Skip Count by 7s!

Lesson Plan - Get It!

Audio:

Time to check in with skip counting!

Imagine if a frog didn’t just hop from one lily pad to the next but jumped all the way to the 7^TH lily pad!

Then, from the 7^TH lily pad to the 14^TH!

And from the 14^TH one to the 21^ST!

Wow! This is just like skip counting by 7s.

When you skip count by 7s, you go from 7 to 14 to 21 to 28 and keep going.

Check out this fun sing-along about skip counting by 7s.

Now, look at the hundreds chart below.

• Can you see what number to hop to after 7 when skip counting by 7s?

That's right! 14.

Now, try skip counting by 7 to the next number.

• Did you find it?

It's 21! Great work!

Keep practicing! See how far you can skip count by 7s.

Skip Counting and Multiplication

• Do you know skip counting and multiplication are best buddies?

Time to find out why!

Multiplication is a super-fast way to add the same number again and again.

When you skip count by 7s, it's just like multiplying by 7!

For example, if you skip count to 7, it is just like saying 7 x 1.

Wow!

If you skip count to 21, it is just like saying 7 x 3. If you skip count to 28, it is just like saying 7 x 4.

So cool!

Look at the multiplication chart below.

• Can you see why skip counting by 7s and multiplication are best buddies?

Skip counting by 7 is just like multiplying by 7!

Next, sing along with a fun multiplication song!

Way to go, math superstar!

Now, hop over to the Got It? section for some more math fun!