Pumpkin Math

Looking for a fun fall themed interactive teaching idea for adding within 20? Well look no further as Halloween Math Addition within 20 Game Puzzles, for CCSS 1.OA.6 and 2.OA.2, will serve as an exciting lesson plan for 1st or 2nd grade elementary school classrooms. This is a great resource to incorporate into your unit as a pumpkin math center rotation, review exercise, small group work morning work, remediation, intervention or rti. It can be also 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 pumpkin themed puzzle set includes 20 colorful jigsaw puzzles, 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 adding numbers within 20 and includes a picture representation of the addition problem to help students visualize the concept. By solving the questions to answer the addition expression and finding the matching puzzle piece with the picture model, students can gain confidence in an important skill. Your 1st or 2nd graders will love to practice and learn to develop strategies about adding numbers to 20!

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

Relevant Grade 1 Common Core Standard 1.OA.C.6 and Grade 2 Standard 2.OA.B.2
Cross Reference: Texas TEKS 1.3D 2.4A and Virginia SOL 2.5