Summary
"Count by Fives" from Gracie's Corner. Skip counting jumps by the same amount each time, building number sense and setting the stage for multiplication — all to a beat kids can't help but move to.
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Discussion questions
Talk about it
Skip counting means jumping by the same number over and over. Listen for the pattern.
- By how much are you jumping each time?
- What pattern do you hear in the numbers?
- How high can you skip count on your own?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: skip count, pattern, by twos/fives/tens, count.
Try it: Skip count out loud by the song's number up to 50. Write the numbers you say.