Why ten frames work
A ten frame shows a number as a picture children can read without counting one by one. Five fills a row, ten fills the frame, and the empty boxes show how many more make ten. That picture is the base of adding within 10 and understanding teen numbers.
Three ways to practice
- How many? Count the dots and write the number.
- Make 10. Count the empty boxes to find what makes ten.
- Teens. One full frame and some more: ten and some ones.
Common Core standards
- K.CC.B.5Count up to 20 objects to answer “how many?”
- K.OA.A.4Find the number that makes 10 with a given number from 1 to 9.
- K.NBT.A.1Understand 11 to 19 as ten ones and some more ones.
Summaries in our own words; see the Common Core State Standards for the full text.
