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Rationale: In this exercise, we reverse the previous exercises to teach rote counting from 100 to 1. We will practice counting until the fluency level of 150 counts/minute with 2 or fewer errors is reached. First we will teach the students with the model available (See/Say Counting Backwards from 100-0). In the next task weContinue reading “Rote Counting Skills From 100 to 1”

Rationale: Until a student has well-developed counting skills, all other aspects of arithmetic will be difficult or impossible for them to do. Fluent counting skills are the basis for most other activities in arithmetic. There are a number of different components which make up the realm of counting skills that every student needs to beContinue reading “Rote Counting Skills From a Number to a Number (Forward) : Part 1”

Rationale: In this exercise we will combine the previous exercises to teach rote counting from 1 to 100. We will practice counting until the fluency level of 150 counts/minute with 2 or fewer errors is reached. Now that the student has met the fluency standard for counting from 1 to 20, we can add theContinue reading “Rote Counting Skills From 1 to 100”

There does not appear to be any particular standard to determine when counting skills are fluent or even adequate. Primary school teachers teach students to count until they ( the teachers) are content with the results, whatever those results may be. This lack of a consistent standard allows for a high degree of variation amongContinue reading “Fluency and Counting Skills”