Combinations to Ten Game

We’ve been working hard this week on combinations to 10.

We spent one math lesson building the combos using unifix cubes in two different colours. The kids worked in groups of 3.

It’s so cute and funny how excited they get when the see the staircase pattern forming.

Today the kids did the same thing again, except this time they glued coloured paper squares. This took quite a while, even though I’d precut the paper.

After everyone was finished, we looked at our papers together and wrote the combinations to 10.

Tomorrow, we’re going to play a game to practice even more!

Our curriculum doesn’t require our Grade 1 students to memorize any facts. They just need to have a really strong working knowledge.

But I always hope they start to memorize some anyway. This game should give them some added practice.

Click the game image  for your free copy!

Have a great evening and thanks for stopping by.
 

15 Comments

  1. Love the unifix cube 10s. Some of my mathemagicians are ready for that. And I love your new background and the butterflys.sandi

  2. Yeah I bet they are! Love your phrase.Thanks….I'm loving it, too:)

  3. Thanks, Audrey! I really like the simplicity of white but was starting to think I needed to change it up a wee bit:)

  4. I've done some similar things with combinations to 10. It's still one of those things I don't think I teach as well as I'd like.❀ TammyForever in First

  5. LOVE LOVE LOVE the new background and the watercolor wonderfulness of everything! Your unifix activity is not only academic but very pretty, too! 😀 Thanks for the freebie.

  6. I know what you mean. But I've checked out the math on your blog. You know what you're doing!!

  7. Could we please trade for math…I would so much rather teach combinations of 10, than fractions. Fractions just make me want to bang my head on the wall. 3rd grade could kill me:-)LaurieChickadee Jubilee

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