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Counting and Making Ten - Kindergarten Teaching Pack

Count objects once, connect a quantity to a numeral, and find how many make ten.

5 student sheets · 3 guide & answer pages · Letter / A4

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No account needed. Give students the student edition; the complete file includes answers after the practice pages. English reading texts stay in English in the Chinese support edition.

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Choose your starting point

Try counting five objects with one touch per object. An adult can read every prompt.

  1. Begin with the start check. Model or read aloud when support is needed, then retry.
  2. Use the supported page to connect a model and method, then try independent practice.
  3. Use application for explanation and checking. Discuss the exit page to choose a next step; one score does not establish mastery.

Try three short sessions of 15-20 minutes. Allow drawing, oral response or adult scribing when appropriate; listen to English sounds for phonics tasks.

Watch for: A numeral names the whole set; recounting the same dot changes the count.

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Full activities and answer criteria

1. Start with a small set

Touch each dot once. Say or write your answers.

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  1. How many dots are shown?
  2. Draw a set with 4 dots.
  3. Which set is larger: 4 dots or 6 dots?
Show answers and response criteria
  1. 6
  2. Exactly 4 separate dots.
  3. 6 dots.

2. Fill a ten frame

A full frame holds 10 dots. Count filled and empty spaces.

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  1. How many dots are in the frame?
  2. How many empty spaces remain?
  3. Finish: 7 and ___ make 10.
Show answers and response criteria
  1. 7
  2. 3
  3. 3

3. Make ten your way

Draw a frame or use your fingers to check.

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  1. 5 and ___ make 10.
  2. 8 and ___ make 10.
  3. 3 and ___ make 10.
Show answers and response criteria
  1. 5
  2. 2
  3. 7

4. Help the snack helper

Explain with a drawing or words.

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  1. There are 10 seats. Six children sit down. How many seats are empty?
  2. A helper says 6 and 3 make 10. Is that right? Show why.
  3. Draw a different pair that makes 10.
Show answers and response criteria
  1. 4 seats.
  2. No. 6 + 3 = 9; one more is needed.
  3. Any pair of nonnegative whole numbers totaling 10.

5. Show what you know

Try without the filled frame.

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  1. Draw 9 dots. How many more make 10?
  2. Tell how you avoid counting a dot twice.
  3. 2 and ___ make 10.
Show answers and response criteria
  1. 1
  2. Touch or move each dot once; accept a demonstrated method.
  3. 8