Odd and Even Numbers

Looking for a fun interactive teaching idea for even and odd numbers? Well look no further as Even and Odd Numbers Game Puzzles, for CCSS 2.OA.3, will serve as an exciting lesson plan for 2nd grade elementary school classrooms. This is a great resource to incorporate into your unit as a guided math center rotation, review exercise, small group work, morning work, remediation, intervention or rti. It can also be used as a quiz, drill, test, or assessment tool to help determine student mastery of the learning target. Whether a student is homeschooled or given this as a homework assignment, kids will also love working on these at home to improve their skills.

This puzzle set includes 20 colorful jigsaw puzzles (covering numbers 1-20), answer key, and an optional station instruction page with an example. These come as pdf printable sheets that can be printed on card stock and laminated for long-term use. As a suggestion, store them in a sealable gallon storage bag and place them in a tub or bin for students to use throughout the year for enrichment when they finish early. Another idea, for a project, is students can glue the completed puzzles into a notebook or journal as a reference sheet. They can also be glued on a poster for displaying on a bulletin board or as a wall anchor chart.

It covers counting the number of monsters on a puzzle piece and matching it with the total number and determining whether the number is odd or even. Your 2nd graders will love to practice and learn to develop strategies about odd and even numbers!

I hope you download and enjoy this engaging hands-on manipulative activity with your students! So set those worksheets aside and give our puzzles a try!

Relevant Grade 2 Common Core Standard 2.OA.C.3
Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members.
Cross Reference: Texas TEKS 2.7A and Virginia SOL 2.4C