Set of lessons looking at the use of symmetrical patterns and colour design on Day of the Dead skulls. The PowerPoint give detailed context about the Day of the Dead with questioning activities for group discussion. This is followed by a series of practical activities wherein pupils develop their own Day of the Dead skull designs. All resources needed art provided at the end of the PowerPoint to print out.
Lower, middle and higher ability worksheets.
Colouring in the symmetrical pattern.
Extension task with 4 quadrants and a draw your own grid.
Suitable for Lower KS2 or SEN Upper KS2.
This lesson plan was created by primary teacher Matilda Maxwell, to support the William Morris exhibition at Two Temple Place, London's newest exhibition space, http://www.twotempleplace.org/
This year we are running a series of FREE storytelling workshops for KS2 pupils that are designed to improve children&'s literacy and interaction with art. These will run in line with our upcoming exhibition &';Amongst Heroes: the artist in working Cornwall (1880-1920)'.
To book, contact Sarah Hardy on 020 7836 3715 or education@twotempleplace.org
Students very quickly understand the concepts of reflections, rotations and symmetry when creating rangoli patterns. I always use this before starting the Transformations topic.
Powerpoint and worksheets guide students step by step in creating these patterns.
I used these worksheets in Year 4 and the children moved through them at their own pace during the lesson starting with the first sheet. The third activity is quite difficult (two examples in the picture) so even the most able might need to start with the second sheet first. The last sheet is just blank for the children to fill in for each other in pairs if they've blasted through the other three!
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It is an activity of working on symmetry, creating patterns to include graphics in shapes and coloring to create original butterflies.
Children will learn to :
draw a butterfly step by step,
work on symmetry,
create different kinds of patterns on butterfly illustrations provided in black and white
carry out a relaxing coloring activity .
For the youngest, the resource also includes illustrations already enriched with graphics ready to be colored.
This activity is ideal for doing in the classroom or at home.
What is provided:
step by step butterfly realization sheet,
2 sheets for symmetry work with and without a dotted line guide,
cards for making a “Pop Art” style butterfly with pattern template grid including a butterfly without pattern and a butterfly with patterns
cards for making a butterfly “doodle” style with pattern template grid including a butterfly without pattern and a butterfly with patterns
A 22 slide PPT that introduces symmetry in nature and then moves on to describe symmetry in pictures, patterns and shapes. I used it in parts over a series of lessons.
The presentation is animated and interactive, my class displayed crosses or ticks on whiteboards to indicate if images were symmetrical or not. Very comprehensive, just click and teach.
Begin your maths mastery journey in Reception with this Pattern unit of work for Autumn 1. This is much more than just weekly plans; included in this download you will find:
A comprehensive planning document
A resources file for printing to support the unit’s activities
A suggested long-term maths mastery plan for Reception covering the Number and Numerical Patterns Early Learning Goals as well as other aspects of a rich mathematics provision
Key ideas and common misconceptions
A range of enhanced provision activity ideas and notes on progression
Question prompts for adults working with the children
‘Keep up’ support ideas
Greater depth challenge ideas and suggested extensions
Pattern is at the heart of mathematics and its importance shouldn’t be underestimated in early mathematics teaching. This comprehensive unit for EYFS will encourage your pupils to notice, explore and generalise patterns in a fun and age-appropriate way.
The unit includes a range of activities, either for continuous provision or for a specifically maths-focused number time, as well as maths inputs and small group work. Due to the open-ended, inclusive nature of the planning, many activities will also be suitable or easy to adapt for preschool children. There is a great deal of variation, scaffolding and over-learning to enable all children to “keep up”. Lots of opportunities for challenge are also presented. Some of the extensions are beyond the scope of many pupils starting school or in preschool, however, they are included to enable you and your staff to cater for gifted pupils and also understand how to extend pupils as they move through the learning journey.
Click HERE to save 15% with the entire 12 week Autumn term bundle, which includes Pattern, Numbers 0-10, Sorting and Comparing, Measures and Shapes.
If you are following the Early Maths Mastery long term plan, this is Unit 1 and falls in Week 1 of the autumn term.
Hopefully this resource will have more than you need to give your pupils a rich and solid understanding of pattern. Have fun!
Interested in more Early Maths Mastery planning? Take a look at:
Unit 2: Numbers 0 - 10
Unit 3: Sorting and Comparing
Unit 4: Measures
Unit 5: Shapes (1)
Updated for the September 2021 EYFS Statutory Framework and revised Development Matters non-statutory curriculum guidance
Visit the Early Maths Mastery shop for further planning and resources for teaching maths mastery.
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A lovely Autumnal maths activity to consolidate 2 step repeating patterns
(3-step cards are included to stretch those little brains!)
An introductory worksheet designed for children working at level 2 or 3 of the national curriculum or for older children to revise from. Children shade in the squares to reflect the pattern at the other side of the “mirror”. Topics also included: understanding space and shape; Reflective symmetry.
This pack introduces children to repeating patterns in a number of ways. Children can complete the repeating patterns on the coats of the very cute dachshunds/sausage dogs, progressing to designing their own repeating patterns. There is a cat picture full of patterns for the children to identify and colour. There are pattern cards which feature a whole range of objects to demonstrate the diverse number of ways in which patterns can be made. Children can use these to find and match repeating patterns as well as make their own patterns.
This pack contains
- 14 worksheets
- A Powerpoint of the slides for use in class
- Encourage students to explore rotational and reflective symmetry using patterns based on Rangoli, traditional Indian patterns often seen at festivals such as Divali.
- Pupils can design their own patterns on both square and hexagonal grids.
They can be used individually, and are equally valuable to supplement existing teaching materials, for
• Homework • Reinforcement • Extension work • Mixed-age environments.
students must shade in squares in order to form patterns with one or two lines of symmetry, or orders of rotational symmetry. patterns are randomly generated and answers are automatically checked
A power point presentation showing lines of symmetry for various basic shape. Suitable for introducing the concept of symmetry. 35 slides. A brief explanation is included.
Reflect symmetry related words in mirror lines and also shapes in vertical, horizontal and diagonal mirror lines.
• Reflect the words in the mirror lines (colouring squares & drawing lines)
• Reflect the patterns in the mirror lines (colouring squares)
• Reflect the shapes in the mirror lines (drawing lines)
There are multiple pages for each activity.
Answers included.
Photography depth of field and symmetry and pattern presentation with short activities for students to try, i have also included a handout.
There are some youtube links for videos relating to depth of field and symmetry and pattern, also there are some literacy tasks for students to use when annotating their work in their books.
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