I love Wikki Stix for encouraging students to develop abstract, symbolic representations of concepts. At a recent workshop with 4th grade math teachers, I asked them to use Wikki Stix to represent the concept of skip counting. Here are a few photos of their products!
This photo shows three students playing double dutch, chanting "2, 4, 6, 8...." in their rhyme as they jump.
This photo shows three students playing double dutch, chanting "2, 4, 6, 8...." in their rhyme as they jump.
This photo shows skip counting by 3s to 6 at the top in yellow, then by 2s, then by 1.5s and finally counting by 1s at the bottom.
This representation shows skip counting in a number line fashion with a small person at the top, jumping, and colors that show odd and even numbers.
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