Year 1 · Mathematics and statistics · Algebra
Patterns and number sentences
Repeating patterns with up to three elements, missing elements, and true/false and open number sentences.
Everything for this topic in one place
- 3D lesson: Patterns and number sentences — Find what comes next in bead patterns, fill a missing gap, then balance the seesaw to make number sentences true.
- Teacher presentation — slides to put on the projector.
- Worksheets at three levels — Tūī (support), Kererū (core) and Kea (extension), each with an answer key on the last page.
- Online practice — assign it to your class in the Crateclass classroom and the results come back by themselves.
Written for Te Mātaiaho, Phase 1 (Years 0–3), with New Zealand places, money and native birds.
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More Year 1 maths topics
Numbers to 100 · Adding and subtracting to 20 · Equal groups · Halves and quarters · New Zealand money · Measuring and time · Shapes and position · Picture graphs and data