The purpose of this activity is for students to find all of the compositions and decompositions of 10 in the context of a Put Together/Take Apart, Both Addends Unknown story problem. Monitor for students who:
- Change the number of red and yellow counters on a 10-Frame (MP5).
- Move the beads on a bead tool (MP5).
- Use their knowledge, possibly from memory, of different decompositions of 10.
- Use patterns such as switching the number of pigeons in the water and on the bench (MP7).
The purpose of the Activity Synthesis is to use the 10-Frame and the bead tool to visualize how the parts that make 10 are related, specifically that adding one to one number takes one away from the other number in the decomposition.
Action and Expression: Internalize Executive Functions. Invite students to plan a strategy, including the tools they will use, to figure out all the different ways to make 10. Students can take turns verbally sharing their plan with their partner and work on an overall plan to find all the ways to make 10.
Supports accessibility for: Organization, Conceptual Processing