Today's lesson · 3 October 2026
Skip counting and number patterns
Counting in 2s, 5s and 10s, the pattern in the digits, and the runway to multiplication
Today's lesson is Skip counting and number patterns, a Grade 2 (ages 7 to 8) Math unit. Rotates every day, so check back tomorrow for a different unit.
Some things come in twos, fives and tens, so count them that way
Look at your hands. Ten fingers, and they come in two fives. Socks come in pairs, so a drawer of socks comes in twos. Fingers on both hands, a high five, hands around the class, they come in fives. And ten cents, ten toes, ten in a full box, they come in tens. When things arrive in equal groups, counting them one at a time is slow. There is a faster way.
What students will be able to do
Students will skip count forwards and backwards in 2s, 5s and 10s from a range of starting points, recognise the pattern in the ones digit for each count, connect skip counting to counting equal groups and to early multiplication, and continue and describe simple growing number patterns.
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