🕯️ Direction Card — How to Use These Cards

Materials needed: Candle quantity cards, number sequence strips, pencil

Step 1: Choose a skip counting set (2s, 5s, or 10s).

Step 2: Lay the candle cards in order from least to greatest.

Step 3: Count the candles on each card and write the number below.

Step 4: Say the skip counting sequence aloud as you place each card.

Step 5: Check your work using the Control of Error Card (found at the back of this set).

🕯️🕯️   2,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️   5,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____

🕯️×10   10,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____

✏️ Candle Card Sequences — Fill in the Blanks

Cards shown:   8   2   6   4   10

Correct order:   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____ ,   ____

5, 10, 15, ____ , 25, 30

Missing card:   ____

20, 40, ____ , 80, 100

Missing card:   ____

4, 8, 12, 16, 20

⭐ Extension & Differentiation

🌱 Support Strategies (for learners who need extra help)

• Use physical candle manipulatives or counters to build each card before writing.

• Start with skip counting by 10s only, then progress to 5s and 2s.

• Provide a number line (1–100) as a visual reference tool.

🚀 Extension Activity (for advanced learners)

____ , ____ , ____ , ____ , ____ , ____ , ____ , ____

Answer:   ____ candles

✅ Control of Error Card — Answer Key

(Cut out and store face-down. Students self-check after completing the activity.)

Q1 (by 2s): 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20

Q2 (by 5s): 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50

Q3 (by 10s): 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100

Q4: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10

Q5: 20  |  Q6: 60  |  Q7: Skip count by 4s

Q9 (by 3s): 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, 24

Q10: 7 × 5 = 35 candles