Christmas Math – Build a Christmas Tree: Adding Whole Numbers

This Build a Christmas activity mixes holiday fun with reviewing adding and subtracting whole numbers. Don’t let the holidays steal your students’ focus.  Engage them with this fun and interactive winter adding and subtracting activity.  Students will design and build a Christmas Tree on a budget while completing a variety of addition and subtraction problems.  Help your students with adding and subtracting while engaging them in this math activity, too!  This problem based learning activity is perfect for small groups, partners, or independent work.  A great addition to your whole class lesson, independent practice, math centers, small group instruction or an early finisher task.  Your students will love this basic operations activity as they build a Christmas Tree.  Everything you need to complete this math activity is included.  Ready to print and use today!

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Build a Christmas Tree Adding and Subtracting activity includes:

• Christmas Tree Store (4 pages)

• Adding 3 Items From the Store

• Adding 3 Items From the Store

• Adding 4 Items From the Store

• How Much Change Should You Receive?

• Select Your Own 3 Items to Add to Create Your Own Christmas Tree

• Select Your Own 4 Items to Add to Create Your Own Christmas Tree

• Select Your Own 5 Items to Add to Create Your Own Christmas Tree

• Draw Your Own Christmas Tree

• Create A Crazy Christmas Tree

• Christmas Tree Extension Questions (2 versions)

Directions:

In this fun and interactive adding and subtracting activity, students are asked to build a Christmas Tree on a budget.  Using the provided supply menus, students will practice adding as they determine which supplies to use to build the tree.  There are leveled activities with increasing complexity in numbers. This makes it easy for you to differentiate for the needs of your students.

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