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Coding · Ages 5+ · Set A
Pattern train
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Remember: A pattern is a part that repeats, in the same order, again and again.

Mia's train

A grown-up reads each question aloud. Listen to the little story first.

The pattern trainBo was the train conductor. Mia painted the cars blue, yellow, blue, yellow. The same two colors came round and round. When the last car rolled away, Bo still knew its color. He knew the pattern.
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Is blue, yellow, blue, yellow a pattern?
YesNo
2
Is blue, yellow, yellow, green a pattern?
YesNo
3
What is the part that repeats?
🔵🟡🟢Blue, yellow, green🔵🟡Blue, yellow🟡🟢Yellow, green
4
The last car rolled away. What color was it?
🔵Blue🟢Green🟡Yellow
5
Bo patted a blue car. What sat beside it?
🟡A yellow car🟢A green car🔵A blue car
6
The cars come in the same order every time.
TrueFalse

Patterns and not patterns

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Circle every pattern.
👏🦶👏🦶Clap, stomp, clap, stomp🟡🟢🟢🔵Yellow, green, green, blue🐘🐭🐘🐭Big, small, big, small⭐🌙🌙☁️Star, moon, moon, cloud
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Join each pattern to its part that repeats.
  1. 1🔵🟡🔵🟡
  2. 2👏🦶👏🦶
  3. 3🐘🐭🐘🐭
  • Ablue, yellow
  • Bclap, stomp
  • Cbig, small
9
How did Bo know the lost car's color?
🎲He guessed👀He peeked at Mia🚂He knew the pattern
10
Draw a train with two colors in a pattern.
11
Copy it. a pattern repeats
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Answer key · Set A
Pattern train
1Yes Yes. The same two colors come round and round.
2No No. No part repeats, so it is not a pattern.
3Blue, yellow, green The cars go blue, yellow, green, and then start over.
4Yellow The pattern is blue, yellow. After blue comes yellow.
5A yellow car Beside the blue car sat a yellow car.
6True Yes. A pattern is a part that repeats in the same order.
7Clap, stomp, clap, stomp, Big, small, big, small Clap, stomp and big, small each have a part that repeats.
81-A, 2-B, 3-C The part that repeats is the little bit that comes round again.
9He knew the pattern Bo knew the pattern, so he knew the color without looking.
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