Grades 1–2
Color by Short Vowel: Frog
Fifty new short vowel words like nap, vet, dig, fog and hug. Color each by its vowel sound to find a frog.
Classroom activity · Educational coloring pages
Color by Subtraction: Whale
Subtraction facts within 10. Solve each square and a whale swims up, spouting water.
- Grade level
- Grades 1–2
- Time
- About 25 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 subtraction problem in each square. Find the answer in the key and color the square that color.”
Printed on the sheet:
- Tip: color lightly with crayons or colored pencils. What picture did you make?
Teacher tip
Let kids use a number line to solve the facts.
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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