Skip Counting by 5 Task Box

About this resource

EVERYTHING INSIDE — 22 pages, 150 type-in fields

• 18 count-by-5 cards in 3 levels (6 cards each), every card plain printed numbers, no pictures: Count Up, Count Back and Fill the Gap
• A count-by-5 chart, up and back, 5 to 100 (20 numbers each way) plus the four landmark numbers 25, 50, 75 and 100
• Every card twice: accent-colored tiles for a laminated box and black-on-white ink-saver tiles for the copier
• An answer key listing every run, its answer and the tiles on each card
• A task box data sheet (16 rows: date, level, cards used, cards correct, cards given, percent, help given, initials)
• A percent graph with a level box under each session
• A filled example with an invented student, 8 sessions, every percent re-counted from its own row
• A family practice page with six of the same cards
• A phrase bank: 25 lines in 6 groups (spoken lines for working the cards, written starters for the note afterward)
• Start Here, a contents page with page thumbnails, and a "what's next" back page

Skip counting by 5, built for the student who works best with a card in hand: read the numbers, count by fives, mark one tile. Nothing but the numbers is printed on a tile, so the only thing a child reads is the count. The data sheet and graph turn the practice into a line on a page a case manager can bring to a meeting.

Three Levels, One Skill

• Level 1, Count Up — 6 cards, two tiles to choose from. Four numbers going up, the last one is the blank ("5, 10, 15, __"). The wrong tile is always at least three fives away from the answer.
• Level 2, Count Back — 6 cards, three tiles to choose from. Four numbers going down, the last one is the blank ("50, 45, 40, __"). On 5 of the 6 cards, one tile is the number you reach by counting UP instead of back, so you can see which way the child went.
• Level 3, Fill the Gap — 6 cards, four tiles to choose from. Five numbers, up on three cards and back on three, with the gap in the middle ("10, 15, __, 25, 30"). One tile is always a number already printed on the card, the one just after the gap.

Each card has a small chip that says "Count up" or "Count back", so the direction is told, not guessed. Nothing else on a card names its level except a dot code in the corner (one, two or three dots), so a mixed-up pile sorts itself back.

What This Is, And What It Is Not

It is a fillable PDF: type into the data sheet, the graph header, the family page and the example-style notes, or print and use a pen. The card pages and chart print on cardstock or plain paper; cut along the dashed lines. It works offline with no account or subscription. It is NOT an editable online slideshow or word-processor document, and it is not a test of anything.

It carries no prompt hierarchy, fading schedule or mastery rule, and it does not decide what a percent means for a student or when to move to the next level. The goal line and the criterion field are blanks for your district's own wording and your team's own number. It measures one thing: cards with the right tile marked.

Who This Is For

Special education teachers and paraprofessionals running independent work stations or task box rotations for students working on skip counting by 5 (K-3), case managers who need that practice to show up as data, and the families who get the practice page sent home.

More In The Collection

This is one set in the Task Box Collection. A box that counts by 2s, 5s and 10s together is also in the store.