Easy-to-follow teaching directions for compelling, engaging lessons!
From “Look, Quick!” to “Mystery Sums,” the twenty classroom-tested lessons in It Make Sense: Using Ten-Frames to Build Number Sense provide friendly, meaningful support for using ten-frames.
Ten-frames are one of the most important models that teachers can use to help students anchor to the landmark number ten and develop all aspects of number sense. Ten-frames help students develop the skills they need to become flexible and fluent problem solvers.
A wealth of teacher supports
The step-by-step lessons are presented in three categories:
- Routines
- Games
- Problem-solving activities
The lessons are intentionally designed to provide students with opportunities to think, reason, and communicate about numbers. The lessons offer a wealth of teacher support, including:
- strategies for differentiating instruction
- assessment rubrics
- examples of student thinking
- technology tips
- teacher reflections
- reproducible ten-frames, ten-frame cards, and computation cards that are also available in a downloadable, printable format
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