Patterns Big Book

The large text on each page introduces or defines the topic. The body of the text then explicitly explains the concept with the many photographs providing real world context. The photo captions provide more information about the topic and are sometimes posed as questions to foster further inquiry and discussion.

Some key concepts in the Patterns Big Book include:
– Understands what makes a pattern
– Understands what elements can make repeating patterns
– Recognises number patterns
– Knows and builds on square and triangular number patterns
– Learns how to translate patterns
– Describes patterns in different ways
– Uses a function machine