Lesson:

Skip Counting by 8

Goals/Objectives:

The main goal of this lesson is to review what it exactly means to skip count by 8’s.  I will also relate how important it is to skip count by 8’s and how it relates to multiplication.

Materials: Pencil & Paper

Launch:

I will read the book Each Orange Had Eight Slices by Paul Giganti, Jr.  This will help relate the subject to everyday life.  I will also relate counting by 8’s to multiplication.  Students will need prior knowledge of skip counting.

Explore:

·        I will explain to the students how skip counting can be used.  I will explain that when people buy a pizza that it usually comes in 8 slices.  I will also give other examples.    

·        I will ask the class “Can you come up with more things that come in 8?”  Hopefully the students will say things like an orange, or an 8-pack of pudding, 8-pack of soda, etc. 

·        Students will then get in groups of 8 to see how many groups we have of 8.

·        Next I will have the students say the 8’s rhyme which is written on the board for them to follow along.  Two of the students will make a door by holding hands up in the air.  Each child will have a turn to go through the door, while reciting the rhyme together. 

8, 16, 24, Someone's knocking at the door.

32, 40, 48,  ___________ wants to celebrate.

56, 64, 72, Come on in and "How do you do?"

80, 88, 96, and 104, Please put your shoes at the door.