Continue a repeating two-item pattern
The idea
Ask an adult to read the pattern and act it out with two kinds of objects.
Step by step
- Ask an adult to read the pattern and act it out with two kinds of objects.
- Find the two-item part that repeats; say that part several times.
- Point to the final item and use the repeated order to predict the next item.
Example
An adult reads this repeating pattern: red, blue, red, blue, red, ___. What comes next?
Answer
blue
The repeated part is red, blue. After red, the next item is blue.
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