Spring Time Pattern Blocks – Task Cards

Description

Ideal Age: Kindergarten | Grade One

Instructions:

• Print the task cards on cardstock and laminate for durability;
• Cut out each card and attach each set with a binder ring;
• Instruct your learn to build the image on the task card. Complete a card as an example.
• To assess for understanding, instruct your learning to complete the ‘Spring Time Patterns’ recording sheet.
• To extend the activity, ask your learner to identify and describe the shapes. Also, encourage them to look for smaller shapes within larger shapes.
• There are three levels of difficulty included:
• 1. Colored: learners can use the colors as a guide
• 2. Black and white outline: learners will have to identify each shape in order to complete the patterns.
• 3. Shadow: learners will have to use their problem solving skills to determine which blocks to use to complete the pattern.
• Have fun!

Specific Skills Developed:

• Problem Solving
• Classifying
  • Comparing, matching, and sorting according to common properties (value)
• Determining Quantity
  • Counting to determine quantity
  • Matching numbers to sets of objects
• Comparing Quantities
  • Counting to compare quantities
  • Counting using one-to-one correspondence
• Geometry and Spatial Sense: Geometric Relationships:
  • Compose patterns, pictures, and designs, using common two-dimensional shapes.

Activity Includes:

• 30 Spring Pattern Blocks – Task Cards
  • 10 colored
  • 10 black & white
  • 10 shadow
• ‘Spring Time Patterns’ Recording Sheet