Find the missing element in a repeating pattern

This Grade 1 worksheet practices find the missing element in a repeating pattern (Alberta Patterns 1).

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  • Look at the pattern. What is missing, and how do you know? — answer: Says (or points to) the right shape: the 6th shape is a circle; and gives a reason from the part that repeats, square, circle, circle, such as “it goes square, circle, circle, so a circle comes here”. The right shape with no reason, or a wrong shape, is Not yet.

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How many problems are on this worksheet?
1 on one page, with the answer key on the last page.
What grade and standard is it for?
Grade 1. Alberta: Patterns 1.
Can I print more than one version?
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