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Features

The goal and its "I can" line, what to get ready and the words to use
A 45 minute lesson in five steps (warm up, teach with words to say, try it together, practice, exit ticket)
Questions to ask, and the mistakes students make and what to do about them
Ideas for students who need help or are ready for more
Each plan ends with the Animal Math worksheets, worksheet makers, tools and quiz for that lesson
Lessons: patterns in the addition table, patterns in the times table, and odd and even sums and products
Number patterns by a rule, mistakes and positions, growing and shrinking shape patterns, and input-output tables (lessons 8.4 to 8.7) for the states that teach them in 3rd grade

3rd Grade Math CurriculumUnit 8

These are the lesson plans for Unit 8 of 14 in the 3rd Grade Math Curriculum: 125 lessons in teaching order, week by week, each with a lesson plan and an exit ticket.

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Also for this unit: exit tickets, pre-check, unit review and test. See the whole year

Resources for Each Lesson

Everything each lesson plan points to, with links. Sheet numbers count worksheets: a color pack prints each sheet again in black and white.

8.1 Patterns in the addition table

PrintableArithmetic Patterns: sheet 1
Exit ticket3rd Grade Patterns Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 8.1

8.2 Patterns in the times table

PrintablePattern Explorer: Multiplication Patterns: sheets 1-4
PrintableArithmetic Patterns: sheets 4-5
ToolMultiplication Chart: shade two rows to compare
Exit ticket3rd Grade Patterns Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 8.2

8.3 Odd and even sums and products

PrintableArithmetic Patterns: sheets 2-3
PrintableOdd and Even Numbers to 100: sheet 2 (review)
MakerOdd & Even Numbers: review: Mode Write Odd or Even, Number Range Within 100
ToolMultiplication Chart: shade the odd products
QuizOdd, Even and Arrays Quiz: the Odd or Even level
Exit ticket3rd Grade Patterns Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 8.3

8.4 Find the rule and keep it going ★

PrintableComplete the Pattern: Missing Numbers and Rules: sheets 1-4 (5-6 support, 7-8 challenge)
PrintablePattern Detective: Find the Number Pattern Rule: sheets 1-2
PrintableMissing Output: Code Number Patterns: sheet 1
MakerNumber Patterns: Pattern Type Mixed, Difficulty Hard
Exit ticket3rd Grade Patterns Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 8.4

8.5 Pattern mistakes and positions ★

PrintableFind the Mistake in Number Patterns: sheets 1-4
PrintableNumber Patterns: Position and Value: sheets 1-2
PrintableNumber Pattern Word Problems: sheet 1
Exit ticket3rd Grade Patterns Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 8.5

8.6 Growing and shrinking shape patterns ★

PrintableGrowing Shape Patterns: sheets 1-3 (sheet 4 to stretch)
ToolPattern Blocks: build each step of a growing pattern
Exit ticket3rd Grade Patterns Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 8.6

8.7 Input-output tables ★

PrintableInput and Output Tables: sheets 1-5
Exit ticket3rd Grade Patterns Exit Tickets: Exit Ticket 8.7

★ Taught in 3rd grade in some states.

Skills Covered

Patterns in the addition table
Patterns in the times table
A row that is double another row
Odd and even sums and products

Find the rule and keep a pattern going
Find a mistake in a pattern
The number at a position
Growing and shrinking shape patterns
Input-output tables

How to Use This Pack

Seven lesson plans, one for each lesson of a unit on patterns, in teaching order, after an overview page that lays the unit out day by day: a pre-check, the seven lessons, a review and the unit test. Each plan fits on one page. It gives the goal, what to get ready, the words to use, the lesson in five steps with the words to say, questions to ask, common mistakes and what to do about them, and the Animal Math worksheets, makers, tools and quiz for the lesson.

In the Classroom

Print the unit, or just the day's page, and teach from it. Each lesson takes about 45 minutes: a 5 minute warm up, 10 minutes of teaching, 10 minutes together, 15 minutes of practice and an exit ticket at the end. Every lesson asks students to say why a pattern works, not only what comes next, and to check a rule on every number. Lessons 8.4 to 8.7 are for the states that teach number patterns by a rule, mistakes and positions, shape patterns and input-output tables in 3rd grade. The exit tickets and the unit test are separate packs, made for these lessons.

At Home

Teaching at home? Use the warm up and the "Try it together" step as a short lesson, with an addition table, a multiplication table and some tiles or coins. The "Words to use" are the way to talk about it, and the mistakes to watch for are the ones most children make.

Tips for Success

Read the "Watch for" box before the lesson: it is what to listen for while students work
Ask "why does that work?" after every pattern a student finds
Keep the class chart of patterns and reasons on the wall for the whole unit
Sort the exit tickets into got it, almost and not yet to plan the next day

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

2.OA.C.3 Decide if up to 20 objects are odd or even (match them in twos or skip count by 2s); write evens as doubles.
3.OA.D.9 Spot patterns in addition tables, times tables and other arithmetic, and explain them with properties, like why multiples of 5 end in 0 or 5.
4.OA.C.5 Make a number or shape pattern from a rule and notice features the rule does not say, such as terms switching between odd and even.

3rd Grade Patterns Lesson Plans

3rd Grade3rd Grade Math Curriculum

Lesson plans for every lesson of a unit on patterns, from the addition and multiplication tables to odd and even sums and products and number patterns by a rule. Each one-page plan gives a lesson in five steps, common mistakes and the worksheets to use, after a unit overview.

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What’s Included

7 one-page lesson plans, one for each lesson of the unit
A unit overview: the unit day by day, what to get ready, how each lesson goes
Words to say, questions to ask and common mistakes for every lesson
The worksheets, makers, tools and quiz for each lesson (8 pages in all)

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