2 3

DD33DD33DD33

Can you come up with any other patterns?

Growing Patterns

A B A BB A BBB A BBB

11 2 11 22 11 222 111

Can you think of another one?

Geometric Patterns

Numeric Pattern

2 4 6 8 10

40 45 50 55 60

62 64 66 68

What else can you come up with?

Now, let’s work on patterns together!