Give your students an exciting way to practise number combinations to ten with the Friends of Ten Task Cards: Treasure Sorting! Developing fluency with Friends of Ten is a crucial skill for young mathematicians. It builds mental maths efficiency, promotes flexible thinking, and provides a strong foundation for confidently working with all four operations throughout primary school.

This set of task cards offers a fun treasure-themed activity to reinforce number bonds to ten. Each card presents a mix of correct and incorrect number sentences. Students must carefully evaluate each number sentence and decide if it is a ‘treasure’ (correct) or ‘junk’ (incorrect). They then sort the number sentences accordingly. This engaging task promotes critical thinking, accuracy, and fluency while helping students internalise their knowledge of Friends of Ten facts.

The Friends of Ten Task Cards: Treasure Sorting are part of our comprehensive Friends of Ten Task Card Package, designed to fit neatly in Kmart Photo Storage containers for easy organisation and quick classroom access. You can also pair these cards with our Friends of Ten Worksheet Package and a wide range of interactive digital games such as Friends of Ten Apple Picking for a varied and engaging fluency program.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• ✅ Develop fluency with number combinations that total ten
• ✅ Strengthen part-part-whole understanding and number sense
• ✅ Build accuracy and flexible thinking in mental maths
• ✅ Promote critical thinking when evaluating number sentences
• ✅ Provide a hands-on, interactive approach to fluency practise

What’s Included:

• Friends of Ten Task Cards: Treasure Sorting set
• Each card features:
  • - A mix of correct and incorrect number sentences
  • - A fun treasure or junk sorting activity for each sentence
• Part of our Friends of Ten Task Card Package, which also includes:
  • - Ladybug Dots
  • - Rainbow Facts
  • - Fingers to Ten
  • - Baking Ten Pastries
  • - Alien Code
  • - Butterfly Catch
  • - Animal Pairs
  • - Ice Cream Sprinkles
  • - What’s Missing
  • - Unicorn and Stars

Materials Needed:

• Printed and laminated Treasure Sorting task cards
• Treasures and junk sorting mats or containers (optional for tactile sorting)
• Storage container (e.g. Kmart Photo Storage box) for easy classroom organisation

How to Use:

1. Print and laminate the Treasure Sorting task cards for durability and repeated use.
2. Model how to read each number sentence, evaluate whether it is correct or incorrect, and sort it accordingly.
3. Students complete the activity independently, with partners, or in small groups by sorting the number sentences into treasure or junk piles or sections.
4. Encourage students to explain their reasoning aloud as they make their sorting decisions.
5. Rotate task cards regularly and pair with other Friends of Ten activities to build fluency and confidence.

Ideas for Classroom Use:

• 💡 Include in Maths rotations as an engaging, hands-on fluency station.
• 💡 Use during small group intervention sessions to reinforce part-part-whole understanding and mental checking.
• 💡 Provide as a fast finisher task to reinforce number bonds to ten while promoting critical thinking.
• 💡 Pair with interactive games like Friends of Ten Apple Picking and Race to the Sky for variety and extra fluency practise.
• 💡 Use during warm-up routines or Maths fluency sessions for regular, interactive Friends of Ten practise.

Top Teacher Tips:

• 💛 Store all task cards in a Kmart Photo Storage container for simple classroom organisation and quick setup.
• 💛 Encourage students to verbalise their reasoning as they evaluate each number sentence and explain their thinking.
• 💛 Use Treasure Sorting cards as an informal assessment tool to monitor students’ understanding and fluency with number bonds to ten.
• 💛 Provide tens frames or counters for students who need visual or concrete support while building fluency.
• 💛 Combine with our Friends of Ten Worksheet Package for additional written practise and extension.

The Friends of Ten Task Cards: Treasure Sorting provide an exciting and interactive way for students to build fluency with number bonds to ten - helping them develop the confidence, accuracy, and flexibility they need for success in mental maths!