Copy, extend and describe repeating patterns | Maths | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which balloon has a pattern?
Which hat has a pattern?
What are these called?
- patterns
- pattern blocks ✓
- pattern pieces
If you were going to make this picture, which pattern blocks would you need?
Which pattern blocks could you use to fill this shape?
Aisha is filling in this shape. What mistake has she made?
- She has used the wrong pattern blocks.
- She has not left space for the yellow block. ✓

Extend the pattern, working from left to right. What comes next?
Extend the pattern, working from left to right. What comes next?
Which pattern matches the description, working from left to right?
- A
- B
- C ✓
What is the unit of repeat for this repeating pattern, working from left to right?
- orange, yellow
- orange, orange
- yellow, orange ✓
What is the unit of repeat for this repeating pattern, working from left to right?
- pointing down, pointing up
- pointing up, pointing down ✓
- pointing up, pointing up
Extend the pattern, working from left to right? What comes next?

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Pattern blocks can be used to create a pattern.
When the same pattern repeats itself over and over again, it is called a repeating pattern.
A repeating pattern can be extended, making it longer.
The part of the pattern that repeats itself over and over again is called the unit of repeat.

Children might not identify the whole unit of repeat.

Describe the pattern aloud to hear the part that is repeated.

Repeating pattern - An arrangement that follows the same rule over and over again.
Extend - To make something longer in length or larger in size.
Unit of repeat - The part of the pattern that happens over and over again.