How to play the minor pentatonic scale...

I will give 2 approaches of playing the minor pentatonic scale:

The first approach could be played anywhere on the guitar...the tab  in F is below!

Any root note...followed by a note 2 frets away...followed by a note a fret away from the last one...followed by a note one fret away from the last one played...followed by a note 2 frets away, and finish with the octave.

The second approach is the more theoretical approach:

Any root note...followed by the b3, the P4, the P5, the m7, and the octave.  This is a helpful approach if you need to write out the notes in standard notation.

Here is the tab for it in F:

------------------------------------------------1---4--
--------------------------------------1---4------------
-------------------------------1---3-------------------
---------------------1---3-----------------------------
------------1---3--------------------------------------
----1---4----------------------------------------------

Legend:  here the numbers are the fingers (1 = index, 3 = ring, and 4 = pinky).  The bottom line is the thickest string in the guitar (low E in standard tuning).  The top is the thinest string (high E in standard tuning).

Additional:  This is a movable form, so you can transfer this shape into any other position of the guitar.