FUZZY MONSTERS PARTITIONS OF TEN

Part-part-whole thinking refers to how numbers can be split into parts. It allows students to
see the relationship between a number and its component parts. As a result, students
generalise the connections between addition and subtraction.
Part-part-whole reasoning is a critical underpinning concept required for flexible and
efficient computation.

• Introduce Partition ten frame. Encourage students to see the different color monsters and read the two partitions that make ten.
• When students easily read the two partitions, now ‘flash’ the ten frame for 2 seconds to encourage visualisation. Students then say the two partitions that they saw.
• Students then match the associated number sentence cards to match each ten frame.
• Students then write the partitions in a workbook in algebraic order. Eg. 0+10, 1+9, 2+8 etc