The Patterns icon encourages learners to look for repetition, predictability, or cycles. Students that use the Patterns icon as a lens of learning examine the topic for recurrent features and identify relationships based on their findings.
Curricular Examples:
Compare and contrast the patterns that exist in nonfiction texts.
Discover multiple examples showing the cause and effect of erosion.
Examine the patterns that arise after reading several primary documents.
Classify the patterns of standard measurement.
Question Stems:
What can historians predict about new constitutional amendments based on the pattern of past/present/future?
How would an economist illustrate the monetary patterns associated with the production of cotton as a natural resource?
What conclusions can be drawn from the pattern of behavior of the protagonist of the story?
Task Statement:
Students will read the short story, sequence the plot patterns, and share their findings by designing an illustrated cause-and-effect chain.
