Virginia SOL K.PFA.1.b
The Standard
Extend a repeating pattern by adding at least two complete repetitions of the core to the pattern.
Virginia Standards of Learning for Mathematics · The student will identify, describe, extend, and create simple repeating patterns using various representations.
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find the smallest group of colors, shapes, sounds, or movements that repeats. They continue the pattern by adding that whole group two more times.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student finds the smallest group that repeats. The student adds two complete copies in the correct order without changing or skipping any part.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may copy only the last object instead of finding the repeating unit. They may add one repetition rather than two, or change the order partway through.
How to Assess It
- Give each student the pattern red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue. Ask them to draw the next six shapes.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Build red-yellow-yellow patterns with linking cubes, then have students attach two more complete repeats.
Show circle-square-square-circle-square-square and ask, “What group repeats, and what should come next?”
Play Pattern Pass, where each student adds one correct counter to a class pattern until two full repeats are completed.
Find a repeating color or shape pattern on clothing, tiles, or classroom borders, then sketch how it continues.
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Related Standards
- 2.PFA.1.a
Identify and describe repeating and increasing patterns.
- 2.PFA.1.c
Create a repeating or increasing pattern using various representations (e.g., objects, pictures, numbers).
- 1.PFA.1.d
Transfer a repeating or increasing pattern from one form to another.
- K.PFA.1.a
Identify and describe the core found in repeating patterns.
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