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Make your whiteboard
come alive with Ten-Frames!
5+
Ages
K+
Grades
LER 6644
Includes:
4 Giant Magnetic Ten-Frames
20 Blue Magnetic Discs
20 Green Magnetic Discs
Need a math resource that really sticks? Look
no further! Giant magnetic ten-frames and
discs adhere securely to your whiteboard
to command the attention of your entire
classroom.
Giant Number Construction
Let students build freely at the whiteboard,
placing two and three discs in the ten-frames
in any order they want. Then, establish a rule
for building numbers: students should always
start by placing discs in the top left square of
the frame, fill the row across, and then fill the
next row, moving from left to right. Horizontal
is a more popular orientation because children
find it easier to see that 10 is two 5s, and to
count up from 5 while building the numbers
6–10.
When students build numbers, have them use
all of one color, blue or green. Later, when
they add numbers, they can use two colors to
represent the addends. Have children practice
building different numbers from 1–10, and
then compare and share their solutions with
other students.
Amazing, Versatile Numbers
Display a ten-frame on the whiteboard
showing the number 7. Ask students how many
discs they see and how they determined the
number. You will soon discover that students
see this number in many ways. Some popular
answers: “It’s 5 and 2 more. It’s 4 and 3. It’s 3
less than 10.”
All of these answers are correct and essential
to explore for a true understanding of the
quantity 7, and what the symbol 7 actually
represents. Try this with other numbers
between 1–10.
My ten-frame has an even number of counters.
Give and Take—Relationships
Between Two Numbers
Answer? 8!
Divide students into small groups. Place all four
ten-frames, with some separation between
each, on the whiteboard. Have students
in each group build the same number; for
example, 4. Then, ask them to make their
ten-frames show 6. Call out other numbers,
instructing students to build more or less than
what’s already there. Observe the strategies
students use, and discuss the similarities and
differences in how the groups created the
number in their respective ten-frames. Watch
as children progress from clearing their frames
and starting over, to adding to or taking away
from existing quantities.
Flash Frame
Students at this age should begin to subitize—
to identify an amount represented without
counting. We do this with dice and dominoes.
Place a ten-frame on the whiteboard; build
a number on it and cover it with a piece of
paper. Uncover it for about three seconds and
cover it up again. Ask students to tell you what
they saw. As students build skills in subitizing,
they will be able to name the number almost
immediately.
Riddles of Problem Solving
Place all four ten-frames on the whiteboard.
Call on four volunteers to help solve a number
riddle. Have each student stand before a
different ten-frame on the whiteboard.
Encourage them to use their frames for
reference as you give them several clues to a
number’s identity.
For example:
My ten-frame has less than 10 counters.
My ten-frame has more than 6 counters.
My ten-frame has one less than 9 counters.
Students should make predictions at the
beginning and reevaluate after each clue
is given. Discuss with students why their
estimates might or might not work based
on the clues. Students learn that it is okay to
change their predictions once they have more
information—a great life skill and problemsolving strategy.
Big Combos
Showing a number with two colors at a time
is a good way to demonstrate part-whole
relationships for students. Place a ten-frame
on the whiteboard. Work with individual
students to put 6 blue discs and 4 green discs
on the ten-frame. Discuss relationships such as
6 + 4 = 10, 4 + 6 = 10, and 6 and 4 together is
10. Alternate discs and amounts to see other
relationships within the number 10.
This also works well with smaller numbers. For
example, 2 green discs and 4 blue discs is 6.
You can also discuss that there are four empty
spaces on the ten-frame, which shows that 6 is
4 less than 10.
Double Trouble
Align two ten-frames on the whiteboard, one
above the other. Make the top frame show 7
(green discs) and the bottom 6 (blue discs).
Show students how to add the two numbers
together. Explain that they can take 3 of the
blue discs and move them up into the frame
showing 7, thereby filling it to 10. There will
be 3 blue discs left in the lower ten-frame.
Students will now see that 6 + 7 is the same as
10 and 3 more, creating 13. Try this with small
groups of students using the additional tenframes and other combinations with sums up
to 20.