Minds On

Skip count giant

Explore this episode of Odd Squad to learn more about skip counting.

Question 1:

You are a detective. The Giant was on 8th Street on Monday, 10th Street on Tuesday, 12th Street on Wednesday, and 14th Street on Thursday. Which street will the Giant visit on Friday? Saturday? Sunday?

A map of the streets on a number line

Action

Activity – Which skip giant are you?

In our class, there are five different skip giants, they are called: 5s, 10s, 20s, 25s and 50s. Your job is to protect the homes based on the name of your skip giant.

For example, if you are the giant called “5’s,” you will need to protect every fifth house on the street. That means you are going to mark a “X” on the 5th, 10th, 15th … ….

A neighborhood map of houses. There are 100 houses arranged in 10 rows and 10 columns.

Questions

  • Which giant might you pick if you wanted to protect the greatest number of homes?
  • Which giant might you pick if you wanted to protect the least number of homes?

Consolidation

Get the giants home!

All the giants are trying to get out of your town and get back to their own homes. Can you help them get home as soon as possible? The 2s giant is skip counting by 2 and will reach home at 22. The 5s giant is skip counting by 5 and will reach home at 55. The 10s giant is skip counting by 10 and will reach home at 110.

A chart of 100 random numbers, organized in 10 rows and 10 columns.

Access the following fillable and printable “Maze” document to complete this activity. You can also complete this activity in your notebook.

Press the Activity button to access the Maze.

Activity (Open PDF in a new tab)

Reflecting back

What numbers did the giants need to pass before they got home? Record the numbers for each giant in your notebook.

2s giant

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5s giant

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10s giant

(Blank) (Blank) (Blank) (Blank) (Blank) (Blank) (Blank) (Blank) (Blank) (Blank) (Blank)

Brainstorm

Brainstorm

Brainstorm

Can you think of items in your home that would be helpful to count by 2s, 5s, 10s, and 100s?

Reflection

How do you feel about what you have learned in this activity?  Which of the next four sentences best matches how you are feeling about your learning? Press the button that is beside this sentence.

I feel...

Now, record your ideas about your feelings using a voice recorder, speech-to-text, or writing tool.