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Week 08 · Make a ten

Monday

Pairs that make 10
// Bennie fills the ten-frame
⏱ about 15 min

Monday: Pairs that make 10

Bennie the Bear has a basket for 10 apples.

"I have 7 apples," he says.

"How many more fill my basket?"

Learn it: fill the ten-frame

A ten-frame holds 10.

Bennie puts in 7 red counters.

He counts the empty boxes. There are 3.

So 7 + 3 = 10.

7 and 3 are a pair that makes 10.

A ten-frame with seven red counters and three gold counters

7 red and 3 gold fill the ten-frame.

FILL THE TEN-FRAME
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
A ten-frame with seven counters7 + ? = 10
A ten-frame with four counters4 + ? = 10
A ten-frame with nine counters9 + ? = 10
A ten-frame with five counters5 + ? = 10

All the pairs that make 10

Here are the pairs that make 10.

1 and 9. 2 and 8. 3 and 7.

4 and 6. 5 and 5.

Turn them around for more pairs!

COUNT THE PAIRS IN ORDER
  • Start with 1 + 9.
  • Tap the pairs in order.
11st
22nd
33rd
44th
55th
FIND THE PARTNER
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
2 + ? = 10
? + 6 = 10
10 = 8 + ?
1 + ? = 10
Number sentenceTrue or false?
6 + 4 = 10?
3 + 6 = 10?
8 + 2 = 10?
5 + 4 = 10?
WHY THIS EXERCISE3 + 7 and 5 + 5 make 10.
BASKET STORIES
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
appleBennie has 6 apples. His basket holds 10. How many more fit?
Rosie has 8 carrots. She needs 10. How many more does she need?
eggThere are 3 eggs in a box for 10. How many spots are empty?
Try it
Use an egg box or 10 cups.
Put a toy in some of the spots.
Count the empty spots.
Say the pair that makes 10.

Word Spot: once

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Once: O-N-C-E.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
___ upon a time, a seed fell.
Clap ___ for me.

Great work! Tomorrow we use 10 to add 9.