DECEMBER

Jessica Travis @ Wild About Firsties

1. North Pole Numbers (numbers 11 - 20)
2. Santa’s Subtraction Adventure
3. Shapes with Rudolph!
4. Sleigh Ride Sums (Addition to 8)
5. Lighting Up Numbers (Ordering #’s to 20)
6. Spin a Santa! (comparing numbers)
7. Gingerbread Graphing
8. Tree-rific Ten Frames (numbers to 20)
 Students will be identifying the teen number on the card.
Students will need to find the matching picture representation
card and pair together. Complete the recording sheet.
North Pole Numbers
Students will solve the subtraction number sentences on
the cards and find the matching card with the correct
answer to solve the number sentence. Complete the
recording sheet.
Use the provided counters if needed.
6–3=
5–1=
7–2=
8–3=
6–0=
4–2=
5–4=
7–3=
8–4=
4–4=
7–1=
6–2=
Santa’s Subtraction Adventure

6–3= 5–1= 7–2=

4–2= 6–0= 8–3=

5–4= 7–3= 8–4=

4–4= 7–1= 6–2=

Students will place all of the real-life shape pictures into a
bag or bucket. Lay the Rudolph shape cards out.
Select a card out of the bag/bucket and sort to the
correct Rudolph shape that it matches.
Complete the recording sheet.
circles triangles
rectangles
Squares
Shapes With Rudolph
 Students will identify the colored presents in Santa’s
sleigh. After determining the number sentence
(one color of present represents first addend, second color of
presents represent the second addend), students will pair the
number sentence together with the sleigh of presents.
Complete the recording sheet. (Copy front to back)
2+1=3
3+2=5
2+2=4
4+1=5
1+1=2
3+1=4
3+0=3
4+0=4
Sleigh Ride Sums

2+1=3

3+2=5

2+2=4

3+0=3
Sleigh Ride Sums

4+1=5

1+1=2

3 + 1= 4

4+0=4
 Students will find the same colored light bulbs and order
them from 1 – 20 in order.
1 set of light bulbs is to order counting forwards (1-20) and
the other set is for students to count backwards (20 – 1).
Students can lay the light bulbs on the group to create a
number line.
Complete the recording sheet.
Lighting Up Numbers
 Students will use a Santa Spinner.
Using the correct recording sheet, students will spin and
then DAB a number that follows the directions (more
or less) than the number that was spun.

Comparing
Numbers
More

9 7
8 10
6 B
More More

5 3 11 14
1 2 13 12
4 A
15 C
Less Less

9 7 11 14
8 10 13 12
6 D 15 E
Spin a SANTA! A
Spin a SANTA! B
Spin a SANTA! C
Spin a SANTA! D
Spin a SANTA! E
Students will use the pieces of the gingerbread
house to create a graph.
Use the title card, the pictures for the picture
graph, and then build your graph.
Complete the recording sheet.
 Parts of a
Gingerbread
House
HOUSE CANDY GUMDROP

MINT TREE COOKIE

GRAPHING PIECES
GRAPHING PIECES
GRAPHING PIECES
GRAPHING PIECES
Gingerbread GRAPHING!

Answer the questions Parts of a

below: Gingerbread House
 Students will identify the number on the Christmas tree.
Students will find the matching present number card that
matches the tree. Pair the cards together.
Complete the recording sheet.
Copy recording sheets front to back if using both sides.
(One side: 1-10, Side two: 11-20)
TREE-RIFIC TEN FRAMES!

7 5
2 1
10 8
4 9
6 3
TREE-RIFIC TEN FRAMES!

12 15
16 19
20 11
18 13
14 17