Practice: Adding Tens

This video shows a fun way to practice adding tens using playing cards. I use this game as a math center, or also as a task students can do when they finish early.

The video highlights three strategies to solve to find the sum:
1) Skip Counting by 10's 
2) Adding On with 10's 
3) Using Ones to add 10's

This game is closely related to Tens War. To play Tens War, each partner needs a stack of cards. Simultaneously, the two partners draw 2 cards. Each student determines the sum of her cards. Whoever has the higher sum gets to keep all 4 cards. 

Rolling for Tens and Ones

We play this game during math centers or when children finish their work early. It reviews place value of tens and ones. Students roll the dice, draw or model the sum of the tens and ones, and write out two number sentences to show the process.

Number Pieces is available as an app or click here to go to the website.

Have Fun!

Math Game- Greater Than Less Than Grab

This week we learned how to use 'Greater Than,' 'Less Than,' and 'Equal To' symbols. This is a great beginner game to practice the concept.

All you need is something to write on and about 30 counters (pennies, paper clips, etc work too!)

Enjoy!