Addition to 10 Digital: Cover Up Game
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Type of Resource: PDF
Number of Pages: 30
Addition to 10 Digital: Cover Up Game
- Google Slides version
- Seesaw version
- Addition boards with facts within 10 and colored dots to drag
This is a digital activity. The PDF has the Google Slides and Seesaw links. Click the picture for the version you need to make your own copy.
Required Materials:
- Computer, tablet or Chromebook
- Google Slides or Seesaw account
Standards for Addition Within 10
This digital game supports early math standards connected to adding within 10.
Common Core State Standards
- CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.OA.A.2: Solve addition and subtraction word problems and add and subtract within 10, e.g., by using objects or drawings to represent the problem. Kids solve each addition fact on the board.
TEKS for Mathematics
- TEKS K.3(C): Explain the strategies used to solve problems involving adding and subtracting within 10 using spoken words, concrete and pictorial models and number sentences. Kids tell how they solved each fact.
Virginia Mathematics Standards of Learning
- K.CE.1: Model and solve single-step contextual problems using addition and subtraction with whole numbers within 10. Kids solve each fact before covering it.
Addition to 10 Digital: Cover Up Game gives kindergarten and first grade kids no-prep practice adding within 10 on Google Slides or Seesaw.
Each slide has a board of addition facts and a set of colored dots. Kids solve the facts and drag a dot to cover the ones that match.
There is no prep or printing, so the game works well for centers, morning work, homework and distance learning.
How to Use the Slides
- Click the Google Slides or Seesaw picture in the PDF to make your own copy.
- Assign the slides to your class.
- Kids solve each addition fact on the board.
- Kids drag a dot to cover each fact that matches.
- Kids check their board before moving on.
Small Group: Solve a board together on the screen.
Math Center: Assign a few slides at a time.
Easy Ways to Differentiate This Addition Game
Every group has a mix of math skills. These simple changes keep the activity familiar while meeting each child where they are.
For Children Who Need More Support:
- Use counters or fingers to solve each fact.
- Assign a few slides at a time.
- Solve the first fact together.
- Use a number line.
For On-Level Practice:
- Solve and cover the facts on each slide.
- Say each fact out loud.
- Work through the slides in order.
- Check with a partner.
For an Extra Challenge:
- Solve the facts as fast as you can.
- Write the matching subtraction fact.
- Make a new fact for a friend.
- Solve without counters.
For Speech, OT, ELL or Special Education Support:
- Read each slide together and give plenty of wait time.
- Accept pointing, gestures, AAC or any communication method the child already uses.
- Dragging pieces builds mouse and touch screen skills.
- Use real counters next to the device.
Addition to 10 Digital: Cover Up Game Is Perfect For:
- Kindergarten
- First grade
- Math centers
- Morning work
- Homework
- Distance learning
- Special education
- ELL and multilingual learners
- Homeschool
