We're Wrapped Up in Christmas... and Math too!  

These past few weeks, we did a LOT of fun activities for Christmas! I can't wait to share them with you! 
We read a lot of great stories, we learned about Christmas traditions around the world, we decorated Gingerbread Houses, we had Reindeer games, crafts and dancing! And the best part, we got to enjoy Christmas together as a class! 

One of my favorite activities we did for math was called: Merry Christmas Bow Math. I gave each pair of students a bag of Christmas bows, a divided chip tray and their math templates. 

They had to sort the bows, count them, graph them and estimate how many bows were inside the bag. After graphing the bows, they had to answer some questions and problem solve about their bows. Last, they worked with each other to write Christmas bow story problems for addition and subtraction. Here are some of the pics from our activity: 

The students had four templates they had to complete.
Estimating how many bows were in their bag:

Graphing their bows with different colors: 

Problem Solving with their bows: 

Writing Story Problems using addition and subtraction:

I also created a Christmas Bow Math Roll and Add and Roll and Subtract using dice: 

We had so much fun using Christmas Bows for math! This was an excellent filler to do the last few days before Christmas break. If you are interested in checking out my math packet, click below!
Have a Merry Christmas! :)
Love,
Kara 

Merry Christmas Bow Math: Counting, Sorting, Graphing and Problem Solving