Georgia 2.PAR.4.1
The Standard
Identify, describe, and create a numerical pattern resulting from repeating an operation such as addition and subtraction.
Georgia's K-12 Mathematics Standards · Identify, describe, extend, and create repeating patterns, growing patterns, and shrinking patterns.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students compare neighboring numbers to find how much is added or subtracted each time. They state the rule, continue the sequence, and make a new sequence using a consistent rule.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can extend 5, 8, 11 by finding that 3 is added each time. The student can state the rule and create another sequence that follows it without errors.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may compare only the first two numbers instead of checking every step. They may switch operations, reverse subtraction, or describe the numbers without naming how each term changes.
How to Assess It
- Give this exit ticket: Complete 7, 11, 15, __, __ and write the rule. Then create a four-number pattern that subtracts the same amount each time.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give students counters and number cards to build a sequence by adding or removing the same number of counters at each step.
Show 8, 12, 16, 20 and ask, "What changes each time, and how do you know the rule always works?"
Play Pattern Relay, where teams draw a rule card, extend a number sequence, and check the next team's work.
Track a pretend jar that gains two marbles daily, then list each day's total and explain the repeating change.
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Related Standards
- 2.PAR.4.2
Identify, describe, and create growing patterns and shrinking patterns involving addition and subtraction up to 20.
- K.PAR.6.1
Create, extend, and describe repeating patterns with numbers and shapes, and explain the rationale for the pattern.
- 1.PAR.3.2
Identify, describe, and create growing, shrinking, and repeating patterns based on the repeated addition or subtraction of 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s.
- 3.PAR.3.1
Describe, extend, and create numeric patterns related to multiplication. Make predictions related to the patterns.
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