Skills Covered

How to Use This Pack

Each page has two or three color rules at the top, like "Color the multiples of 4 black." Students check every number against the rules, color the spaces that fit, and leave the rest white. When every rule is followed, a picture appears: a witch hat, a bat, a haunted house, a jack-o'-lantern, and a ghost. Students write the name of the picture at the bottom. The pictures are drawn on honeycomb hexagons, rows of dots, and a triangle mosaic.

In the Classroom

A calm activity for the days around Halloween that still practices number sense. Before starting, list the first few multiples or the numbers between two numbers on the board. The answer keys shade each color in its own strength of blue, so checking is quick.

At Home

Have crayons ready in each color named on the page. Ask your child to say why a number fits a rule before coloring it, like "36 is a multiple of 4 because 4 × 9 = 36."

Tips for Success

• Work one rule at a time: color every space for the first rule, then the next
• "Between 10 and 20" means 11 to 19
• A number that fits no rule stays white
• Guess the picture early if you like, but keep checking every number

Common Core Standards Alignment

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

• 2.OA.C.3 - Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members
• 3.OA.D.9 - Identify arithmetic patterns (including patterns in the addition table or multiplication table) and explain them
• 1.NBT.B.3 - Compare two two-digit numbers based on meanings of the tens and ones digits