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Counting on from any number

Starting in the middle of the count instead of going back to one.

Paper packet. Every task here also exists on screen, where it is checked automatically; answers written on paper are not assessed by Nydus. When you are back at a device, enter your answers there.

1. What you will learn

In this lesson you count on from a number that is not one. Start at seven and keep going.

2. Get ready

Count to ten with a partner. Take turns saying one number each. Stop, then let your partner continue.

3. Counting words

TermWhat it means
count onKeep counting from a number you know.
nextThe number said just after this one.

4. Keep your place

Say six. Now say seven, eight, nine. You kept counting without going back to one. The order stays the same wherever you begin. Six is the starting place, not the first new step. Touch a finger for each new number you say.

Another way: steps

Start: 6. One step: 7. Two steps: 8. Three steps: 9.

5. Try it with counters

Put eight counters in a cup. Add one: say nine. Add another: say ten. Check by tipping out the counters and touching each once. Both ways give ten. Did you count eight as a new counter? Keep the starting count separate from the new steps.

6. I counted the start as a step.

Say the start with your hand closed. Raise a finger only when you say a new number.

7. Start at seven. Count on three.

  1. Say the starting number.

    7

    Seven is already known.

  2. Touch three fingers in turn.

    8, 9, 10

    Each finger tracks one new number.

  3. Name where you stopped.

    10

    The third new number is the ending number.

8. Start at twelve. Count on two.

  1. Keep twelve as the start.

    12

    Do not count the starting place as a new step.

  2. Your turn: work this step out. Its working is at the end of the packet.

    Say the next two numbers.

9. Guided practice

Start here. Write the next two numbers.

5, a, b

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10. Guided practice

Start here. Write the next two numbers.

18, a, b

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11. Practice

Start here. Write the next two numbers.

8, a, b

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12. Somewhere new

A box holds 7 counters. Put in 2 more. How many now?

Answer:

13. Lesson test

Lesson test: one question per skill, one attempt each, no hints. Your answers are checked when you submit.

14. Test question

Start here. Write the next two numbers.

4, a, b

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15. What you can do now

You can count on from any number. Start at 13 and count on five more.

Working for the steps left to you

8. Start at twelve. Count on two., step 2

13, 14

Two new steps finish at fourteen.