At this point in the school year, my students are pretty comfortable with addition. First, we practice some addition problems whole group. Then, I give each student a dry erase board and some unifix cubes. The students practice writing an addition sentence and finding the answer for problems I give them. Once they have had some practice, I have them create their own addition sentence and solve. After I check their board (for accuracy), I give the students an egg page and a chick page and allow them to use their own addition problem to make an addition egg. Use a brad fastener at the bottom (push it through both egg pieces and the chick). This idea can be altered to fit your skill or theme (subtraction, multiplication, Who Am I, and whatever else you can think of).
These are so cute, Lori. I know the students are proud of their work and probably want to take them home. Yet, I'm thinking what a great center activity they could create for their peers to use, too.
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