Growth Point 6
Counting Growth Points activities
The tasks listed on the following pages are rich tasks from various sources that may be used with multi-level groups or students who are working at a particular level.
6. Extending and applying counting skills
Can count from a non-zero starting point by any single-digit number, and can apply counting skills in practical task.
Jigsaw numbers
Materials: Activity card.
Activity: Cut the hundreds chart along the bold lines. Each student is given a piece on which they complete the missing digits. Students then combine their pieces to reproduce the hundreds chart.
Related key ideas: Number patterns, number word sequence, quantity, base-10 system, digit position.
Counting patterns
Materials: Set of nine worksheets per group.
Activity: Students colour the numbers in a counting pattern (e.g. 2s on the hundreds chart). Discuss the pattern that is made. Repeat for 3s, 4s, 5s and so on to 10s. Use a different colour for each pattern.
Related key ideas: Number patterns, stable-order principle.
Variation: Using an interactive screen, the teacher shows a blank hundreds chart with a pattern shown using transparent counters. Students name counting patterns from the pattern of counters, without the use of the numerals. (Online tools such as SPLAT could also be used.)
