Lesson 10 Put Together Pattern Blocks

    • Let’s put together pattern blocks.

Warm-up Notice and Wonder: Quilts

What do you notice?
What do you wonder?

Photograph of blanket. Many colors, shapes. Rectangles, squares, circles.

Activity 1 Introduce Pattern Blocks, Count Out and Build

  1. Number 3. Green triangle.

    green triangles

    Number 6. Yellow hexagon.

    yellow hexagons

    Number 8. Blue rhombus.

    blue rhombuses

    Number 4. Orange square.

    orange squares

    I used a greater number of than .

  2. If you have time…

    Number 5. Blue rhombus.

    blue rhombuses

    Number 2. Yellow hexagon.

    yellow hexagons

    Number 4. Tan rhombus.

    tan rhombuses

    Number 7. Green triangle.

    green triangles

    I used a greater number of than .

Activity 2 Pattern Block Puzzles

Outline of pattern block puzzle.
Pattern bloc. 1 yellow hexagon.

Blue pattern block.

Pattern block. 1 green triangle. 

Pattern block. 1 red trapezoid.

Pattern block. 1 orange square.

tan rhombus pattern block

Activity 3 Centers: Choice Time

Choose a center.

Geoblocks
Build Shapes
Center activity, build shapes.
Pattern Blocks
Center Activity. Pattern blocks.
Less Than, Equal To, Greater Than
Center. Less Than, Equal To, Greater Than.

Practice Problem

Problem 1

  1. Fill in the pattern block puzzle.

    Pattern block puzzle. 

  2. How many green triangles did you use?

  3. How many yellow hexagons did you use?