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Features

Two pages of adding within 20, two of subtracting, two that mix both
No adding or taking away 0 or 1
A tree, a gingerbread man, a wreath, a sack of toys, an ornament and a candy cane, and jingle bells
A small space shows the fact in a column, or just its answer
Prints in black and white: color the circles in the key first
Answer keys included

Skills Covered

Add within 20
Subtract within 20
Use a fact you know to find one you do not

Find an answer in a color key
Follow two-step directions
Fine motor control while coloring

How to Use This Pack

Six Christmas pictures to color by code. Every space holds an adding or subtracting fact within 20: children solve it, find the answer in the color key at the top, and color the space that color. Some colors have two answers, and white parts have no problem and stay white. Pages 1 and 2 add (a Christmas tree and a gingerbread man), pages 3 and 4 subtract (a wreath and a sack of toys), and pages 5 and 6 mix adding and subtracting (an ornament and a candy cane, then jingle bells).

In the Classroom

Use the pages for fact practice in the weeks before winter break, or as a math center. Color the key's circles first, so the colors are ready. Pages 5 and 6 make children read each sign before they solve.

At Home

Let your child solve a row, then color it, so the picture grows bit by bit. For a hard fact, make a ten: 8 + 5 is 8 + 2 + 3.

Tips for Success

Read the sign: add or subtract?
Make a ten to add 8 or 9
Some colors have two answers: look at both
A small space shows just the answer: find it in the key

Common Core Standards Alignment

This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:

1.OA.C.6 Add and subtract to 20, working fluently within 10, with strategies like counting on, making ten, fact families and doubles plus one.
2.OA.B.2 Add and subtract to 20 quickly using strategies done in the head, and by year's end instantly recall every sum of two single-digit numbers.

Christmas Color by Code Within 20

1st Grade

Christmas color by code pages with a Christmas tree, a gingerbread man, a wreath, a sack of toys, an ornament and a candy cane, and jingle bells. Children add or subtract within 20 in each space and color it by its answer to finish the picture.

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What’s Included

6 color by code pictures, each with an answer key
Adding, subtracting and mixed pages within 20
Black-and-white pages with a color key to color first
Answer keys shown as the finished picture

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