Free Pencil Ten Frame Addition Cards & Worksheet Printables
I think math is something we are always working on. I know that learning some math concepts is hard. I also know that it is often taught in steps.
I love using the ten frames to work on math and counting. I have a great free pencil ten frame addition cards. The pencil addition cards is great for back to school review or just working on the idea during the year.
Plus it gives you a fun new math center for kindergarten and first grade.
The Pencil Ten Frame Addition Card Printables are a great addition to the school printables and addition printables on the site.
What are addition Ten Frame Cards?
Addition ten frame cards are visual flashcards featuring 2-by-5 rectangular grids with 10 compartments. They display dots or counters to help children visually grasp numbers, add quantities, and understand base-10 relationships by combining parts to make ten
Pencil Ten Frame Addition Cards & Worksheet Printables
The pencil addition ten frame cards are a progression from using ten frame number printables. It is taking something kids have used already and showing them how it works for math.
Pencil Ten Frame Addition Cards
There are two types of ten frame addition cards. One of the cards has just the equations without the ten frame filled in. The second one has part of the equation filled in on the ten frame. This gives you a card to work with different levels of learning.

Ten Frame Recording Sheet
You have a matching recording sheet for all 12 ten frame cards. A great addition to use to record the ten frame cards.
Things to use with the Pencil Ten Frame Addition Cards & Worksheet Printables
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How We Use The Pencil Ten Frame Addition Cards & Worksheets
The cards are nice because you can change up how you used them. Plus you can use the pencil theme all year long.
Finish the Equation
The first type of card has the pencils filled out for part of the equation. We filled out the second part of the equation with unifix cubes. We used yellow to match the pencils. You can see that the pencils and the unifix cubes match the equations for both parts.
Build Both Parts of the Addition
The second type of card has the equation and nothing in the ten frame. This allows kids to build the equation on the ten frame. We use the unifix cubes again to fill in the equation.
If you have the card laminated kids can write the answer on the cards with dry erase markers.
Use the Worksheet with the Ten Frame Cards
I know that not everyone loves using the cards and having the parts to use with them. I have also made a worksheet that can be used with the cards. Each of the cards has numbers 1 to 12 on them that match up to the worksheet. It makes it a great math center activity. I like to give them two different markers to use with the pages.
What you will find in the Pencil Ten Frame Addition Cards & Worksheet Printables
- Pencil themed ten frame cards
- 2 sets of cards: one set filled in and one blank
- 1 recording sheet
- 2 sets of pencils to use with the cards
- 9 pages of printables
Want more Addition and Subtraction printables for back to school? Check out the No-Prep School Themed Addition & Subtraction set with 30 pages of printables to use.
What in the No-Prep School Math Printables Addition & Subtraction
It is a collection of 30 pages on no-prep activities for addition and subtraction. It also includes great math center activities of roll and graph and a math fact sheet.
What you will find in the No-Prep School Math Printables Addition & Subtraction printables:
- 30 pages of no-prep printables for addition and subtraction
- School Themed Math Fact Review Page
- Roll & Graph Addition for 1 to 6 and 1 to 10
- Spinner to use with Roll & Graph and math fact page
- Pages: 36
- Price: $4
More School Math For Kids
Pencil Addition & Subtraction Sorting is a great way to work on the parts of the equation for kids with pencils to sort, sorting mat, and recording sheet.
School Kids Skip Counting Puzzles has numbers 1 to 12 with 3 puzzles for each number. All of the puzzles have different kids on them with school themes.
Crayon Themed Subtraction Sorting is a great hands on math center for kids working on subtraction within 20. This is a great first grade (ages 6 to 7) and second grade (ages 7 to 8) printable.
School Themed No-Prep Math is 30 no-prep printables for addition & subtraction. These all have fun school themes with 30 no-prep pages of math printables for back to school or all year.
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