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Balloon Bop: Skip Counting
Practice counting in patterns and skip counting by 1, 5, and 10. Once the patterns have been taught, teams of 5 or 6 learners -- holding hands in circles -- skip count each time they collectively bounce a balloon up into the air. Early...
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Count by Tens to 50 (Hearts)
For Valentine's Day math review, primary learners count the hearts (in groups of 10) on each of 7 lines of a worksheet. Skip count by 10s and write the number of hearts (range: 10-50) in a space on the right hand column of the page.
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Counting Seeds
Students practice skip counting strategies, estimation, and higher number addition. They estimate the number of seeds in bell pepper, and count seeds in groups of tens and ones after the teacher removes seeds from the pepper.
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Jump on Tens
Give the actors in your class a chance to shine as they act out skip-counting. In their roles, they take turns shouting out different number patterns and jumping when reaching the given goals set for each number family. A fun and...
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Count by Tens (Flowers)
Skip counting by 10, young mathematicians determine the number of flowers (grouped by tens) in 6 different rows. They write the number alongside the flowers. Quantities range from 1 group (10) to 5 groups (50).
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Wheels All Around
Budding mathematicians explore the concept of skip counting. They practice skip counting as they use it to determine the number of wheels that come to school at 3 different times throughout the day. They also create a data graph to show...
Illustrative Mathematics
How Many Days Until Summer Vacation?
On the 124th day of school, young mathematicians are asked to find out how many days are left in the 180-day school year. The teacher version to the task offers several ways the problem can be solved, and can be used to guide instruction...
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The Counting Caterpillar
A daily counting routine builds a caterpillar with 100 body segments (marked with symbols to indicate 2s, 5s, and 10s) by the 100th day of school. Provides structured repetition as part of the morning routine so that by 100th day,...
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Skip-counting Practice
Young scholars practice skip counting. In this skip counting lesson, students practice skip counting using hundreds boards and patterns. Young scholars complete several examples and problems to ensure their understanding.
Mixing in Math
Take Ten: Make Cleaning Up More Fun with Predictions and Counting
Class members predict and count how many items need to be cleaned up in class while skip counting by 10s. They estimate whether having each child clean up 10 items will be enough to get the room ready for the next day. Everyone counts...
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Count By Fives, Count by Tens
In this counting by 5 and 10 worksheet, students first count the objects in 6 sets by fives. Kids write the number that tells how many. Students then count the objects in 6 more sets by tens.
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Count By Twos, Fives, Tens
In this skip counting worksheet, students solve 3 problems in which they count by twos, fives or tens. The pattern is continued for three numbers that will be written on large primary lines.
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Assessment for the California Mathematics Standards Grade 1
Here is an assessment designed to test mathematicians' knowledge of writing numbers, comparing numbers, skip counting, solving addition and subtraction problems; along with measuring objects, telling time, identifying shapes, reading...
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Place Value Party
Help your young mathematicians master three-digit place value with a hands-on activity that builds on their social orientation. They create a place value house from construction paper and sort "number friends" according to which house...
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Revise Counting Back in Tens
In this counting by ten activity, students solve 6 problems in which the missing numbers in the number tracks are filled in to show counting backwards by ten. Number range is from 607 to 6.
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Number Games
Students play a variety of games to explain multiples and practice their multiplication skills.
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Investigation - What Does 1,000 Look Like?
Second graders determine what 1,000 items look like. In this math investigation lesson, 2nd graders collect 1,000 items and determine the best way to count them by tens and hundreds. They can use stickers on notecards to count to 1,000....
Illustrative Mathematics
Party Favors
Pia is putting stickers into party bags. She starts by putting 10 stickers in each bag, and over the course of a week she adds several bundles of ten stickers to each bag, as well as making more bags. Second graders must find the number...
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Multiply With 10: Homework 19.3
Second and third graders solve three problems in which ten is multiplied by a number. Pupils may use the picture clues to skip count by 10s.
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Counting by 10s, 5s, and 1s
Learners practice counting by 10s, 5s, and 1s in order to prepare for counting and adding the values of coins.
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All Kinds of Numbers
Count and compare numbers and fractions using "greater than" and "less than." Learners count on by 2s and 10s and represent the end number with base ten blocks, counters, and cups. They use circle stickers to illustrate fractions and...
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Subtraction
Second graders regroup two-digit numbers and solve advanced subtraction problems with regrouping; students use straw and cup manipulatives to demonstrate how to borrow from the tens place in order to solve the problem.
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Multiplication Facts for 2,5, and 10
Students practice multiplying by 2, 5 and 10. In this multiplication instructional activity, students participate in a teacher demonstration instructional activity of grouping for multiplication or making arrays. They concentrate on...
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Saving Money
After listening to the wonderful book, A Chair for my Mother, young mathematicians engage in an awesome lesson about coins and the value of saving money. The lesson is done in a classic style - everything is beautifully organized, and...