Description
How it works
Played like Sleeping Bears, but with all ten bears and a recording sheet. One partner hides some bears in the cave and sets the rest on the ten frame; the other works out how many are asleep. The difference here is the writing — every round gets recorded as a number sentence, so a child moves through all the combinations of 10 and leaves with a written record of them.
What you’ll need
- A ten frame (the Game 1 board works)
- Ten plastic bears or counters
- A cup or bowl for the cave
- The printable Sleeping Bears recording sheet
Skills practiced
All combinations that make 10, part-part-whole reasoning, and moving from a physical arrangement to written notation.
Grade level
Kindergarten through 2nd grade. Ask for the whole fact family for each combination and the same game stretches comfortably into 2nd grade.
Instant PDF download. Game instructions and recording sheet adapted from the ideas in Math Fact Fluency by Jennifer Bay-Williams and Gina Kling (ASCD / NCTM, 2019).
