Virginia SOL 1.PFA.1.c
The Standard
Create a repeating or increasing pattern using objects, pictures, movements, colors, or geometric figures.
Virginia Standards of Learning for Mathematics · The student will identify, describe, extend, create, and transfer repeating patterns and increasing patterns using various representations.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students choose objects, pictures, colors, shapes, or movements and arrange them by a clear rule. They make either a repeating sequence or steps that increase regularly.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students independently make a pattern with a clear rule. They can show where the repeating part begins again or explain how each growing step changes.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may arrange items randomly or stop before the rule is clear. They may think an increasing pattern means objects grow larger, rather than the number of objects changing each step.
How to Assess It
- Give each student 12 counters and ask, “Make a repeating or growing pattern, then show what comes next.” Have students state their rule.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs cubes, buttons, and shape tiles to build one repeating pattern and one pattern that grows by one item each step.
Show three student-made patterns and ask, “What is the rule, and what would you add next?”
Play Pattern Copycat: one student makes a movement pattern, and classmates copy it before creating a new pattern with the same rule.
Have students design a repeating shape border for a paper rug, bracelet, or classroom name tag.
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Related Standards
- 3.PFA.1.d
Create increasing and decreasing patterns using objects, pictures, numbers, and number lines.
- K.PFA.1.c
Create and describe a repeating pattern using objects, colors, sounds, movements, or pictures.
- 2.PFA.1.c
Create a repeating or increasing pattern using various representations (e.g., objects, pictures, numbers).
- 1.PFA.1.b
Analyze a repeating or increasing pattern and generalize the change to extend the pattern using objects, colors, movements, pictures, or geometric figures.
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