Ten-Frame FUN

Helllooooo! Yes, I am still alive. Yes, I am BUSY, BUSY, BUSY. But yes, I am still here! I think about this little old blog often but lately it has had to fall to the bottom of my priority list. :( I'm not back to the same capacity as before when I regularly blogged, but I hope to at least have new resources to share and blog posts once or twice a month. :D

Let's talk ten-frames.

Do you know what a ten-frame is? Do you use ten-frames in your classroom? If you teach math in the primary grades, I hope your answer to both questions is YES, of course! :)

Using ten-frames helps students work specifically on subitizing, composing/decomposing numbers, making 10, relationships between numbers, etc. These simple, yet powerful tools can help lay those building blocks of number sense our students need. Below are some resources you can add to your ten-frame ideas bucket:

• You can purchase a set of ten-frame cards OR you can pick up a freebie here. Once you have the cards, you are ready to use them with your kids! Use them as flash cards to build their instant recognition of each number.

• If you are looking for some games to play with your ten-frame cards, I whipped a little math game pack up this week. These games are great for whole group, small group or work station activities! You can check it out by clicking on the picture!

• Also, here are some great online ten-frame games:

 

• Finally, this is a fantastic book with lots of great ideas:

Have a GREAT weekend and see you soon! :)

GREAT Math Games Website

If you are looking for some really neat and meaningful math games for your students to play, then check out Oswego Games! There are some real gems on this site!!

Our current favorite is "Stop the Clock" (since we have been learning about time):

The students not only match the analog and digital clocks together, but they also try to beat the best time! One of my small groups got the time down to 17 seconds. You can see my personal best above. ;) There are several different levels of this game available, so you can go as high or low as you need to.

Diane and Kelly over at Made For 1st Grade even made a recording sheet for students to complete if they play the game independently. Love it--thanks, ladies!

I also plan on using this 100s chart mystery game very soon:

In this round, the mystery number was 43. (I clicked on 36 and 45 numbers to show what happens when you click on a space.) Students are forced to use their knowledge of number patterns and 100s chart patterns to find the mystery number--I love it!

We will be using it as soon as we finish building our 100s chart in calendar time:

Here is another game we will be playing soon:

There are actually 13 versions of this sequencing game--talk about differentiation!! It is available with numbers going forwards and backwards (as seen above). Love it.

Go on over to the Oswego Games list and see what they have!

Enjoy the games AND enjoy your Easter!! :)