A game sheet rather than a drill sheet. Students solve 15 addition facts, then color the matching sums on a 4 by 4 bingo board that holds every number from 6 to 20 once, plus a FREE star in the middle. Four colored squares in a line wins. The last two questions step out of the game: one asks which strategy the student used for 8 + 7, the other asks for their own fact that equals 14. The answer key names a strategy for each fact, such as doubles plus one for 8 + 7.
1.OA.6
“Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8+ 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 - 4 = 13- 3 - 1 = 10 − 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 - 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).”
All 15 clues stay within 20, and the answer key models a named strategy for each, like counting on for 4 + 3.
A 4 by 4 grid holds every sum from 6 to 20 exactly once, with a ★ FREE ★ square in the center. The 'How to Play' box explains: solve, find the sum, color the square, get four in a line.
15 facts to solve mentally, starting 6 + 4 and 8 + 7. The instructions name the strategies to reach for: doubles, making ten and counting on.
Question 16 asks which strategy the student used for 8 + 7, with three boxes: near doubles (7 + 7 + 1), make a ten (8 + 2 + 5) or counting on. Question 17 asks for the student's own addition fact that equals 14.
Friday fact game
Run it whole-class with each student on their own copy. The FREE square keeps slower solvers in the game long enough to finish a line.
Strategy talk
Collect question 16 before students compare boards. The split between make-a-ten and counting-on tells you who still needs the ten frame.
Partner version
Pairs share one board and alternate clues. The first line wins, and both students end up checking each other's sums.
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