Skills Covered

How to Use This Worksheet

A scaffolded seven-page pack for the making-ten strategy. The pages step from concrete to abstract: count the empty spaces in a ten frame, answer how many more make 10, add two frames together, complete equations with dotted-dot hints, then solve bare equations using the included blank ten frame reference sheets as a helper tool.

In the Classroom

Work through the pages in order across a week of making-ten practice. The final two pages are reusable helper sheets - print one per student, slip into sheet protectors, and let students draw dots lightly with pencil or dry-erase marker while solving the equation pages, then erase and reuse.

At Home

Do one page at a time. If your child gets stuck on an equation page, hand them the blank ten frame sheet and say "draw the 4 dots - now how many empty spaces are left?" The frame turns an abstract fact into something they can see and count.

Tips for Success

• Follow the page order - each sheet removes a little more visual support
• Laminate the last two reference pages so they can be used all year
• Say answers out loud as combinations: "6 and 4 make 10"
• Generate fresh versions anytime with the Making 10: Ten Frames generator

Common Core Standards Alignment

This worksheet supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

• K.OA.A.4 - For any number from 1 to 9, find the number that makes 10 when added to the given number
• K.OA.A.1 - Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, or drawings
• 1.OA.C.6 - Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency using strategies such as making ten