Patterns are a way for young students to recognize order and organize their world and are important in all aspects of mathematics. Help students form generalizations by asking questions such as "How could you describe this pattern?" or "How are these patterns alike?" The "Growing Patterns" activity sheet guides students to analyze and describe how growing patterns are generated, encourages them to explore different ways to interpret the patterns and translate from one form to another, and challenges students to compare growing patterns to repeating patterns. (author/sw)