What this lesson shows
"Start at 3, add 4": extend it, then notice every term is odd.
The worked example
The lesson works this one step by step: Start at 3, add 4. Then your kid tries one like it on paper.
The steps
- Write the start
- Add the rule each time
- Label odd and even
- Say why
Helping at home
Write the start, then add the same number each time, saying each addition out loud. Label each term odd or even, and ask why: adding an even number keeps it, adding an odd number switches it.
If your kid gets stuck
Add the same number each time, then label each term odd or even.
Watch it with Lux
With Lux, this lesson is a narrated video and a printed page your kid works on. Then Lux helps with the same math on their own worksheet, one question at a time.
Standards
- Common Core 4.OA.C.5
Generate a number or shape pattern that follows a given rule. Identify apparent features of the pattern that were not explicit in the rule itself. For example, given the rule "Add 3" and the starting number 1, generate terms in the resulting sequence and observe that the terms appear to alternate between odd and even numbers. Explain informally why the numbers will continue to alternate in this way.
Matches standards in 49 statesSee each state's code
- Alabama MA19.4.5
- Alaska 4.OA.5, 4.OA.6
- Arizona 4.OA.C.5
- Arkansas 4.CAR.11
- California 4.OA.C.5
- Colorado 4.OA.C.5
- Connecticut 4.OA.C.5
- Delaware 4.OA.C.5
- District of Columbia 4.OA.C.5
- Florida MA.4.AR.3.2
- Georgia 4.PAR.3.1, 4.PAR.3.2
- Hawaii 4.OA.C.5
- Idaho 4.OA.C.5
- Illinois 4.OA.C.5
- Indiana 4.CA.9
- Iowa 4.OA.C.5
- Kansas 4.OA.5
- Kentucky KY.4.OA.5
- Louisiana 4.OA.C.5
- Maine 4.OA.C.5
- Maryland 5.AT.B.3.a
- Massachusetts 4.OA.C.5
- Michigan 4.OA.C.5
- Minnesota 3.2.1.1, 4.2.1.1
- Mississippi 4.OA.5
- Missouri 4.RA.C.6, 4.RA.C.7
- Montana MT.4.OA.5, 4.D1.1
- Nevada 4.OA.C.5
- New Hampshire 4.OA.C.5
- New Jersey 4.OA.C.5
- New Mexico 4.OA.C.5
- New York NY-4.OA.5
- North Carolina NC.4.OA.5
- North Dakota 4.AR.OA.6
- Ohio 4.OA.5
- Oklahoma K.A.1.2, 3.A.1.2, 3.A.1.3, 4.A.1.1, 4.A.1.2, 4.A.1.3
- Oregon 4.OA.C.5
- Pennsylvania CC.2.2.4.A.4
- Rhode Island 4.OA.C.5
- South Carolina 1.PAFR2.1, 2.PAFR.2.1, 4.PAFR.3.2
- South Dakota 4.OA.C.5
- Tennessee 4.OA.C.5
- Texas 111.5.b.5.E, 111.6.b.5.B
- Utah 4.OA.5
- Vermont 4.OA.C.5
- Virginia 4.PFA.1a, 4.PFA.1b, 4.PFA.1c, 4.PFA.1d
- Washington 4.OA.C.5
- West Virginia M.4.5
- Wisconsin M.4.OA.C.5