Sequences & Patterns: GCSE Teaching Resources & Worksheets

Suggested approach

These are arranged from most support to most independent, but it's a menu, not a route. Pick what your class needs.

Check prior knowledge→Model with the deck→Hand over with faded examples→Build fluency & set homework→Consolidate with games→Stretch with the challenge→Assess

Activate prior knowledge

Check the skills this topic depends on, before you teach it.

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Prior-knowledge starterPRINT + BOARD

Four prerequisite skills this topic depends on. Board: all four on the opening slide, then one question per slide, reveal and annotate. Print: two fresh cut-slips per page as a diagnostic. Fresh questions every time.

📽 Board 🖨 Print

Introduce & model

Full teacher guidance: model the method.

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Example decksPOWERPOINT

Ready-to-teach example slides (PowerPoint) covering every question type: I do / we do. An interactive version is coming soon.

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Knowledge organiserPRINT

A one-page dual-coded reference, with a mini diagram beside every formula and key word, plus a blank retrieval companion.

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Check understanding

Surface misconceptions before independent work.

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Diagnostic MCQsINTERACTIVE

Whole-class hinge questions with misconception distractors: vote, reveal and annotate on the board.

📽 Board

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Mini-whiteboard check

Pose one question at a time for whole-class mini-whiteboard checks, then reveal and annotate. Or use the practice-grid function to build a bespoke sheet of questions on the fly and display it. Fresh questions on tap.

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Spot the mistake

Worked solutions each hiding one planted misconception: circle the wrong line, explain it, fix it. The board reveal names the misconception behind each error.

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Guided → independent

The fading middle: hand the steps over gradually.

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Faded worked examplesPRINT + BOARD

A fully-worked example that fades to blank, each step gated by a 'which rule is this?' self-explanation check.

📽 Board 🖨 Print

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Variation TheoryPRINT + BOARD

Controlled sets where one thing changes at a time, so students notice the underlying structure.

📽 Board 🖨 Print

Independent practice

Build fluency, then apply to exam questions.

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Fluency builderINTERACTIVE

Pick the skills and generate a fresh, print-ready A4 sheet every time, never the same sheet twice.

Launch builder 📽 Board

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Exam homeworkINTERACTIVE

Toggle the same sub-topics as the fluency builder and a mark total, and generate a bespoke exam-style homework: working space scales with the marks, with a student-friendly mark scheme to go over on the board.

Launch builder 📽 Board

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Exit ticketsPRINT + BOARD

A 4-up cut grid to check the lesson landed before they leave.

📽 Board 🖨 Print

Consolidate & play

Retrieval through low-stakes games.

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BingoINTERACTIVE

A class-sized set of unique cards, plus an interactive caller for the board.

🖨 Cards 📽 Caller

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Dominoes

A print-and-cut matching loop: every answer unique, so the chain is unambiguous.

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Stretch

Deepen and connect.

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ChallengePRINT + BOARD

Synoptic 'form your own equation' problems with a worked opener and model solutions.

📽 Board 🖨 Print

Revise

Revision weighted by what actually comes up.

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Revision matPRINT

A one-page mat built from real exam data: the question types that come up most get the most space, each zone labelled with its share of real exam questions, closing with an exam capstone. Prints A4 or A3, mark scheme on its own page.

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Assess

Check where they are, at the start or end of the topic.

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MCQ assessmentPRINT

A printed 15-question quiz that mirrors the online quiz exactly, so students can revise it at home. Pick how many anti-copying versions (A–J) to print, with a one-page answer key you can display for peer marking.

🖨 Papers 🖨 Key

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Written assessmentPRINT + BOARD

A ready-to-print 20-mark assessment: choose the difficulty (Introduced, Developed, Mastered, or a mix) and optionally a sub-topic. Questions run easiest-first with a student-friendly mark scheme.

📽 Board 🖨 Print

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Assessment ladderPRINT

One question per skill, easiest to hardest, then exam-style challenge questions. The highest rung a student clears shows their level; the first rung they miss shows where to reteach: the teacher page names the skill and links straight to the reteach resource. Dual-use as a start-of-topic prior-knowledge check. (New, in draft.)

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Cover / logistics

For when you're out.

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Cover work builderINTERACTIVE

Toggle the sub-topics and a page count; each gets a worked-example reminder + banded practice, auto-sized to fill the pages. Print and set.

Launch builder