1. Counting Backwards On Number Lines and Grids Art licensed through: www.graphicsfactory.com and www.digiwebstudio.com Game Click on paper to open printable when in normal mode, not slide show mode. Animation clip art on some slides is only seen in the slide show mode, not the normal view mode.

2. Skip Counting Backwards by 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, 5’s, and 10’s Valentine’s Math Game 6-sided die or spinner to 6 needed per math partnership Included: set of game cards with answers if needed for differentiation.

3. 10234567 89 10 -2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10 Count back from 8 by 3's First, try counting silently in your head. Then move the heart on the number line and show your thinking. The circles will show the answers by pressing the spacebar in slide show mode.

4. Good Work!

5. 0 -2-3-4 -5 12 34 5 Count backwards from 4 by 2's First, move the bee to show counts. Press the spacebar to move the circles over the answers.

6. Very good!

7. 1 0234567 89 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Now, let's try counting back by 2's from 17. Move the heart, and then press the spacebar to move the hexagons around the answers.

8. Good work!

9. 10 234567 89 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Now, try counting back by 5's, starting at 20. Point the heart at the numbers, then press the spacebar to put the rhombus shapes around the answers.

10. Very good answers!

11. Count back by 10's from 110 to 40 Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers, and arrange the numbers below. 110, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____ 706080 90 100 50 40

12. So good!

13. Count back by 10's from 63 Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers, and arrange the numbers below. 63, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____ 4313 33323 53

14. Very good!

15. Count back by 5's from 57 Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers, and arrange the numbers below. 57, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____ 27 324752372242

16. YES!

17. Count back by 3's from 88 Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers, and arrange the numbers below. 88, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____ 82 73 7067 7976 85

18. Way to go!

19. Count back by 4's from 110 Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers, and arrange the numbers below. 110, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____ 106 90 86 82102 94 98

20. Sweet!

21. Count back by 3's from 99 Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers, and arrange the numbers below. 99, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____ 788487 9081 9396

22. Super!

23. Count back by 2's from 119 Press the space bar to move the hearts to cover the numbers, and arrange the numbers below. 119, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____, ____ 109 115 117 105 111 113107

25. Team Hearts Team Valentines Directions: Cut apart game cards and hearts points. Divide the class or group into two teams. Pick from icons below for team moving pieces. Teams or players take turns rolling a number, moving ahead that many, and following the directions or solving the counting back math problem. First game, the most hearts points wins. Second game, the least hearts points wins.