Each indicator is followed by activities which illustrate how it can be addressed in the classroom in kindergarten and grades 1 and 2. Investigate and describe patterns that continue indefinitely. Students model repeating patterns with counters or pennies. For example, they repeatedly add two pennies to their collection and describe the results. Students create repeating patterns with the calculator.
Second graders create a pattern with color tiles.
They make a table of their results and describe the pattern they have found. Repeating this process, they begin to see how quickly the number of cubes grows. They investigate this further using a calculator. Students start with a rectangular sheet of paper that represents a cake. They simulate eating half of the cake by cutting the sheet in half and removing one of the halves.