Ten Frame Worksheets: Making 10 for Kindergarten
Use a ten-frame to show the missing part of ten.
Teaching notes for parents and teachers
How to teach it
Have the student place or draw one counter in each empty box. Count the new counters separately from those already shown.
Example to work through together
Use the model below as you explain the example. Have your student point to the quantities as you discuss them.
Point to the seven pictures first. They are already in the frame and do not need another dot. Touch each empty box once: one, two, three. Draw a dot in each of those three spaces.
Now every box is occupied. Seven pictures and three new dots make ten: 7 + 3 = 10. The number to write in the answer box is 3, not 10.
Ask your student
How many empty spaces did we fill?
If your student needs help
If the student answers ten, ask for the number added rather than the completed total.
Make a practice set
Select the worksheet, answer key, or both. When both are selected, the answer key prints after the questions. Keep it separate if you want your student to work independently.
After your student finishes
Count the dots you added, then check that all ten boxes are occupied. The blank records the added part, not the total of 10.
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