Ways to Make 5 and 10..Rainbows of Fun!

Ways to Make 5

We've been working on our fluency of addition and subtraction facts to 5 and my little scholars are getting so good at it! I found this gem on Pinterest and today we made our own version. We made an anchor chart for the ways to make 5 and we'll soon make one for ways to make 10.

My little scholars each made their own rainbow of ways to make 5 to keep in their math folders. They recorded the ways to make 5 on the recording sheet. You can grab the ways to make 5 printables here! 

We played a fun little partner game to build their fluency of facts within 5 called "Hiding in My Hand." Give each pair 5 pom poms or other small manipulatives. One of your little scholars will divide the pom poms up (2 in one hand, 3 in the other or 4 in one hand, 1 in the other, etc.) and show their partner the pom poms in one hand. The partner has to figure out how many pom poms are missing, building their fluency of facts within 5. 

We also used these Duplo blocks to show the different ways of making 5. 

Ways to Make 10

I've also started prepping my ways to make 10 activities.  My favorite materials to use for teaching this unit are pom poms and bingo daubers. We'll play "Hiding in My Hand" with 10 pom poms and do some other activities my little scholars will love!

We'll be making our Poppin' Pairs of 10 books. My little scholars will keep these in their math folders and at the end of the unit will be able to take them home. 

I make up songs for almost everything, so teaching ways to make 10 is no exception. We'll be learning this song, "I  Can Make 10." This song is in Poppin' Pairs of 10 unit. 

Bubble Gum Drop might be my favorite activity in this unit! My little scholars will open a plastic container, dump out the pom poms, and record the combination of 10 on the recording sheet. 

We'll use these mats during small group. These mats are from my Poppin' Pairs of 10 unit. 

I got these trays from Goodwill and have found so many uses for them! We'll use them to make ten during small groups. 

I  also made copies of the ways to make 10 rainbow for each of my little scholars to keep in his/her math folder and a recording sheet to write all the ways to make 10. You can grab both the rainbow and recording sheet printables here!

Check out my Poppin' Pairs of 10 unit that includes 4 center activities with recording sheets, "I    Can" cards, 2 mini books, posters, a chant, a song, printables and more! 

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