Finish the Pattern
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Work out the rule, then draw the shapes that come next.
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Finish the pattern
Repeating shape patterns with the last cells left blank. The challenge setting hides one in the middle too, so a child has to read the rule rather than copy the cell before it.
- Shapes drawn as vectors, so each one is unmistakable
- The repeating unit changes every question
- Blanks are outlined so it is clear where to draw
- Matching answer key
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What’s on the sheet
- Rows of shapes or symbols with the next item missing
- AB, ABC and growing patterns, by difficulty
- 4 to 12 patterns per page
- A matching answer key
What each difficulty means
Difficulty is a real change to the numbers or the layout, not a label.
Gentle start
AB — two shapes alternating.
Just right
ABC or AAB — a three-step repeating unit.
Extra challenge
Four-step units, with a blank inside the strip as well as at the end.
Grades this covers
Tap a grade you can use for a page of everything a child that age can practise here.
Patterns are the same move as skip counting
Working out that a row goes circle, square, circle, square is the identical mental operation as working out that 5, 10, 15 goes up in fives. One is done with shapes and one with numbers, and children who are fluent with the first tend to find the second obvious rather than mysterious.
That is the argument for printing pattern sheets alongside the math ones rather than filing them under quiet-time activities.
Say the pattern out loud
The reliable way to solve one of these is to read the row aloud — red, blue, red, blue — because the ear catches the repeat before the eye does. Children who work silently tend to stare at the gap rather than at the pattern leading into it.
The harder settings use three-element and growing patterns, where saying it aloud stops being optional.
Questions
What patterns are covered?
AB to start, then ABC and AAB, and four-step units like ABBC and ABCD on the challenge setting.
Why is a blank in the middle harder?
A blank at the end can be answered by copying backwards. One in the middle forces the child to work out the rule.
More practice to try
Name the shape, or count its sidesWhich group does it belong to?Put the numbers in orderFind the way throughAddition worksheets you can fill to the lineSubtraction worksheets, with or without borrowing
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