Pattern Block Barrier Game
Materials: Barrier Game grid for each player, pattern blocks, divider for each partnership
1. Work with a partner. Sit next to each other with a divider standing between you.
2. Player 1: Place one pattern block in each space on your grid without letting your
partner see your work. Tell your partner how to place pattern blocks to match your
grid. Use the names of the pattern blocks and positional language to describe where to
place them.
3. Remove the divider and look at the two grids to see if they match. Talk about how they
are the same or different.
4. Swap roles and play again.
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Ver. 1
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Put a ________ above Put a ________ below
the ________. the ________.
Put a ________ between the Put a _________ in
______ and the _______. the box with a .
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Put a _________ in Put a _________ in
the first box. the second box.
Put a _________ in Put a _________ in
the third box. the middle box.
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Ver. 2
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Put a ________ above Put a ________ below
the ________. the ________.
Put a ________ next to Put a _________ in
the ________. the box with a .
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Put a _________ to the Put a _________ to the
right of the ________. left of the ________.
Put a _________ in the middle Put a _________ at the end
of the ________ row. of the ________ row.
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