Objective
By the end of this lesson, the student will be able to create and solve skip-counting puzzles using characters and themes from My Singing Monsters, enhancing their understanding of skip counting while having fun.
Materials and Prep
- Paper or a notebook for writing
- Pencil or colored pens for drawing
- Knowledge of skip counting by 2s, 5s, and 10s
- Familiarity with My Singing Monsters characters and their numbers
Activities
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Monster Skip-Count Drawing: Draw your favorite My Singing Monsters characters and write numbers next to them. Practice skip counting by 2s, 5s, or 10s as you create your monster family!
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Skip-Count Puzzles: Create a puzzle using skip counting. Write down a sequence of numbers that skip counts by 2s, 5s, or 10s, but leave some numbers blank. Ask the student to fill in the blanks and solve the puzzle!
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Monster Counting Songs: Use the catchy tunes from My Singing Monsters to create a skip-counting song. Sing together while skip counting by your chosen number!
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Monster Parade: Have a parade of your monsters! Line them up in a row and count them by skip counting. For example, if you have 10 monsters, count them by 2s: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10!
Talking Points
- "Skip counting is like counting, but we count by groups instead of one by one!"
- "When we skip count by 2s, we can count things like pairs of monsters!"
- "Can you think of a time when you might want to count by 5s? Maybe when you have 5 monsters singing together!"
- "Let’s make a skip-counting puzzle! What number should we start with?"
- "How many monsters do we have if we count by 10s? Let’s see if we can find out!"
- "Isn't it fun to sing and count at the same time? Let’s create a monster song!"
- "Remember, skip counting helps us add faster! It’s like a shortcut!"