Circle the Dots

Circle the Dots

Learning Goals: Math Skills, Number Sense, Composing and Decomposing Numbers, Counting, Addition

With 10 dots drawn on the board, students take turns drawing circles around the dots to represent one way of composing the number 10 (i.e., circling 8 dots and circling 2 dots).

Repeat with a different number of dots.
Smartboard or chalkboard
The educator has prepared the game and determined the rules. The student has little influence on how the game is played.