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This lesson teaches preschool and kindergarten students about patterns through making bead bracelets. Students learn that a pattern repeats and is something that happens over and over. They practice identifying AB patterns by arranging counters and beads on pipe cleaners. The lesson includes singing a pattern song, teacher modeling of patterns, guided practice in small groups, independent work time to create bracelets, and a review of what students learned about patterns.

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This lesson teaches preschool and kindergarten students about patterns through making bead bracelets. Students learn that a pattern repeats and is something that happens over and over. They practice identifying AB patterns by arranging counters and beads on pipe cleaners. The lesson includes singing a pattern song, teacher modeling of patterns, guided practice in small groups, independent work time to create bracelets, and a review of what students learned about patterns.

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It's Pattern Time

Preschool, Kindergarten Math, ESL

Get those bodies moving and make some patterns. This lesson uses fine and gross motor skills to teach your
students about AB patterns.

Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify what a pattern is and predict what should come next in patterns. Students will
be able to create an AB pattern.

Materials and preparation Key terms

Beads pattern
Pipe cleaners
Counters

Introduction (5 minutes)

Tell students they will be learning about patterns today. Tell students that a pattern is a design that
repeats.
Sing the pattern action song with the class:

Patterns happen all the time.

It's pattern, pattern, pattern time. (Clap three times)

It's something that happens over and over again. (Roll hands around each other)

Sing the song first, only letting the class listen. Then encourage students to join in as you sing it again.
EL

Beginning

Connect with students prior knowledge by displaying images of everyday patterns they are familiar with
(e.g., trees, flowers, blocks, clothing designs, etc.).
Provide the definition of a pattern in students' home language (L1).

Intermediate

Introduce the song by modeling the hand motions and singing the words aloud.
Have students echo each line after you sing it to become comfortable with the new vocabulary.

Explicit Instruction/Teacher modeling (5 minutes)

Call a few students to the front of the classroom.


Demonstrate how to make a pattern by positioning students in various patterns. Such as boy, girl, boy,
girl, or standing, bending, standing, or hands up, hands down, hands up.
Encourage students to say what comes next in the pattern.
EL

Beginning
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Have students turn and talk to a partner to share what comes next in the pattern.

Intermediate

Allow students to demonstrate what comes next in the pattern in addition to saying it aloud (e.g., putting
their hands up or down).

Guided Practice (10 minutes)

Place students in small groups.


Give groups counters or blocks in two colors.
Instruct them to work together to make an AB pattern.
Discuss the patterns each group made.
Reward them with praise if they complete the activity correctly.
EL

Beginning

Explain that an AB pattern has two parts, the A and the B.


Model how to create an AB pattern with student input.

Intermediate

Have students create a clapping/stomping pattern along with you to practice identifying an AB pattern.

Independent working time (10 minutes)

Distribute one pipe cleaner to each student with a bowl of several beads in two different colors.
Show students an example of a bracelet with an AB pattern.
Tell students to make bracelets in an AB pattern by sliding beads on the pipe cleaner.
Tie the completed bracelets on your students' hands.
EL

Beginning

Post visual instructions on the board to support student understanding.

Intermediate

Ask students to share their pattern with a partner, explaining how they know it is a pattern. ("I know this
is an AB pattern because____.")

Differentiation

Support:

Scaffold students who are struggling while making their bracelets. Help them to place to correct color
that would come next.

Enrichment:

Have students play the Make Your Own Pattern Game.


Challenge students to use a specific number of beads on their bracelet to practice their counting skills.

Assessment (10 minutes)

Check each bracelet as students complete them. Note if they placed the colors in a correct AB pattern.

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EL

Beginning

Assess student understanding by listening as they share with a partner during independent work time,
collecting their bracelets, and checking for any areas of innaccuracy or confusion.

Intermediate

Collect and display the finished bracelets. Ask students to identify the pattern and check for confusion.

Review and closing (5 minutes)

Ask students what a pattern is.


Choose a student to display their bracelet and say the pattern they made.
EL

Beginning

Have students pair share with a partner to explain their bracelet pattern.

Intermediate

As a class, create a group AB pattern with student input.

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