Number Talk Using 10-Frames

In math class, we have been talking about 'Friendly Numbers for 10' which are the various combinations of numbers that all equal 10 (i.e. 0 &10, 1& 9, 2 &8, etc. ). The focus of this 'Number Talk' was to practice their recognition of 'Friendly Numbers for 10', practice emerging addition and subtraction skills and to build their overall understanding of 10 as a base number concept. I flashed the students the 10-frames one at a time. After each 10-frame was shown I asked them "How many more do we need to get to 10?"  I recorded their responses and then revealed the 10-frame for good. I repeated this process two more times.  It was very interesting to listen to their math thinking and hear them share and discuss their observations!