This is a set of activities where students take numerical skip counting patterns and translate them into visual patterns on the hundreds chart. It is based on this article I wrote for my blog: http://bltm.com/blog/2012/09/19/an-old-dog-learns-a-new-trick/

BUT! This activity, which is 30 pages long, takes the basic idea of "visualizing" skip counting patterns and LIGHTS IT UP! Instead of just coloring in the multiples of 2s, 3s, 4s, etc, you can also have your students try some "experiments."

For example, spozen (my word for "supposing") you started at 3 and skip counted by 5s? What would the pattern look like now? What if you started at 5, and skip counted by 3s (e.g. 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, etc.)? What would that look like?

But the fun doesn't end there: spozen (there I go again!) I rearranged the hundreds chart so that it went in a spiral? Or maybe it doubled back, or went diagonally? What would the skip counting patterns look like then? What if you made your own hundreds chart, arranging the numbers from 1 to 100 in a way that nobody thought of before? What would the skip counting patterns look like?

This is an excellent way to incorporate spatial visualization, patterns and visual patterning into your work, as well as turn your students' minds into a bonfire!