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Reception Maths textbook

Chapter 8: Patterns

  • Strand Numerical patterns
  • Level Chapter
  • Practice 88 questions with step-by-step solutions

Early Years Foundation Stage for England, maths. Content: Copy, continue and make repeating patterns with shapes and colours (AB, AAB, ABC), Know odd and even numbers to 10 by pairing, See doubles as a pattern of two equal groups, Share equally to find half.

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By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • I can copy and carry on a repeating pattern
  • I can find the next thing in a longer pattern
  • I can say if a number to 10 is odd or even, by making pairs
  • I can say double a number, and see that doubles are even
  • I can share things equally into groups

You should already know

  • Counting to 10 (Chapter 1)
  • Adding within 10 (Chapter 5)

Where this leads

  • Time and money words (Chapter 9)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 8.1 Copy and continue a pattern
  2. 8.2 Longer patterns
  3. 8.3 Odd and even numbers
  4. 8.4 Doubles
  5. 8.5 Sharing equally
  6. Summary and key words
  7. Check-up and practice test questions

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