Grade
2

What Comes Next? More or Less

1st, 4 green strips and 5 yellow units. Next, 7 green strips and 1 yellow unit. Then, 6 green strips. Next, 9 green strips. Then, 7 green strips and 5 yellow units. Last, 1 red mat and 5 yellow units.

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

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

Challenge

What would the 12th picture look like?

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

Share

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