NY Next Generation Math NY-K.OA.4
The Standard
Find the number that makes 10 when given a number from 1 to 9.
New York State Next Generation Mathematics Learning Standards
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students find the partner number that combines with a given number from 1 through 9 to make 10. They record the pair with a drawing or equation.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given 6, the student finds 4 and shows 6 + 4 = 10. The student can explain the missing part with objects, fingers, or a ten-frame.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may state the next counting number instead of the missing part. They may fill a ten-frame incorrectly or count occupied spaces rather than empty spaces.
How to Assess It
- Show seven counters on a ten-frame. Ask how many more make 10 and require a drawing or equation.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Fill part of a ten-frame with counters, then count and record the empty spaces needed to make 10.
Ask students how a ten-frame shows the partner for 8 without counting every space.
Play make-ten memory with number cards whose pairs total 10.
Pack sets of 10 classroom items by finding how many more each partly filled container needs.
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Related Standards
- NY-1.NBT.5
Given a two-digit number, mentally find 10 more or 10 less than the number, without having to count; explain the reasoning used.
- NY-1.NBT.2.b
Understand the numbers from 11 to 19 are composed of a ten and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.
- NY-K.CC.7
Compare two numbers between 1 and 10 presented as written numerals.
- NY-K.NBT.1
Compose and decompose the numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.
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