Add Across Ten with a Ten Frame: Check Your Understanding Worksheet — Grade 1
Add Across Ten with a Ten Frame: Check Your Understanding: Ask which counters moved into ten and which remain. If the leftover still equals the original addend, return to the model before another calculation. 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 6-7 · About 8 minutes · Adult-supported
- What students will do
- Ask which counters moved into ten and which remain. If the leftover still equals the original addend, return to the model before another calculation. 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
Choose the stage for this learning goal
Compare the first published task at each stage. Teaching material may be shared. Choose by readiness and retain the adult support noted on each activity.
- Explore
There are 8 counters in the frame. How many more fill ten?
- Practice
Solve 8 + 6. Show a make-ten equation.
- Apply
A learner writes 8 + 6 = 10 + 6. Explain what was counted twice and fix it.
- Review
Fill in: 6 + ___ = 10.
- Check understanding
How many more make ten from seven?
About this practice
Grade 1 · Mathematics · Matching answer key included · US Letter and A4
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Teaching guide, sample answers and curriculum references
Before you begin
Find complements to ten and count a set of up to twenty without counting an object twice.
How to use this worksheet
- Begin with: There are 8 counters in the frame. How many more fill ten?
- Connect the response to: Solve 8 + 6. Show a make-ten equation.
- Ask students to apply the idea: A learner writes 8 + 6 = 10 + 6. Explain what was counted twice and fix it.
A common mistake to discuss
Counters moved into ten cannot also stay in the leftover group. The two split parts must still equal the original addend.
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.
Original instructional material written for this practice.
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Add Across Ten with a Ten Frame
Practice · Adult guidance · 25 min
Find the amount needed to reach ten. Split an addend without changing its value and add across ten. Explain the strategy in a story or a corrected example. A complete set with exploration, practice and application. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.
Add Across Ten with a Ten Frame: Review Connections
Review · Adult guidance · 10 min
Find the amount needed to reach ten. Split an addend without changing its value and add across ten. Explain the strategy in a story or a corrected example. A focused review activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.
Add Across Ten with a Ten Frame: Apply and Create
Apply · Adult guidance · 12 min
Find the amount needed to reach ten. Split an addend without changing its value and add across ten. Explain the strategy in a story or a corrected example. A focused apply activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.
Add Across Ten with a Ten Frame: Explore and Explain
Explore · Adult guidance · 8 min
Find the amount needed to reach ten. Split an addend without changing its value and add across ten. Explain the strategy in a story or a corrected example. A focused learn activity. Use the linked unit for the learning sequence and teaching guide.