Set up a 4 corners activity.. Hand out shape pattern cards to all students. For 30 seconds each corner does an exercise corresponding to their first shape, then they will change depending on their second, third, and fourth shape... then they switch through the circuit until they have completed their pattern. They will go through the pattern  2 times. 

This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV series. Watch Brandon Thompson teach about repeating patterns.

A Visual Arts Activity Inspired by Works of Art from the VMFA Collection

Cultures all over the world create decorative patterns, perhaps inspired by the enduring patterns humans see in the natural world that surrounds us, from the cycle of the seasons to the pattern of the stars in the heavens. These hands-on activities, which can be adapted for a number of grade and ability levels, introduce repeating and alternating patterns, as well as the concept of a visual motif.

This video is part of the Learn and Grow with WHRO TV series. Watch Patty Larson teach about extending patterns that repeat.

Repeating Candy Patterns is a cross-curricular lesson designed by an Elementary Librarian to support Math instruction. Created By: Michelle Ball Powhatan County Public Schools

Snake Patterns is a cross-curricular lesson designed by an Elementary Art teacher to support Math instruction. Created By: Mary Webster Powhatan County Public Schools.

Identifying, describing, extending, creating, and transferring patternsMathematics Instructional Plans (MIPs) help teachers align instruction with the Mathematics Standards of Learning (SOL) by providing examples of how the knowledge, skills and processes found in the SOL and curriculum framework can be presented to students in the classroom.