Counting on Numbers

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Mathematical Melodies Counting on Numbers Music and lyrics by Lisa Fenwick Counting on Numbers All of us are learning numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6, more We can count up to 100 Spread the numbers across the floor Counting on numbers, this pattern is by one. Count along with me, counting can be fun We can then count even faster, By skip counting up by 2’s 2,4,6,8,10,12,14, Then the rest is up to you Counting on numbers, this pattern is by two. Count along with me until we are through 2’s are good but let’s go faster Let’s skip count it up by 5’s 5,10,15,20,25, How many bees in the hive? Counting on numbers, this pattern is by five. Count along with me, let’s do a math jive Lastly, we can count much quicker By skip counting up by 10’s 10,20,30,40,50 Math is with us till the end Counting on numbers, this pattern is by ten Count along with me, let’s start a new trend You can do this by yourself now You can use a hundreds chart Lots of ways to count 100 Lots of counting, you’re so smart! Counting on Numbers 1 Counting on Numbers PRIMARY: The Big Ideas ! ! Skip counting is important in the development of fluency in calculation, number sense and as the basis of multiplication and division. Skip counting is a skill that develops over time growing as students continue to expand the range of numbers with which they can skip count. They will also become able to skip count from any number, not just starting at zero, which results in the most familiar sequences (e.g. 0, 2, 4, 6 … instead of 1, 3, 5, 7 ...). The overall goal is to have students count fluently forwards and backwards by twos, fours, fives, tens and hundreds starting at any number. Before achieving this, they will be able to skip count forwards fluently, but may experience difficulty counting backwards. Grade 1, Grade 2 and Grade 3 Curriculum Connections Number Sense and Numeration Quantity Relationships •

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