New Activity revised

I made this activity to work on number sense with my students. I noticed that no matter what I did they still had to count all the counters in the tens frames regardless of whether they were full or not. They just weren't comprehending that a full frame was 10. I will try to post pictures later of some of the uses for these pieces. I blogged earlier with a plain frame but have jazzed it up a bit since and added the number cards and the blank frame. Hopefully this will work. I had used Scribd because Google Docs kept changing my entire activity. Let me know if you encounter any problems and I will attempt to fix them.

TENS FRAMES ACTIVITIES

New ideas

So as I was traveling across the country, I was coming up with new ideas for my kids. One thing I realized this past year is that they had trouble with tens frames. I noticed that many of them would still count even if the frame was full. I was trying to come up with a way for them to get some automatic recognition for numbers and tens frames so I came up with a couple ideas. Tens frames

My first thought is to use the mats for number identification using counters and then a small ring for the final counter to circle the number. I'm also thinking this will work with addition and subtraction. Using objects instead of counters as well as laminating them and using dry erase markers or putting them on a cookie sheet and using magnets, the possibilities are endless!