If you’re looking for an activity allowing your students to sort number patterns, this may be the task card for you.

With 2 sorting task cards and 40 number cards, this activity allows your students to recognise and apply simple number pattern rules such as "grow" (for additive patterns) and "shrink" (for subtractive patterns). To start, students will pick a number card and analyse the pattern. If the number card shows an increasing pattern, the students will put the number card on the “Growing Pattern” card. If the number card shows a decreasing pattern, they will put the number card on the “Shrinking Pattern” card. Finally, they must use a whiteboard marker to write the pattern rule on the blank space on the number card.

This low-prep task card set is sized to fit in the Kmart rainbow photo storage. It is also suitable for both individual and small group work.

This is one of 12 task card sets in our Additive Patterns Task Card PACKAGE. The other 11 are:

• Drawing Blocks
• Food Pattern
• Matchsticks Game
• Missing Numbers
• Number Chart
• Number Rules
• Pattern Core
• Pattern Rule
• Twelve Bins
• What’s Next?
• Writing Patterns