Ten Frames for Winter - Giveaway!

Hi, Teaching Friends!


Because I know how busy you are, I'll keep it short and sweet:

I'm giving away three copies of this set at my Teacher's Notebook Shop!

 

 

 

Eight sets of winter ten frames, four games to play with them. Giveaway ends on Monday night!

Click here or on the cover to enter!

To my friends who still have a day and a half to go ... thinking of you! You can do this! ;)



Happy Teaching!

Snowman Ten Frames Freebie!

Hi, Teaching Friends!

Not long ago, I wrote a post about the power of ten frames for young mathematicians. If you missed it, you can find it here. I also learned some new-to-me things about ten frames as well as ideas for using them Ten Frames Math System site, a great find for both teachers and parents.

Here's a free seasonal set of ten frames for you, featuring everybody's favorite - snowmen! 

How will you use these snowman ten frames with your students?

⭐  Read Around the Room is a fun and effective activity that will keep even the wiggliest student engaged in learning! Print, cut, and laminate the cards and post them around your classroom. Then print a copy of the recording page for each of your students, give each child a clipboard and a pencil, and send them off to "show what they know" about ten frames!

⭐  Use the cards for sequencing values 1-10.

⭐  Print two sets of the cards.  Mix them up for a matching activity.

Click here or on the picture to download your snowman ten frames from Google Drive.

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If you're searching for more hands-on winter math for your little learners, here's a set you'll like!  This collection of nine winter math activities with a snowman theme addresses these math topics: 

✅  One-to-one correspondence

✅  Counting up and back on a number line

✅  Subitizing 

✅  Describing, sorting, and classifying by attributes

✅  Comparing numbers 1-12 ( greater than, less than)

✅  Ten frames activities:  matching frame to numeral for numbers through 20

✅  Graphing and data analysis

Click here to see this resource!

Have a great winter day, and Happy Teaching!

Using Ten Frames... plus Free Football Ten Frames!

Do you use ten frames in your math lessons and centers? What an amazing math tool they are!

For counting and cardinality, a blank frame is a perfect organizational tool for counting small manipulatives. Have you tried a "Shake and Spill" activity? Students put ten counters in a small container, give it a shake, spill out a few, and then arrange them on the ten frame to count them.

This activity also lays the groundwork for subitizing, since it will help children develop an instantaneous memory of how a quantity looks - so useful for mental math!


Early on, it's good to model traditional placement of counters... horizontal, top row first, left to right, then bottom row left to right.


* Do you know that "traditional horizontal placement" is not the only correct way to fill a ten frame? Keep reading for more info on that!


Ten frames are a great "pictorial bridge" as you guide your students from the concrete to the abstract stage. They can be used like flashcards, as an easy addition to your calendar time or as a math lesson warm-up. With practice, your students will identify the number a ten frame represents every bit as quickly and automatically as they read sight words!


I could go on and on about uses for ten frames... complements of ten, addition as counting on,  missing addends, adding doubles, ... but one use that I think is easy to overlook is using ten frames to make the concepts of odd and even clear. 

To do this, have your students turn their blank ten frames into a vertical orientation. Show them how to begin at the top and work down as they cover spaces, left to right and then next row. Odd vs. even becomes a very visual concept!

Here's a free set of seasonal ten frame cards so you can try out some of the ideas. Footballs! Click here or on the image to download from Google Drive.

The football cards are part of this autumn math set: 8 fall themes, 3 games, and 2 sets of number cards for matching. Click here or on the picture to see it at my Teachers Pay Teachers store.

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Do you have a unique way of using ten frames in your classroom?

Happy Teaching!