skip

Everyday

1. To skip is to move along with little hops and jumps. tree →
2. To skip rope (UK: skipping) is to jump over a turning rope. tree →
3. To skip something is to leave it out or not do it: skip breakfast. tree →
4. To skip count is to count by 2s, 5s or 10s. tree →
5. A skip (UK) is a big metal container for rubbish. tree →
6. To skip a place can mean to leave it quickly and run away from it. tree →

In the lessons

Maths: skip counting (2, 4, 6 ...) is repeated addition, the start of times tables; days or pages skipped are left out (subtract). Playground: skipping rope, skipping games and rhymes. Health: do not skip breakfast. Phrases: skip a turn, skip a class.

Examples

• Skip count by 5s to 50. tree →
• She skipped rope 80 times. tree →
• He skipped 2 days of practice. tree →
• How many pages did she read if she skipped 10? tree →
• The children skipped happily down the lane. tree →
• You skip a turn if you land on this square. tree →
• Don't skip breakfast before a test. tree →
• The builders filled the skip with old bricks. tree →
• You better go long an' git yo' kyarpet-sack and skip de town. tree →

Note

Doubles the p: skipped, skipping. Skip counting is repeated addition (multiplication); things skipped are left out (subtract). Trap: «skip every other number» means count by 2s. Trap: skipping class is not allowed.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: The Psalm says the mountains skipped like rams when Israel left Egypt, as if all creation rejoiced. Tradition reads this as nature trembling before God at the Exodus. In the primary lessons: Maths: skip counting (2, 4, 6 ...) is repeated addition, the start of times tables; days or pages skipped are left out (subtract). Playground: skipping rope, skipping games and rhymes. Health: do not skip breakfast. Phrases: skip a turn, skip a class.

Examples

• The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like young sheep. (Writings PSA.114.4, JPS 1917) tree →
• Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; ye hills, like young sheep? (Writings PSA.114.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hark! my beloved! behold, he cometh, leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills. (Writings SNG.2.8, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Doubles the p: skipped, skipping. Skip counting is repeated addition (multiplication); things skipped are left out (subtract). Trap: «skip every other number» means count by 2s. Trap: skipping class is not allowed.