Spin and Make 10 – Freebie Math Game

I want to quickly share a FREE game that I recently added to my Decomposing and Composing Math Center activity.

In my last blog post, I shared instructional ideas and activities on how to teach primary learners how to decompose numbers. Here’s a free resource that you can use in your instruction. You can also put this activity in math centers.

Spin and Make 10!

This game is simple, hands-on game that reinforces the different combinations to make 10. To play this game, you’ll need a Spin and Make 10 Mat, dry erase markers and a spinner (or a paper clip and pencil).

First, students spin the spinner and write the number they land on. Then, they have to figure out how many more they need to make 10 using a strategy. The strategy could be using a ten frame, using their fingers, counting on, etc. When they know they answer, they record it on the Spin and Mak3 mat. Using 2 different colored counters/objects (so they can see te different parts that make 10) they build the number on the ten frame. Last, they write an equation.

To encourage math talk, have students turn to a partner and share how they made 10. Allow students to play this activity repeatedly so they can learn all the ways to make 10.

Click the image below to download the freebie.

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What are some activities you use to teach students the different ways to make 10? Let me know in the comments’ section below.

-Tee