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Color by Shape: Flower
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Classroom activity · Educational coloring pages
Color by Division: Owl
Division facts in every square, six answers and six colors. Solve them all and a wide-eyed owl looks back.
- Grade level
- Grades 4–5
- Time
- About 30 minutes
- Answer key
- Yes, page 2 of the PDF
- Kids practice
- Practicing a skill through coloring, Following a key, Fine motor control
What kids do
“Solve the division problem in each square. Color the square the color for its answer.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Tip: color lightly with crayons or colored pencils. What picture did you make?
Teacher tip
Remind kids to think of the multiplication fact to solve each division fact.
How to use it
- Go over the color key together before kids start.
- Have kids solve each square before coloring it.
- Let kids work with a partner so they talk through their thinking.
Watch for
Kids coloring without solving. Ask them to show you one answer.
Talk about it
- Which problems were the trickiest?
- What would you change to make it harder?
Take it further
Have kids design their own color-by key on grid paper.
US Letter, prints well in black and white. Free for home and classroom use: print as many copies as you need.
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