Virginia SOL Math / Kindergarten / Patterns, Functions & Algebra

K.PFA.1

Repeating Patterns

What you'll learn

  • Find the part that repeats in a pattern
  • Tell what comes next in a pattern
  • Make a simple repeating pattern

Words to know

Pattern —
something that repeats in order
Repeat —
to happen again and again
Next —
what comes after
Order —
the way things are lined up
Same —
just alike

Why it matters Patterns are all around us, like stripes on a shirt or beads on a necklace, and finding them helps us guess what comes next.

Worked examples

Model ItI do

What comes next: red, blue, red, blue, ___?

The pattern repeats red, blue over and over. After blue comes red again, so the next color is red.

Try It TogetherWe do

What comes next: circle, circle, square, circle, circle, ___?

The part that repeats is circle, circle, square. After two circles comes a square, so the next shape is square.

Now YouYou do

What comes next: clap, stomp, clap, stomp, ___?

Find the part that repeats, then say what comes next. Check your answer in the back of this chapter.

Practice

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Warm-up

Ease in with the basics.

  1. 1.What comes next: red, blue, red, blue, ___?

  2. 2.What comes next: clap, stomp, clap, stomp, ___?

  3. 3.What comes next: A, B, A, B, A, ___?

On Level

The core Quick Check from the book.

  1. 1.What comes next: A, B, A, B, ___?

  2. 2.What comes next: big, small, big, small, ___?

  3. 3.What comes next: up, up, down, up, up, ___?

  4. 4.What part repeats in: red, red, blue, red, red, blue?

  5. 5.What comes next: 1, 2, 1, 2, ___?

Challenge

Stretch your thinking.

  1. 1.What comes next: circle, square, triangle, circle, square, triangle, ___?

  2. 2.In the pattern red, red, blue, red, red, blue, red, red, ___, what color comes next?

  3. 3.What part repeats in this pattern: up, down, down, up, down, down, up, down, down?