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Skip Counting by 2s

Help Year 1 students build number fluency by skip counting forwards by 2s and continuing number patterns.

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Learning Intention

Students will skip count forwards by 2s and continue number patterns.

Australian Curriculum

AC9M1N02

Recognise, continue and create number patterns, including skip-counting patterns.

Teacher Notes

Use claps, steps or number-line jumps to model each count of 2 before students continue the patterns independently.

Skills Practised

  • Skip counting by 2s
  • Number patterns
  • Number-line jumps
  • Pattern recognition

Skip Counting by 2s

Skip counting by 2s means adding 2 each time. It is useful for recognising even-number patterns and building multiplication fluency.

Counting Strategy

  1. Start with the given number.
  2. Add 2 to find the next number.
  3. Continue the same pattern.
  4. Read the sequence aloud to check it.

Try skip counting forwards and backwards, then use pairs of objects to connect the number pattern to groups of two.