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Stage 1 Identify Desired Results =Math= Establish Goals: (G) = = Functions and Relations Pre-K-2 Performance Indicators & Descriptors 3 Students understand how to create, identify, describe, and extend patterns given a pattern or a rule. a. Describe, extend, and create repeating patterns. b. Describe, extend, and create growing patterns . ,

What understandings are desired? Students will understand that: (U)
 * patterns are used to make predictions.
 * the importance of patterns for learning.

What essential questions will be considered?

Essential Questions: (Q)
 * How do patterns help us make predictions?
 * Why are patterns important in helping us learn?

What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?

Students will know: (K) That patterns exist throughout our lives Patterns can be useful for solving problems, making predictions and observing trends.

Students will be able to: (S) • create and extend patterns • use patterns to solve problems in math

2004 ASCD and Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe