Grade
K

What Comes Next? Rainbow Ice Pops

4 pictures of ice pops. 1st: 1 red pop. 2nd: 1 red pop and 2 orange pops. 1 orange pop is above the red pop and 1 is to the side. 3rd: 1 red pop with 2 orange pops like in the 2nd picture. This picture has 1 yellow pop at the top and 1 to the side. 4th: 1 red pop, 2 orange pops, and 2 yellow pops like the 3rd picture. This picture has 1 green pop at the top and 1 to the side.

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

Show or tell what the next few items in the sequence look like. Describe how you know.

Challenge

What could the 10th item look like?

Follow-up

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

Printable Version

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Reference for Educators

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