Counting on from a given number requires students to keep a given number in their head and start their count from that number and pause when they reach the target number. This skill allows students to use certain numbers as benchmarks (5, 10, 50, 100) and find out how far away numbers are from those benchmark numbers they are. When looking at a simpler problem,
Maria has 3 cookies, how many more does she need to give a cookie to all 10 of her friends?
students should be able to start at the number 3 and count on in their head or on their fingers until they get to 10. As they count on, this would leave them with 7 fingers up.
Another student might use 5 as a benchmark number and know that 5 and 5 gets them to 10 and 3 is only 2 away from that number, thus leaving them with 7 (5+2).
Here are some games we have been playing to make sure these fats to 10 become automatic!
Maria has 3 cookies, how many more does she need to give a cookie to all 10 of her friends?
students should be able to start at the number 3 and count on in their head or on their fingers until they get to 10. As they count on, this would leave them with 7 fingers up.
Another student might use 5 as a benchmark number and know that 5 and 5 gets them to 10 and 3 is only 2 away from that number, thus leaving them with 7 (5+2).
Here are some games we have been playing to make sure these fats to 10 become automatic!