Grade
K

What Comes Next? Geoboard Shapes

5 geoboards. 1st, an orange triangle. Next, a blue square. Then an orange triangle. Next, a blue square. Last, an orange triangle.

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 might earlier or later pictures look like? Why do you think so?

Follow-up

Use the MLC Geoboard app to create your own pattern and share it with someone else. Ask them what comes next!

Printable Version

Google doc for printing and copying

Reference for Educators

Sample problems and solutions