Number Patterns: Hop and Count! moves through three animal-themed pattern sets. Froggy hops by 2s across sequences like 2, 4, 6, ______, 10, ______, 14, caterpillars add or subtract 1 along paths such as 15, 14, 13, ______, 11, and a Pattern Detective section asks students to extend 4, 6, 8, 10 and then tick the rule that made it.
1.OA.5
“Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2).”
Each hop is a counting move standing in for an operation, and the rule-ticking section makes students name the operation behind the count.
Three lily-pad sequences with gaps: 2, 4, 6 up to 14, then 8 up to 20, then the odd-number run 1, 3, 5 up to 13.
Four paths mixing directions: counting on by 1 from 11 and from 7, counting back by 1 from 15 and from 20.
Questions 8 to 10 pair missing numbers with a rule to tick. 4, 6, 8, 10 takes Add 2, then 18, 16, 14, 12 takes Subtract 2, and 5, 10, 15 takes Add 5.
Warm-up choral count
Chant the odd sequence 1, 3, 5 together before the sheet. The odd-number version of counting by 2s is the one that trips students.
Rule before answer
In the detective section, have students tick the rule first, then fill the blanks with it. It reverses the guess-and-check habit.
Pattern authorship
Early finishers write one sequence of their own with a secret rule and challenge a neighbor to name it.
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