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Patterns we can shareFoundation · T1 · Week 08 Patterns We Can Share

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Foundation / Prep · five school days · development draft
Question: What repeats, how can we show it, and why might people make a rhythm or picture together?
Status: human educator, local-syllabus, accessibility, hearing/sensory and cultural review pending. Pair this integrated guide with daily English and mathematics Weeks 7–8. It gives making, movement and group-use opportunities; the mathematics pack remains the main source for the daily repeating-pattern sequence and assessment.

National ACARA v9 links, partial practice: Mathematics AC9MFA01 (recognise, copy and continue repeating patterns represented in different ways); Foundation Music AC9AMUFD01, AC9AMUFC01, AC9AMUFP01 and AC9AMUFE01; Foundation Dance AC9ADAFD01, AC9ADAFC01 and AC9ADAFP01; Foundation Visual Arts AC9AVAFD01, AC9AVAFC01 and AC9AVAFP01. The Arts codes address exploring, creating, sharing and asking why art matters. One short class rhythm does not prove full Arts achievement. No cultural performance, song or motif is supplied or imitated.

Prepare once

Day 1 — Hear, see or feel the same unit again (35 minutes)

Goal: notice and continue an AB repeat unit in more than one mode. Links: AC9MFA01, AC9AMUFD01.

  1. Model, 7 min. Put circle · square | circle · square | circle · square on a strip, with a small gap between units. Say, “This small part, circle then square, keeps coming back.” Point to the two-box unit, then to every repeat. Let a child show the same pattern with objects.
  2. Sound/quiet choice, 10 min. Teacher makes a soft tap · pat | tap · pat | tap · pat. At the quiet station, the same sequence is two cards moved in turn. Ask, “What comes next? What is the part that repeats?” Avoid presenting one heard sequence as the only valid route.
  3. Partner try, 12 min. Partners choose sound, visible cards or tactile tokens to copy three units and extend by one. The adult changes the starting point once; if the child cannot find the unit, show the two-box card and rebuild it together.
  4. Close, 6 min. Ask one learner to explain with a point, move, sign, AAC or words: “The part is ___ and then it happens again.” Record the exact response and support.

Evidence: a repeated unit and a justified continuation. Echoing the last action once may be imitation; ask the child to show the whole two-part unit and another repeat before inferring pattern knowledge.

Day 2 — Movement can make a pattern (35 minutes)

Goal: create and repeat two safe movement ideas in a short original sequence. Links: AC9MFA01, AC9ADAFD01, AC9ADAFC01, AC9ADAFP01.

  1. Choose actions, 7 min. Invite a child to select two actions that work for their body and space, such as hand wave and still shape, foot mark and arm lift, eye-gaze-directed puppet slide and stop, or two tabletop object moves. Teacher checks safety and that the actions are distinguishable.
  2. Make the unit, 8 min. Put action A and action B on a two-box card. Adult models A B | A B | A B, slowly and with a visible cue. Ask where the sequence begins and what comes after B.
  3. Try and revise, 13 min. Children make their own three repeats. A learner may perform, direct, draw, or move symbols while another person does the actions. If an action feels unsafe, change it and start the unit again. No performance speed or physical skill score is attached to the pattern check.
  4. Share by choice, 7 min. Offer partner, small group, teacher-only or later sharing. Ask, “Which action did you want someone to notice?” Record both the pattern unit and one artistic choice; these are different observations.

Evidence: child shows which two actions repeat and how they made/changed the movement. Following an adult model with full prompts is practice evidence, not independent creation.

Day 3 — A picture can carry the same rule (35 minutes)

Goal: translate an AB or AAB repeating unit from action/sound to visual marks. Links: AC9MFA01, AC9AVAFD01, AC9AVAFC01.

  1. Revisit, 6 min. Use yesterday's action cards. Ask, “If we cannot move now, how could we draw what repeats?” Show two large shapes with tactile edges if needed.
  2. Model, 8 min. Draw circle · square | circle · square in two repeats. For an extension show circle · circle · square | circle · circle · square, naming the new AAB unit. Do not silently switch from AB to AAB midway.
  3. Make, 15 min. Children choose pencil, stamp made from simple school-approved blocks, movable paper shapes, a tactile strip, AAC symbol sequence or an adult scribe. Invite at least three repeats and a child-selected variation of size or spacing that does not erase the shape rule. A child may choose entirely different marks if the repeated unit stays explainable.
  4. Gallery of reasons, 6 min. Child points to the part that repeats. Ask, “Why did you place it this way? What might this picture help someone notice or enjoy?” Accept a personal artistic reason without requiring that all people respond the same way.

Evidence: unit recognition/continuation and a separately recorded art decision. A beautiful drawing without an identifiable repeat unit does not by itself show AC9MFA01.

Day 4 — Make a welcome rhythm of our own (40 minutes)

Goal: compose a short original class-use rhythm with child agency and ask why people might make music together. Links: AC9AMUFD01, AC9AMUFC01, AC9AMUFP01, AC9AMUFE01, AC9MFA01.

  1. A real purpose, 6 min. Ask, “Could a small pattern help our group know when a game starts or when we gather?” Children may say no or suggest another purpose. This is a classroom-made idea, not a claim about a culture's music.
  2. Choose two safe sounds or quiet cues, 8 min. Offer soft tap, hand pat, paper rustle, two visible cards, tactile pulses from a safe surface, or silence plus movement. Let children choose and check sensory comfort. No recorded song is needed.
  3. Compose, 15 min. Small groups arrange an AB or AAB unit on cards, repeat it three times, then decide whether to end with a still cue. Teacher asks, “What repeats? What tells us the rhythm is finished?” Avoid turning the ending cue into an accidental extra part of the repeat.
  4. Offer and respond, 11 min. Share to a willing partner, teacher or class, or keep a private score card for later. Ask listeners, “What did you notice?” Ask makers, “Why might this help our group?” Note any child's differing view. No one is required to sing, clap loudly or speak in public.

Evidence: the group-created unit, each child's actual contribution, and one response about the music's possible purpose. Do not claim individual composition from a group product without a child-specific observation.

Day 5 — Carry a pattern across modes (40 minutes)

Goal: show the same repeat rule in two modes and explain or demonstrate it. Links: AC9MFA01, AC9AMUFC01, AC9ADAFC01, AC9AVAFC01.

  1. Set up, 5 min. Three stations: soft/quiet rhythm, movement or tabletop action, visual/tactile strip. Children choose two. Keep the two-box or three-box unit card available but hidden for a fresh independent try when appropriate.
  2. Make and transfer, 20 min. Child makes a unit and at least three repeats at one station, then represents the same ordered unit at another. Adult asks, “Which part stayed the same? Which part changed because the mode changed?” Sampling 4–6 focus learners closely is realistic; follow up unobserved children during a later familiar station.
  3. Share a reason, 10 min. Invite a chosen audience or private teacher check. Ask what the pattern could help someone do or feel, without assuming one effect or asking a child to identify with a culture's art.
  4. Close, 5 min. Ask what they would change next time. Record independent, prompted and modelled contributions separately.

Next teaching move: if the child copies but cannot continue, mark the unit boundary and ask for one more whole unit; if they continue only by colour, use shapes/tactile forms; if they transfer the rule across modes, invite an AAB unit or ask a partner to interpret the card. Revisit music/dance/visual art responses later with varied, properly sourced works and local cultural review; this one week does not cover the entire Arts curriculum.

Copy-ready pattern strip

MY TWO- OR THREE-PART UNIT: [   ] [   ] [optional   ]
REPEAT 1:                  [   ] [   ] [optional   ]
REPEAT 2:                  [   ] [   ] [optional   ]
REPEAT 3:                  [   ] [   ] [optional   ]
I CAN SHOW IT WITH: [soft sound] [quiet cue] [movement] [shapes]
THE PART THAT REPEATS IS: ______________________________________
I CHANGED THIS WHEN I USED A NEW MODE: _________________________
I THINK SOMEONE MIGHT USE/ENJOY IT BECAUSE: ____________________

Teacher note: describe what the learner made, copied, continued or transferred, which mode and support they used, and the next teaching step. Keep child work and any locally made recording under school privacy and consent rules. No child recording is required or included in this pack.

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The Foundation codes were checked against ACARA Australian Curriculum v9 official downloads, workbook retrieved 29 September 2026, SHA-256 db446882d2c00cf7c085a03e250e2442fda6c44011fc114680c46c1dc7a822c3. ACARA terms govern curriculum wording and do not imply endorsement. AERO early numeracy guidance supports concrete representations and teacher observation; this activity has not been classroom tested. State/territory implementation and music/dance safety need local review.

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