Three-minute lesson breakers

• Oral counting using the hundred chart or number line, starting and ending at different places Think of a “secret number” and provide the students with clues for guessing the “secret number”.Include simple and complex clues. For example:
  “ The secret number is two more than three”
  “ The secret number is more than twelve but less than nineteen”
  “ The secret number is an odd number between 10 and 20”
• Provide opportunities for the class to practise oral counting from a number other than one. For example, instruct the students to count from 36 to 50
• Using one week on a calendar as a visual aid, pose such problems as:
  “Count the number of breakfasts or total meals a person would eat in one week”
  “Count the number of days already spent at school this week and the number of days left until the weekend”