Watch the following video on what skip counting entails:
#1.) Now, practice skip counting using the website activities HERE
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#2.) Practice counting sets of objects (like many pieces of candy or pieces of pasta or pennies or….whatever!!!!!) in 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s and so forth.
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#3.) Beep/Buzz Game! Found at nzmaths
Decide on a multiple of two, three, four or five, six, seven, eight or nine that will be the “beep”numbers. Select a student to start counting from one. It is important that all the students countaloud. For example, for counting in fives: “1, 2, 3, 4, beep, 6, 7, 8, 9, beep, 11 …” When a student says “beep”, they sit down. The game continues until only one student is left standing. Thisactivity can be used to reinforce the forwards and backwards counting sequences. Use a hundreds board to assist the students to visualise the patterns. Highlight the “beep” numbers. You could use this interactive hundreds chart if you would like: CLICK HERE.
Extension Activity
Have two multiples going at the same time. For example, threes (say “beep”) and fives (say“buzz”). If the number is a multiple of both three and five, then the person says “buzz-beep”. So the sequence goes “1, 2, beep, 4, buzz, beep, 7, 8, … 11, beep, 13, 14, buzz-beep … “Begin the counting sequences at different starting numbers. For example, “3, 7, 11 …” or “100, 97,94, 91 …” These patterns will help the students to recognize algebraic relationships.
Extension Activity
Repeat “Beep” for multiples of three, four, and six. Develop increasingly complex sequences by using counts like hundreds, twenties and fifties, in fractions (on multiples of four quarters), like,one-quarter, two-quarters, three-quarters, beep, five-quarters …, in decimals (on multiples of 0.25), like 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2, beep …
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