Description
How it works
Separate the full ten frames from the units, or split the deck into tens and singles. A player draws one from each pile, states the sum out loud — “ten plus three equals thirteen” — and covers a matching cell. The cards go back to the bottom of their piles and the partner takes a turn. The target is not a line but a square: four covered cells forming one. Whoever makes the most squares wins.
What you’ll need
- The printable Square Deal game board
- Ten frame cards, or a deck with kings and jacks removed (ace = 1, queen = 0)
- Chips in two colours
Skills practiced
Adding a single digit to 10, place value inside the teen numbers, and saying equations aloud — which is where errors surface and get corrected.
Grade level
1st through 3rd grade. Split the deck at random instead of isolating tens and the same board drills derived facts.
Instant PDF download. Game instructions and printable board adapted from the ideas in Math Fact Fluency by Jennifer Bay-Williams and Gina Kling (ASCD / NCTM, 2019).
