Grade
K

What Comes Next? Circles & Triangles

What do you notice? What do you wonder? What comes next?

circles (1 blue and 1 purple)  + triangles (1 red, 1 orange, 1 yellow, 1 green, and 1 light blue)
circles (1 blue, 1 purple, and 1 green) + triangles (1 red, 1 orange, 1 yellow, and 1 light blue)
circles (1 blue, 1 purple, 1 green, and 1 red) + triangles (1 orange, 1 yellow, and 1 light blue)
circles (1 blue, 1 purple, 1 green, 1 red, and 1 yellow) + triangles (1 orange and 1 light blue)

Show or tell what the next few pictures look like. Describe how you know.

Challenge

Does this pattern have an end or can it keep going? How do you know?

What might earlier pictures look like? Why do you think so?

Follow-up

Create your own pattern with shapes and share it with someone else. Ask them what comes next!