1 - Getting Started ~3 mins
The PE cupboard is a jumble of gear. Pairs of runners sit on the shelf. Cones sit in stacks of ten. The caretaker needs a quick count, without counting every single thing one by one.
Hands up: how could we be clever about counting the PE gear?
2 - Watch and Notice ~8 mins
Skip counting means jumping in equal steps of the same size: 2s, 5s or 10s, instead of one by one.
A pair of runners is 2, so we jump in 2s. A hand is 5 fingers, so we jump in 5s. A stack of ten cones is 10, so we jump in 10s. The group size tells us the jump.
Watch three PE jobs. For each one, notice how the group matches the jump on the wheel, then chant the count with me to the total.
Same idea every time: look at how the things are grouped, pick the jump that fits, then count in that jump to the total.
3 - Try It Together ~8 mins
Spin the skip-rule wheel. When it lands on a jump, name a PE job that fits that jump, then chant the count together to the total.
Jobs waiting on the board: pairs of runners, hands, stacks of ten cones.
Spin the skip rule
4 - Class Challenge ~7 mins
Today we work through these counting jobs together:
- 6 pairs of runners
- 4 hands
- 7 stacks of ten cones
- 9 pairs of runners
For each job, name the skip first, then chant the count to the total.
Pick the skip, then count
5 - Pick the Skip on Paper ~9 mins
In your maths copy, write the jump that fits each PE job (2s, 5s or 10s), then write the total.
- 5 pairs of runners
- 3 hands
- 4 stacks of ten cones
- 7 pairs of runners
- 6 hands
- 8 stacks of ten cones
We will check the first two jobs together. Then finish the rest.
Pick the Skip: PE Gear Jobs
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