Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Skip Counting
A definition of skip counting followed by interactive examples and links to exercises that will help your skip-counting skills. Learn to skip count by 2, by 3, by 4, by 5, and by 10, and challenge yourself with backwards skip counting.
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Illustrative Mathematics: Start Stop Counting
Get your students moving with this fun counting game. Pick any number between one and one hundred and students will practice counting forward or backward with this "Duck Duck Goose" type game.
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Illustrative Mathematics: Counting Circles
This active counting game gets the kids up and moving! Young scholars form a circle and start counting around the circle one by one until the last number (chosen ahead of time by the teacher) in the sequence is reached. When the last...
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Illustrative Mathematics: Start/stop Counting Ii
Young scholars will practice counting to 120 forward and backward with this whole class game. The teacher will give a counting sequence (for example, 20-120) to the students who will be seated in a circle. The teacher will begin walking...
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Illustrative Mathematics: Counting Circles Ii
Young scholars will stand and form a circle facing in toward each other. The teacher will select a counting sequence to be practiced with no more than 6-10 numbers. The students will start counting around the circle one by one until the...
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Illustrative Mathematics: "One More" Concentration
This game is a version of the traditional memory or concentration game. Students will practice counting forward or backward depending on their skill level. Directions and materials needed are fully explained in the lesson.
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Illustrative Mathematics: Crossing the Decade" Concentration
This game is a version of the traditional memory or concentration game and will help young scholars practice "crossing the decade". A detailed explanation of the rules, materials needed, and variations are included in this lesson.
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Illustrative Mathematics: Rainbow Number Line
The teacher will prepare number lines for the students to trace. These number lines can be taped to the desk to be used for number recognition, sequencing, counting, "number forward", and "number backward" activities. An example is...