As a teacher, we are always looking for cheap, easy ways to bring differentiated math activities into the classroom. That’s why THIS teacher loves plastic Easter eggs. And by loves them, I mean hoard them. And buy more every year. Because, well, what if they stop making them and now I have a secret stash! Anyway, back to using plastic eggs for differentiated math activities!
I found these AMAZING number eggs at Wal-Mart for $2 for a dozen eggs. The eggs are PRE NUMBERED from 1 -12. As soon as I saw them, I grabbed about 15 packs because my mind went crazy with ideas!
PS: I also bought the cute unicorn eggs. Because. Unicorns.
So here’s what we did with the eggs. This was so easy, I literally opened the package and copied a recording sheet. And bam. Differentiated math activities!
Differentiated Math Activities: Adding To 5
First, I separated the numbers because I wanted two activities: one with sums to 10 and one with sums to 20. For sums to 10, I used the eggs numbered 1-5. I took the eggs apart. Students choose two pieces, snap them together, and solve the equation.
Differentiated Math Activities: Adding To 20
We did the same thing with the eggs numbered 6-12. We took them apart. Students pick any two pieces, snap them together and add. With these bigger numbers, they use counters to help them solve the equations!
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