Patterns and cycles

This Grade 1 worksheet practices patterns and cycles (Alberta Patterns 1; Alberta Time 1).

Alberta Grade 1 practice generated from reviewed in-scope types. The teacher key distinguishes demonstrated actions from supporting practice; real-material activities are selected separately.

On this sheet

• Look at this pattern. Colour the squares to show the same pattern. Use yellow and green, one colour for each kind of shape. — answer: Six squares coloured with the same repeating part as the shapes: one colour for each kind of shape, the same colour every time that shape comes, such as yellow, yellow, green, yellow, yellow, green. Which colour goes with which shape does not matter. A row with a different repeating part does not count.
• Start with the two shapes in each row. Draw two different repeating patterns. Circle one whole repeating part in each row. — answer: Both eight-shape rows begin circle, square. The child completes each row and circles its repeating part. Accept any two different minimal cores of 2–4 shapes, with at least two full repeats visible and all eight positions following that core. The minimal cores must differ: repeating a two-shape core twice does not make a different four-shape core. Colour changes, a different circled length or the same sequence in both rows do not count as two different patterns. The key shows examples, not the only answers.
• Write the missing month: November, ___, January, February. — answer: December

Questions teachers ask

How many problems are on this worksheet?

5 on one page, with the answer key on the last page.

What grade and standard is it for?

Grade 1. Alberta: Patterns 1, Time 1.

Can I print more than one version?

Yes. Every version has different numbers and its own answer key. Use “Make another version” for a new one; the same version always prints the same.