Addition and Subtraction Task Cards

Amp up your addition and subtraction instruction with task cards! Concrete hands-on learning is essential when teaching kindergarteners addition and subtraction. Engage your students with these easy to prep, write and wipe addition task cards.

Your kindergarten students won’t be bored with basic equations this year! These addition and subtraction task cards are a great way to help your students practice adding and subtracting with different math strategies. These task cards make differentiation a breeze, and can be used ALL YEAR LONG!

Your students will enjoy reviewing with addition and subtraction task cards. With these math fact cards, your students can practice adding and subtracting numbers to 10 using manipulatives, drawings, or mental math.

These basic math fact skills work perfectly for math center activity, morning work center, or fast finishers activity.

What’s Included?

➕ Addition Task Cards➕

● 180 quarter-page task cards for the following addition strategies:

• I can use cubes
• I can use ten frames (2 sets)
• I can make ten
• I can use my fingers
• I can count on
• I can use colored bears (colored set only)
• I can draw a picture
• I can use a number line
• I can draw dots
• I can use cubes
• I can use counters
• I can use tally marks

➖ Subtraction Task Cards ➖

● 190 quarter-page task cards for the following subtraction strategies:

• I can use cubes (2 sets)
• I can use ten frames (2 sets)
• I can use my fingers
• I can use colored bears
• I can draw a picture
• I can use a number line
• I can draw dots
• I can use counters

● Two recording sheets to use as informal assessments

● Color and Black & White options

🎉  Check out what a Kindergarten teacher had to say about these task cards:

“My students loved using these activities. It just wasn’t another worksheet and we got the manipulative as out and used them along side them, it broke the work down so I could really work with my weaker students in class. Thank you for making this activity.” – Kylie M.

How to Prep:

1. Print the task cards
2. Cut and laminate them for durability
3. You can place the task cards out individually, or group them together with a binder ring.

Tips & Tricks

• Set out the manipulatives needed for each math strategy.
• Have your students use manipulatives to solve the problem (if needed).
• Use a dry-erase marker to complete the equation.
• 2 recording sheets are included for your students to use to record their work.
• Use as an informal assessment after math centers to check for understanding.

⭐ These task cards coordinate with my Math Strategies Posters!