Monday, October 28, 2013

Sums of Five and Ten - Dollar Deal!

Hello, Teaching Friends!

EVERY young math learner can benefit from some extra practice with sums of ten. Whether you call them sums, combinations, or even friends of ten, your students need to know these pairs of numbers well as they move toward toward using ten as a benchmark number when adding within 20, and even beyond.

This is a foundational skill. Here's a fun way to build the strength and fluency, and in a fun way!





This composing and decomposing set has built-in variety! At each level (sums of five, sums of ten), you'll get two activities: a b/w printable for independent use and a colorful game board for two players. Laminate the game or insert into a plastic sleeve for long term use.


This is an easy prep and engaging math activity for you and your kiddos. It's great for math centers (with a handful of manipulatives to support your earliest learners), for independent work, or for early finishers.  

Number searches like this are very appealing to students and a great way to practice both basic facts and more complex combinations.  They are challenging and engaging enough that you can feel comfortable having these set up as an activity for your early finishers, or even sending the blackline version as a fun homework alternative.


Want to learn more about how this early exposure to composing and decomposing transfers to other math areas across the grades? Here's a great post by Donna at Math Coach's Corner.



If you'd like your students to have even more practice with composing and decomposing numbers, this set of number searches at my TpT store includes searches for the sums of 5 through 20. It has both blackline printables  and partner games like Thinking About Thirteen, pictured below.

How many more combinations for 13 can you find in the picture? I don't know about you, but a challenge like that tends to keep me compulsively searching. aka Sneaky Learning Disguised as Fun!





Here's the complete collection.




Click here or on the pictures to see it at my store.


Happy Teaching!









16 comments:

  1. Love the making 10 activity. Simple and effective idea for one of the most important early skills kids need!

    Tara
    The Math Maniac

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. It's so basic, Tara, but I like to throw in a bit of puzzle fun and challenge. Glad you like it - keep watching for a "making five" version! :)

      Delete
  2. This is awesome & so timely for my students, thanks!
    Jen

    ReplyDelete
  3. Love this! Thanks for sharing. I created a follow-up sheet based on your Ten Again board. I'll try to get it to you.

    ReplyDelete
  4. This will be a great low stress math activity to use the first week of school with my second graders. Thank you.
    The Traveling Teacher

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. You're welcome! Hope you'll also find some "low stress activities" for yourself this summer! :)
      Linda

      Delete
  5. Thank you so much! This is great to help my kinders learn how to decompose the number 10! I can totally see them using double-sided counters to help them find the number partners of 10!! This is a great freebie, so glad I found it through the Worksheet Wednesday linky!!
    www.kinderdragons.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I just came back to this page and discovered several comments I'd let slip by without a thank you ... so, THANKS for your kind note, Erin! So glad you found this page helpful!
      Linda

      Delete
  6. This worksheet gets a ten out of ten from me - it couldn't be more perfect as we are doing work on this maths topic next week! Thank you so much for sharing :-)
    Special Teaching at Pempi's Palace

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Another kind comment that I'd overlooked - sorry! I'm delighted to read this, and so glad that the timing worked well for you, too!
      Linda

      Delete
  7. Thank you for the 10 Again freebie!
    It's very much appreciated.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. You're welcome, Barbara. Thanks so much for taking time to comment!
      Linda

      Delete

Note: Only a member of this blog may post a comment.

Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...