Performance Task Title: Kindergarten Math Patterns for Queen Penelope Pattern
Submitted by: D. Gore

Date: 10/15/2007

Performance Task- GRASPS:

Goal- You will please the Queen of Patterns when she comes to visit your class. You will do this by creating patterned food for her, creating patterned decorations for her, entertaining her through the human displays and songs of patterns, and by giving her patterned gifts for her to wear and delight in.

Role- You will be a caterer, a decorator, an entertainer, or a gift-maker for the Queen of Patterns.

Audience- Your audience will be Queen Penelope Pattern who rules in a far, distant land called “The Land of Patterns.” She has heard from far and wide of students at our school who know about patterns and so she is coming all the way here to visit with you.

Situation- Queen Penelope Pattern is coming to visit. She has heard from far and wide that you know about patterns and so she is coming all the way from her distant land to visit with you. Since she is royalty, your job is to work in groups to please her when she comes.

Group #1 will be caterers. Students in this group will create patterned food, snacks, and drinks for her when she comes.

Group #2 will be decorators. Students in this group will decorate the room in an array of patterns for her arrival.

Group #3 will be entertainers. Students in this group will use music, drama, etc to create performances that they can use to entertain the Queen with.

Group #4 will be gift-makers. Students in this group will make patterned jewelry, hats, etc to give to the Queen as a gift.

Product/Performance- You will create patterned food, patterned decorations, patterned performances, or patterned gifts (depending on the group that you are in) to delight the Queen of Patterns with when she comes to visit your class. When she comes to visit, the caterers will serve her patterned food, the decorators will point her attention to the patterned decorations that were put up in honor of her visiting, the entertainers will use music, drama, etc to entertain the Queen of Patterns with, and before the Queen of Patterns has to leave, the gift-makers will all present her with patterned gifts they have made just for her. When you are creating your patterns, you must do 3 things. 1) Each person must have made at least 3 different kinds of patterns (ABAB, AABAAB, etc). 2) Each person must have made patterns in at least 3 different ways (shape, color, how it feels, etc). 3) For each pattern you make, whatever thing you’re making must repeat itself over and over.

Standard/Criteria for Success- see rubric

Student: _____________________

Date 1: ______________________

Date 2: ______________________

Patterns Skills Checklist

Can identify something that is a pattern

Can identify something that is not a pattern

Can identify an ABAB pattern

Can create an ABAB pattern

Can identify ABCABC pattern

Can create an ABCABC pattern

Can identify a more complex pattern: __________

Can create a more complex pattern: __________

Can identify patterns in the classroom/outside/in music

Can figure out what a missing piece of a pattern is

Can extend a pattern

Can recognize similarities and differences in patterns

Can correctly use vocabulary from the pattern unit

Additional comments:

Student’s Name: _________________________

Group Task: food decorations gifts entertainment

Patterns Presentation Rubric

CATEGORY	3	2	1
How many different kinds of patterns did you make? ABAB AABAAB ABBABB	3 or more!	At least 2.	Only 1.
How many different ways did you make patterns by? Ex. Shape, color, how it feels, etc.	3 or more!	At least 2.	Only 1.
Did your pattern repeat itself over and over for each item you made?	Yes- for all that I made!	It did for at least 1 thing that I made.	No. Not in anything that I made.
Did you answer the Queen’s big question correctly?	Yes!	Somewhat. A little.	No. Not at all.

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