Skip Counting Fun with Koo Koo!

Math Grades 1st Grade 2:25 Video
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Lesson Description

Learn to skip count with the help of Koo Koo! This lesson uses a fun video to introduce skip counting by different numbers, helping you count faster!

Video Resource

Koo Koo - Skip Counting

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Duration: 2:25
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Key Concepts

  • Skip Counting
  • Repeated Addition
  • Number Patterns

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to define skip counting.
  • Students will be able to skip count by 2s.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by asking students what counting is. Then, introduce the concept of 'skip counting' as counting by a number other than 1 (like 2, 5, or 10). Tell them that skip counting can make counting lots of things faster! Show the Koo Koo Skip Counting video.
  • Video Viewing (5 mins)
    Watch the Koo Koo - Skip Counting video. Encourage students to sing along and pay attention to the numbers being skipped.
  • Discussion and Practice (10 mins)
    After the video, ask students what numbers they heard in the song. Focus on skip counting by 2. Write the skip counting sequence of 2 on the board (2, 4, 6, 8, 10) and have the class read it together. Use manipulatives (like counters or blocks) to demonstrate skip counting by 2.
  • Activity: Skip Counting with Objects (10 mins)
    Give each student a set of objects (e.g., 20 blocks, 20 beads). Have them practice skip counting by 2, physically grouping the objects into sets of 2 and counting the groups.
  • Wrap-up (5 mins)
    Review what skip counting is and why it's useful. Briefly preview that in future lessons, they will learn to skip count by other numbers (5s, 10s).

Interactive Exercises

  • Counting Caterpillar
    Draw a caterpillar on the board. Write a number at the head of the caterpillar, and ask students to fill in the circles on the caterpillar's body by skip counting by 2 (e.g., if the head is '2,' the body circles would be 4, 6, 8, etc.).

Discussion Questions

  • What is skip counting?
  • When might skip counting be helpful?

Skills Developed

  • Skip Counting
  • Number Recognition
  • Pattern Recognition

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

Skip counting is like counting, but you ________ some numbers.

Correct Answer: skip

Question 2:

When you skip count by 2, what number comes after 4?

Correct Answer: 6

Question 3:

If you have 2 groups of 2, how many do you have in all?

Correct Answer: 4

Question 4:

Which of these shows skip counting by 2?

Correct Answer: 2, 4, 6, 8

Question 5:

What number is missing? 2, 4, __, 8

Correct Answer: 6

Question 6:

If you skip count by 2, which of these numbers will you NOT say?

Correct Answer: 5

Question 7:

Which of these can help you skip count?

Correct Answer: Singing a song

Question 8:

What comes after 10 when skip counting by 2?

Correct Answer: 12

Question 9:

Skip counting by 2s is like adding _____ to each number.

Correct Answer: 2

Question 10:

Which is the last number you would say if you skip counted by 2 to 10?

Correct Answer: 10

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

Skip counting helps us count ________.

Correct Answer: faster

Question 2:

When we skip count by 2, we add 2 each ______.

Correct Answer: time

Question 3:

The first number you say when skip counting by 2 is ________.

Correct Answer: 2

Question 4:

2, 4, 6, ____, 10. What number comes next?

Correct Answer: 8

Question 5:

Skip counting is like adding the same ________ again and again.

Correct Answer: number

Question 6:

If you have 3 groups of 2, you have ________ in all.

Correct Answer: 6

Question 7:

The Koo Koo song helps us learn ________ counting.

Correct Answer: skip

Question 8:

When skip counting by 2, you will only say even _______.

Correct Answer: numbers

Question 9:

12 comes after ____ when skip counting by 2 from 2.

Correct Answer: 10

Question 10:

Skip counting is one way to learn your _______.

Correct Answer: numbers

Educational Standards

CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.C.5:Relate counting to addition and subtraction (e.g., by counting on 2 to add 2). CCSS.Math.Content.1.NBT.A.1:Count to 120, starting at any number less than 120. In this range, read and write numerals and represent a number of objects with a written numeral.

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