Summary
An animated Mage Math lesson on skip counting — jumping by the same amount to build number sense for multiplication, made for grade 2. Bright 3-D animation walks kids through it with clear, worked examples they can pause and try.
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Skip Counting by 2 and 5 - For 2nd Grade clicks once you see it worked out. Watch an example, then use these questions to make sure it stuck.
- By how much are you jumping each time?
- What pattern do you notice in the numbers you say?
- How could skip counting help you multiply later on?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: skip count, pattern, by twos/fives/tens, multiple.
Try it: Skip count by 5s up to 50 out loud. Write the numbers and circle the pattern in the ones place.