Free Printable Math Ten Frame Cards and Mats Kit
Ten frames are such a great way for our learners to learn to visualize numbers, amounts, equations, and more! A large part of most subitizing programs, ten frames have been used in classrooms for a LONG time - but it has not been until very recently that most curriculums have used them as a starting point in math fluency.
Ten Frames and Visualizing
When someone asks you what 10 minus 7 is, can you visualize the answer in your mind?
This can be a really difficult skill for kids under 10 to master. Not only are we asking them to visualize the SYMBOLS (10 and 7) that are used to represent an amount, we are asking them to visualize the amount at the same time. On top of that, much of the time we are asking them to write it down - that's a lot of steps!
This is just one of the reasons why using visuals like ten frames can really help learners gain fluency quicker and have an easier time doing it. Making those connections in their brains melds together all of those skills into them being able to recognize, calculate, and validate their answers.
Using Flash Cards
Flashcards seem like such an ancient technology, don't they? But when it comes to adding visuals to our math lessons, they can be a huge help! Not only can you show them to students but you can use them creatively.
You can set them up like a hopscotch game and let your learners play.
You can hang them on the wall and have students 'write the room'
You can give each student a card and call out a number, then have them run up to you when theirs is called
You could do a morning warmup counting with ten frames instead of numeral cards
Moving to Calculations
After your learners have down the basic 1-10 ten frames you can start to introduce addition and subtraction using them.
Showing a blank ten frame, you can draw three dots in it and ask them what 3 plus 5 more would be. You would them draw 5 more dots in a different color and come to the answer of 8. This will help students learn to make 'sets' in their minds of different amounts being added together.
You could also make sets that add up to a certain number, like 10. Try to think together of all the ways you could make ten in the ten frames, and use two different colors to show both addends in the equation.
TO begin subtraction, you could start with a full ten frame and cross dots out to find the difference between two numbers. You could then work on different subtraction facts of 9, 8, 7, and so on.
After your learners master their addition and subtraction facts within 10 using this and other methods of practice, you can move on to facts within 20 in the same way.
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