More Connections

Written by Donna Boucher

Donna has been a teacher, math instructional coach, interventionist, and curriculum coordinator. A frequent speaker at state and national conferences, she shares her love for math with a worldwide audience through her website, Math Coach’s Corner. Donna is also the co-author of Guided Math Workshop.
Freebies | Grades 3-5 | Grades K-2

Number Lines | Skip Counting

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I watched a student struggle with a number line problem earlier this week.  The question said something like What number is represented by the letter A and most of the numbers on the number line were missing. Interesting thing was, she drew nice little hops, like the ones shown below, but she didn’t know what to do with them.  In other words, where I have written in +2, +2, etc., she wrote nothing.  When I saw her draw the little hops, it reminded me of how we routinely teach kids to show patterns, which you also see below.  We show them to draw little mountains and write how the numbers have changed.  Perfect strategy for number lines as well, because number lines are, after all, patterns.  So that was my ah ha moment for the week!

Click here for some freebies you can use for skip counting.

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  1. Ms. Boyle
    Ms. Boyle on April 27, 2012 at 12:47 am

    Donna…I love this freebie!! I can see myself using this while also creating something similar with other numerals so as to further differentiate my own guided math workstations! Thanks for sharing, and I’m your newest follower!

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  2. Donna Boucher
    Donna Boucher on April 28, 2012 at 1:16 am

    Glad you like it, Ellen, and welcome. Be sure to link up your blog on my Blog Hop page!

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  4. Allyson Bilbrough
    Allyson Bilbrough on October 21, 2012 at 3:34 am

    Great tool to use with number lines! Thanks!

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    • Donna Boucher
      Donna Boucher on October 21, 2012 at 3:45 am

      My pleasure! Glad it’s useful. 🙂

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  5. Anonymous
    Anonymous on October 25, 2012 at 12:01 am

    Thanks so much for explaining this. My students are finally getting the hang of this and beginning to make the connections. Can you make some more, including subtraction?

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    • Donna Boucher
      Donna Boucher on October 26, 2012 at 1:29 am

      I’ll put it on my ever-growing list! Ha ha. 🙂

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  6. Lisa Mattes
    Lisa Mattes on October 25, 2012 at 11:24 am

    REALLY love these! I have a few sweet firsties that this will be perfect for!!! Thanks!!!
    Growing Firsties

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    • Donna Boucher
      Donna Boucher on October 26, 2012 at 1:29 am

      You’re most welcome! Glad it will help with your kiddos. 🙂

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  7. Cindy Calenti
    Cindy Calenti on October 25, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    Your blog is amazing! Every time I visit it (which is quite often) I become more enamored with your ability to break math concepts down into activities that really help the children understand. Thanks so much for sharing!

    Cindy
    Granny Goes to School

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    • Donna Boucher
      Donna Boucher on October 26, 2012 at 1:30 am

      It’s my pleasure, Cindy! Thanks for taking the time to leave such a sweet comment. 🙂

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  8. Karlie
    Karlie on October 26, 2012 at 2:17 am

    Thanks for the freebie! This is perfect. My students and I are doing a lot of work on skip counting, and we are talking about why it is important and what it helps us do. This will hopefully bring it home since we haven’t gotten to our money unit yet.

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    • Donna Boucher
      Donna Boucher on October 26, 2012 at 11:17 am

      You’re welcome, Karlie! This will be a perfect connection for your money unit.

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