Make Ten in Different Ways: Check Your Understanding Worksheet — Kindergarten
Make Ten in Different Ways: Check Your Understanding: Check complements in both blank positions and with zero. Ask the learner to link the empty spaces with the missing part. If the model is incorrect, revisit Explore. If the model is sound but calculation is uncertain, use Practice. If both are secure, use Apply or Review. A short check alone does not establish mastery. Starts with 4 practice tasks. Answer guidance included. Print on Letter/A4 or save as PDF from the print window.
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Ready to teach
Ages 5-6 · About 8 minutes · Adult-supported
- What students will do
- Check complements in both blank positions and with zero. Ask the learner to link the empty spaces with the missing part. If the model is incorrect, revisit Explore. If the model is sound but calculation is uncertain, use Practice. If both are secure, use Apply or Review. A short check alone does not establish mastery.
- Age and response support
- Accept a spoken explanation or labeled drawing when writing would hide the mathematical reasoning.
- Before assigning
- Read the worked model first. Use counters or a paper sketch if helpful. Keep the answer page for discussion after the task.
- Materials
- Pencil
Continue this learning sequence
Unit goals and teaching guide →Adult guidance · About 8 minutes · Pencil
About this practice
Kindergarten · Mathematics · Matching answer key included · US Letter and A4
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Teaching guide, sample answers and curriculum references
Before you begin
Count ten objects once each and distinguish the whole from its two parts.
How to use this worksheet
- Begin with: The frame has 7 counters. How many empty spaces remain?
- Connect the response to: Fill in: 4 + ___ = 10.
- Ask students to apply the idea: Sam says 7 + 4 = 10. Explain and correct the equation.
A common mistake to discuss
Counting only the filled spaces does not find the missing part. Count the empty spaces and check that both parts total ten.
What to practice next
Revisit the unit goals. Use the criteria to identify a specific response to improve; this activity alone does not establish mastery.
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Make Ten in Different Ways
Practice · Adult guidance · 25 min
Find a missing part of ten using a ten frame. Connect parts of ten with addition equations. Explain and check a total-of-ten model. A complete set with exploration, practice and application. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.
Make Ten in Different Ways: Review Connections
Review · Adult guidance · 10 min
Find a missing part of ten using a ten frame. Connect parts of ten with addition equations. Explain and check a total-of-ten model. A focused review activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.
Make Ten in Different Ways: Apply and Create
Apply · Adult guidance · 12 min
Find a missing part of ten using a ten frame. Connect parts of ten with addition equations. Explain and check a total-of-ten model. A focused apply activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.
Make Ten in Different Ways: Explore and Explain
Explore · Adult guidance · 8 min
Find a missing part of ten using a ten frame. Connect parts of ten with addition equations. Explain and check a total-of-ten model. A focused learn activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.