Support your visual learners on their journey to mathematical understanding with this collection of ten frame cards. Representing numbers from 1 to 42, these pictures can be used in any number of ways to introduce children to the concept of place value as they being learning about two-digit numbers.

Concepts

ten frame, number sense, place value, tens, ones, numbers 2 digit, whole numbers

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Additional Tags

math

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Instructional Ideas

• Write the number represented by each picture on the back of the cards, using them as flash cards during a lesson series on place value
• Create a set of number cards corresponding to the value on the ten frame cards, using them to play a matching game
• Have children use these cards to visually model addition and subtraction problems

Classroom Considerations

• Create sets of these cards that can be used with class after class by printing them on cardstock and/or laminating them

Pros

• Ten frame illustrations clearly demonstrate the place value of two-digit numbers
• Six cards are formatted to fit on a single page, helping to save paper when printing them out

Cons

• None

Common Core

K.CC.A.3 K.CC.B.4.a K.CC.B.4.b K.CC.B.4.c K.OA.A.1 K.OA.A.2 K.NBT.A.1 1.NBT.B.2.a 1.NBT.B.2.b 1.NBT.B.2.c MP7 MP8