Recall and use addition facts of 10

The ArithmeKit by Buzzard Publishing is a comprehensive resource designed to help students enhance their understanding of basic addition facts, specifically targeting the sum of 10. The exercises within the kit encourage pupils to find matching pairs of numbers that add up to 10, such as 1 and 9, 2 and 8, and so on. It prompts students to identify what's missing from a given set of pairs and even to create their own pairs that total 10. By engaging with these activities, learners are expected to notice patterns and relationships between the numbers that make up these essential addition facts.

Further activities within the ArithmeKit involve practical exercises using physical resources like cubes. Students are asked to take 10 cubes, divided into two groups of five, each a different colour. They then record number sentences showing the sum of the two groups. As they move cubes from one group to the other and record each new number sentence, they observe the changing addition facts that still result in the total of 10. This hands-on approach reinforces the concept of addition facts for 10 and helps solidify the understanding that there are multiple combinations of numbers that can achieve the same total. The kit also includes challenges where students fill in missing numbers to complete addition sentences, further cementing their grasp of the number 10's significance in basic arithmetic.