Do your students need a lot more practice mastering the Friends of Ten?
Recently I added a new math game to the Making 10 Bundle for you to give you another option for essential practice with your small groups of learners.
With dots to count if needed, students will become familiar with the 2-number combinations that total 10 - 1 + 9, 2 + 8, 3 + 7, 4 + 6 and 5 +5.
You can have your children use the cards freely, matching carriage cards to engine cards as puzzles, or play to some structured rules (provided) for a guided small group learning experience.
After matching some cards, have students also build some tracks with blocks to represent the combinations. Have students flip them over to begin an understanding of the cumulative property -e.g. that 8+2 is the same as 2+8.
Idea:
- have a number block track for each student in your math shelf or resource collection
- number the blocks
- use as a number track (like a number line) for a deeper understanding of numbers in your math lessons and games
Addition to 10 Math Craft
A math craft is included along with the train activity cards and instructions for students to make after they have worked with numbers.
They can draw dots, write numbers, color and cut to create a train to display in the classroom. Talk about the different combinations children in the class have made. Provide time for them to describe their train to their peers.
Play: The Train is Coming
- once your crafts are displayed, use them for a math warm up
- tell students one of the trains is coming along the track and to listen to find which one it is
- you will make 10 sounds to describe one of the trains on your classroom display (or several if students have created matching trains)
- make a sound combination for the students to listen to - e.g. for the 8+2 train you can clap 8 times and click yoru fingers twice
- have students identify the numbers and a train to match
