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Rubric
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
The student might use
more blue shapes than
green shapes but has
trouble articulating why
it is a pattern OR the
student’s pattern(s)
does not have more
blue than green.
The student either
creates only one pattern
or struggles or gives
inappropriate reasons
for suggesting two
patterns that are alike.
The student creates
some patterns either
with a repeating pattern
core with more blue
than green or a growing
pattern that will have
more blue than green
in the long run. There
might be one or two
incorrect patterns.
The students can
explain why each is
a pattern.
The student struggles
or gives inappropriate
reasons for suggesting
two patterns that are
alike.
The student does not
really worry about what
happens beyond the
shapes he/she has
used.
The student creates
several patterns, either
with a repeating pattern
core with more blue
than green or a growing
pattern that will have
more blue than green in
the long run.
The student can explain
why each is a pattern.
The student gives
appropriate reasons for
the patterns being alike
that might or might not
focus on the structure
of the pattern rather
than the shapes in it.
The student recognises
that patterns continue
but struggles at telling
why there will continue
to be more blue than
green.
The student creates
several patterns, either
with a repeating pattern
core with more blue
than green or a growing
pattern that will have
more blue than green in
the long run.
The student can explain
why each is a pattern.
The student’s reasons
for patterns being alike
focus on the structure
of the pattern and not
the shapes in it.
The student recognises
and articulates that
patterns continue
forever and why there
will continue to be more
blue than green.
More Blue Patterns