Ice Cream Tens - Making 10 in Math

Learning different ways to make ten can contribute enormous power and strength to your learners confidence and fluency in math. These combinations are an essential foundation for many areas in math moving forward. Play loads of games so your students understand the combinations, they do not just rote memorize them too early!

The combinations are:

• 0 and 10
• 1 and 9
• 2 and 8
• 3 and 7
• 4 and 6 
• 5 and 5

Play our math activity - Ice Cream Tens in your groups, rotation, math workshop or free exploration time. Your students will love discovering ways to make 10 by adding the dots on their ice cream scoop to the cone cards to add to 10.

• fast prep - just print, laminate and cut the clear bold shapes
• bright and engaging for students
• easy to differentiate 

Students take two cards and see if the numbers add to 10. This can be done independently or in a small group format.

Our printable packet includes:

• game cards (cones and scoops)
• 2 blank cones (use to make variations of game)
• game play instructions,
• cover page
• optional worksheet for students to complete after the game

Here are some easy ways to differentiate the activity and cater for more learners in your class:

Number Match

• match numerals with dots for early counting and number sense

Use math manipulatives

• count and cover with counters, buttons or poms to develop 1:1 correspondence

Addition

• use the blank cone cards to create an addition game
• students place multiple scoops on the cone, find the total and write the answer!

Find this versatile, engaging and skills-focused activity for kindergarten math, over in our TpT store today!