Finish the Multiple Shapes Pattern Worksheet

Repeating patterns are one of the first big ideas in early math, and the Finish the Multiple Shapes Pattern Worksheet gives first graders a clear, hands-on way to practice them. When a child looks at a row of shapes and decides what comes next, she is doing real algebraic thinking: finding the unit that repeats, holding it in mind, and using it to predict. This 1st grade patterns worksheet builds that habit with circles, squares, triangles, and hexagons arranged into simple AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC patterns, so students meet several pattern types on a single page.

Each of the six rows shows a pattern printed as whole repetitions across six shapes, followed by two empty boxes. Students study the row, work out the repeating unit, and draw the next two shapes in the boxes. Because every row prints complete repetitions, there is exactly one correct way to continue it, which means students can check their own thinking and teachers can grade quickly. The Finish the Multiple Shapes Pattern Worksheet works well as morning work, as a math center task, or as a quick check before a geometry or patterning unit.

What’s Included

• Six repeating shape patterns, one per row, arranged in rising difficulty
• AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC pattern units built from circles, squares, triangles, and hexagons
• Two reserved answer boxes on every row for drawing the next two shapes
• A complete answer key on the last page
• A print-ready PDF sized for standard letter paper

Three Reasons This Helps Kids

• Patterning is early algebra. Naming the repeating unit is the same reasoning students will later use for rules, functions, and sequences.
• Drawing the answer, instead of circling it, makes a child commit to a shape and shows the teacher exactly what she is thinking.
• Mixing AB, AAB, ABB, and ABC units stops students from guessing by rhythm and pushes them to look for the unit every time.

Teachers and parents can stretch this page in a few easy ways. Ask students to say each pattern out loud as they read it, naming the shapes in order, before they pick up a pencil. Have them label each row with letters, writing AB or ABC above the shapes, so the structure becomes visible. Early finishers can build one more row on the back of the page and trade with a partner to solve. For a hands-on warm-up, lay out pattern blocks or counters in the same units and let students continue the pattern with their hands before they draw.

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