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Gingerbread House – Christmas Math – Add and Subtract Decimals Gingerbread PBL

(69 customer reviews)

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Keep your students engaged during the holiday season with this perfect Build a Gingerbread House PBL math activity! Students will practice adding and subtracting decimals while selecting their favorite items to build and decorate a gingerbread house. Your students are sure to be engaged and their energy will be channeled towards something academic!

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Hi, I'm Chloe! I taught 3rd–5th grade math for 11 years, and every resource in this shop was built for real classrooms: low prep, high engagement, and a whole lot of sneaky learning.

Keep your students engaged during the holiday season with this perfect Build a Gingerbread House PBL math activity! Students will practice adding and subtracting decimals while selecting their favorite items to build and decorate a gingerbread house. Your students are sure to be engaged and their energy will be channeled towards something academic!

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How to Use:

  • Students will select items from the “Gingerbread House Store” to purchase. They’ll pick their favorite gingerbread house, roof style, and candy decorations.
  • Students will then add up the price of their house as they draw the gingerbread house on the recording sheet.

Creative Ways to Set Up:

  • Print the store on cardstock and give to each group or partner set.
  • Print the store on poster paper and display at the front of the room.
  • Print the store on paper and display in multiple places around the room.
  • Print the store on paper and display in picture frames or plastic sleeves.

**Grab this resource & other Christmas adding decimal activities in this BUNDLE and Save!**

Build a Gingerbread House Adding Decimals activity for Christmas includes:

  • Gingerbread House Store (2 pages) in Color
  • Gingerbread House Store (2 pages) in Black/White
  • Adding 3 Items From the Store Math Page
  • Adding 3 Items From the Store Math Page
  • Adding 4 Items From the Store Math Page
  • How Much Change Should You Receive? Subtraction Math Page
  • Select Your Own 3 Items to Add to Build Your Own Gingerbread House
  • Select Your Own 4 Items to Add to Build Your Own Gingerbread House
  • Select Your Own 5 Items to Add to Build Your Own Gingerbread House
  • Draw Your Own Gingerbread House
  • Create a Glorious Gingerbread House
  • Gingerbread House Extension Questions (2 versions)

Directions:

In this fun and interactive adding decimals activity, students are asked to build a gingerbread house on a budget.  Using the provided supply menus, students will practice adding with decimals as they determine which supplies to use to build the gingerbread house.  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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69 reviews for Gingerbread House – Christmas Math – Add and Subtract Decimals Gingerbread PBL

  1. Amy W. –

    Thanks, students loved it.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  2. Kamie L. –

    My students absolutely loved this! They were so engaged. Thanks for a great product.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  3. Cheryl Fiedorczyk –

    We didn’t have time to do this before break. I will make sure to schedule it earlier next December.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  4. Laura M. –

    Thanks

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  5. Melissa F. –

    good resource

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  6. Pawz & Pencils –

    great for early finishers…

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  7. Meg’s Brain –

    thanks

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  8. Laura H. –

    Loved using these in math workshop. These projects kept my kiddos engaged during the chaos before winter break. Loved the creativity it fosters.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

    • Chloe Campbell Education –

      Thanks for the great feedback! Glad you loved it!

  9. Sandi West –

    This looks like a great addition to my project based learning file.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  10. Cambria N. –

    great product!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  11. All Things Fun in Fifth –

    Thanks!! Great Product

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  12. Mary Anderson –

    My students LOVED this activity!!!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  13. Lori A M. –

    A lot of fun! Thanks!!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  14. Teaching is Golden –

    Thank you!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  15. Jodell Ward –

    Thank you! This was great!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  16. Kelli M. –

    Loved it!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  17. Laine L. –

    Good resource

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  18. Marissa Hirsch –

    🙂

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  19. Kim M. –

    This was a fun activity!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  20. Melinda S. –

    Great activity to keep students learning and engaged before the holiday

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  21. Catherine E. –

    Thanks!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  22. Tiffany B. –

    Thank you! My class enjoyed this activity!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  23. Patricia W. –

    Thank you!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  24. Heather P. –

    This has been a great activity to review decimals before vacation and it kept the students busy. I wasn’t sure my students would be able to draw because many of my students have OT issues so I enlarged and they cut and pasted the houses. This worked out really good.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  25. Kasey W. –

    This is a fun way to connect math to the real world.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  26. suellen henry –

    Great activity for resource room!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  27. Sarah R. –

    This has been added to my permanent Winter file. This activity was fun and a great way to reinforce adding and subtracting decimals.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  28. michelle M. –

    Adorable

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  29. Jacqueline Dabb –

    This is a great Holiday activity. This is a student favorite and they didn’t even realize that they were practicing adding and subtracting decimals.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  30. Janel Smith –

    Fun

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  31. Brooke Scruggs –

    Great resource!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  32. Marsha R. –

    Excellent resource!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  33. Carmen R. –

    Thanks!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  34. Lindsey C. –

    Thanks! 🙂

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  35. Brooke H. –

    My students had so much fun with this product!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  36. Amanda Runion –

    Goes along perfectly with the math we are currently working on.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  37. Kaitlin M. –

    Thanks!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  38. Learning Off-Trail –

    This was a great activity to do before we decorated real gingerbread houses with candy we purchased from the classroom store.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  39. Maggie M. –

    I thought this resource was adorable and perfect for the holidays because it is nondenominational. I printed them in color and will be able to reuse the price sheets again.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  40. Stephani Woods –

    great

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  41. Jenny S. –

    My students loved this activity and found it very engaging.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  42. Engage by Sage –

    This was perfect for math class right before winter break. This aligned with my curriculum right around Christmas break and my students really enjoyed the change of pace. I let them complete it as group work and many of them chose to continue the activity even after class was over.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  43. The GOAT teacher –

    My students LOVED this activity. Not only were they able to continue practicing their math skills, they also learned new tech skills that they have been using non stop since doing this activity (copy, paste, rotating, duplicating, etc.).

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  44. Erin C. –

    Super fun and challenging activity for my 4th grade students!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  45. Nancy M. –

    This was much more work than I figured it would be, but worth it! Most of my students really enjoyed it!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  46. Marie-Louise T. –

    Thank you

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  47. Jennifer E. –

    What a fun way to combine the holidays and math!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  48. Sandra Martindell –

    LOVE

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  49. Samantha Maishak –

    Used it as an additional resource loved it!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  50. Becky C. –

    While this is a fun activity in theory the worksheet set up and design is NOT user/student friendly. This made it really frustrating for my students when they were trying to solve the problems.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  51. Dominique B. –

    Great!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  52. Amy F. –

    My kids loved this!! Great practice adding with whole numbers and decimals!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  53. Becki M. –

    This was a fun way for my students to practice their decimal skills. Thanks.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  54. Sam H. –

    This was great to review decimal operations during the winter season!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  55. Joann M. –

    This was a fun activity to do with my 5th graders!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  56. Jenepher W. –

    Great resource!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  57. Amy R. –

    Great activity leading up to a break! My students had a lot of fun with it.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  58. Miss Bruce Elementary –

    We used this as a center around Christmas and the kids enjoyed building their own gingerbread houses! My only issue was that the prompts didn’t always make sense with the prices. There were challenges to keep your house under a certain amount of money, but the items were too expensive to even get just the basic frame.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  59. Rachel V. –

    This was a great activity to do before the Christmas break. Afterwards, we had a gingerbread decorating competition to make it even more engaging. My only issue is the problem solving questions. The numbers need to be higher: a roof alone costs over $35 so they would pretty much only have decorations for their house if that was the new budget. I spent time adjusting the problem solving questions before handing them out to increase the value (also did that with the first question and changed it to three hundred dollar bills versus one).

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  60. vanessa M. –

    Students enjoyed the variety of offerings for the houses. it was a great and engaging way to review the concept

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  61. Leah D. –

    We did a themed “Gingerbread Day” leading up to winter break and this was the perfect fit! This activity showed the kids that it costs money to construct things. They loved being able to design their own house and draw up the cost of it. To add some more fun, I let them take their design and build it with real graham crackers and frosting!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  62. Kathleen P. –

    Great and engaging activity! The students really enjoyed creating their own unique gingerbread house and seeing how much it cost.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  63. Elena R. –

    This was a great resource to reinforce adding and subtracting decimals and to close out our decimal operations unit. My classes were excited and engaged to work on this project!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  64. Stefanie Jamison –

    This was a great resource to use with my Special Education kiddos.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  65. Lindsey G. –

    This was the perfect resource to use with my students the week before Christmas break! It was engaging, yet connected to the holiday, and actually allowed them to still learn when they were not in the mindset to do so!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  66. Joyful Teacher Resources –

    My students loved this activity! It was engaging and fun!

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  67. GlowieChloe –

    Students had fun with this mini project. It take a class and a half to do (90 mins). Great project to do before or after returning from winter break.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  68. Katherine C. –

    This was a great way to keep students engaged with math before winter break.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

  69. Kimberly Clay –

    This resource was easy to use and very engaging for my students.

    (Originally posted on Teachers Pay Teachers)

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