Algebra

Level 2

 I can...

• create, continue & describe a simple pattern

• continue a simple pattern by identifying the unit of repeat

• make a pattern using a rule

• identify a rule for a pattern

• organise patterns into simple tables

• identify the nth term in a pattern

Early Level 3

 I can ...

• create and continue a pattern with two or more variables

• use strategies to identify the nth term in a pattern

• identify the rule for a pattern

Level 3

 I can ...

• identify the rule for a pattern

• describe the rule for a sequential pattern

• describe the relationship between two or more variables in a pattern

• continue a spatial or sequential pattern involving more than two variables

• generate a pattern from a rule  

• graph simple linear patterns using whole numbers

Level 4

 I can ...

• write my operational thinking as an equation

• find relationships and rules in spatial and linear number patterns

• draw the graph from the pattern described in a table

• describe number patterns that aren’t linear (1, 4, 9, 16…)

• apply inverse operations to linear equations to solve for an unknown

Level 5

 I can...

• Understand that linear equations form a straight line graph

• Understand that a quadratic equation will form a parabola

• Represent linear and simple quadratic patterns in graphs, tables & equations.