Practice finding repeating patterns, completing sequences, and understanding algorithms as simple steps.
Read or listen to each problem. Look for what repeats or what step comes next. Write or draw your answer in the space provided.
Finding patterns and following simple step-by-step directions
CS - Grade K-1
- 1
Look at the pattern: red, blue, red, blue, red, __. Write the color that comes next.
- 2
Look at the pattern: star, star, heart, star, star, heart, __. Draw or write what comes next.
- 3
Finish the number sequence: 1, 2, 3, 4, __.
- 4
A robot follows these steps: step forward, clap, step forward, clap. Write the next step.
- 5
Put these morning steps in order by writing 1, 2, and 3: put on shoes, wake up, brush teeth.
- 6
Look at the pattern: circle, square, triangle, circle, square, __. Draw or write the missing shape.
- 7
An algorithm is a list of steps. Write one step you would do to wash your hands.
- 8
Find the mistake in this pattern: up, down, up, down, down. Write the word that should replace the last down.
- 9
Look at the picture pattern: apple, banana, apple, banana, __. Draw or write what comes next.
- 10
A robot needs to get to the star. The steps are move right, move right, move up. Draw arrows or write the steps in order.
- 11
Finish the action pattern: clap, tap, tap, clap, tap, tap, __.
- 12
Choose the better algorithm for making a sandwich. A: eat sandwich, put bread on plate, add filling. B: put bread on plate, add filling, eat sandwich. Write A or B and tell why.
- 13
Look at the size pattern: small, big, small, big, small, __. Write the size that comes next.
- 14
A bug is on a leaf. It jumps forward 1 space, then forward 1 space, then back 1 space. If it repeats, write the next jump after back 1 space.
- 15
Create your own repeating pattern using two colors or two shapes. Write or draw at least 5 items in your pattern.