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Counting by Threes - Ice Cream Cones
1 2 Pre & Primary Essentials Resources Mathematics Number & Place Value Patterns & Algebras 34 Pages

Counting by Threes - Ice Cream Cones

Enhance your primary school classroom with this vibrant and versatile resource for learning to skip count by 3s. Designed for Year 1 introduction or Year 2 skill development, these large, bright, and bold cards offer flexibility in teaching approaches. Use them to engage students in arranging cards, creating number lines, and identifying patterns. Extend learning by working with higher numbers and challenging students to create their own patterns. A valuable tool for both students and teachers, these cards are essential for any primary school classroom seeking to enrich their mathematics curriculum.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to recognise, continue and create pattern sequences, with numbers, symbols, shapes and objects, formed by skip counting, initially by twos, fives and tens.
  • We are learning to continue simple patterns using numbers and objects.
  • We are learning to recall addition facts to 20 and apply to related subtraction facts using a range of strategies.
  • We are learning to recall multiplication facts for twos and apply to related division facts using doubling and halving.
  • We are learning to explore number sequences by twos, threes, fives and tens from any starting point.
  • We are learning to count collections of items (e.g. coins) and skip count by 5s or 10s to record how many in the collection.
  • We are learning to recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays and to divide a set of objects into equal sized groups.

Curriculum alignment

MA1-6NA old Uses a range of mental strategies and concrete materials for multiplication and division MA1-4NA old Applies place value, informally, to count, order, read and represent two- and three-digit numbers MA1-1WM old Describes mathematical situations and methods using everyday and some mathematical language, actions, materials, diagrams and symbols MA1-2WM old Uses objects, diagrams and technology to explore mathematical problems MA1-8NA old Creates, represents and continues a variety of patterns with numbers and objects MA1-3WM old Supports conclusions by explaining or demonstrating how answers were obtained MA1-RWN-01 new Applies an understanding of place value and the role of zero to read, write and order two- and three-digit numbers MA1-CSQ-01 new Uses number bonds and the relationship between addition and subtraction to solve problems involving partitioning MA1-FG-01 new Uses the structure of equal groups to solve multiplication problems, and shares or groups to solve division problems
VCMNA093 Investigate and describe number patterns formed by skip counting and patterns with objects VCMNA107 Solve simple addition and subtraction problems using a range of efficient mental and written strategies VCMNA103 Investigate number sequences, initially those increasing and decreasing by twos, threes, fives and ten from any starting point, then moving to other sequences VCMNA108 Recognise and represent multiplication as repeated addition, groups and arrays VCMNA114 Apply repetition in arithmetic operations, including multiplication as repeated addition and division as repeated subtraction VCMNA109 Recognise and represent division as grouping into equal sets and solve simple problems using these representations

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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