🎄 Christmas Color by Code | 4th Grade Math TEKS 4.4A STAAR Review

Bring joy and rigor to your December math block with this Christmas Color by Code 4th Grade Math TEKS 4.4A STAAR Review!

This print-and-go resource gives students meaningful practice with adding and subtracting whole numbers and decimals to the hundredths place using the standard algorithm—all wrapped in a festive holiday theme.

Students solve real-world Christmas word problems about holiday shopping, baking, decorating, and gifting—then use their answers to color cheerful seasonal scenes featuring Santa, presents, stockings, a gingerbread man, and a Christmas tree.

🎁 What You’ll Get

• 5 differentiated color-by-code sets
  (10 questions per set — 50 total)
  
• Mix of one-step and two-step addition and subtraction problems
  
• Real-world Christmas contexts using whole numbers and decimals to the hundredths
  
• STAAR-style multiple-choice format with 3 answer choices per problem
  
• Tricky distractors that mirror STAAR (decimal alignment errors, wrong operation, first-step-only)
  
• Complete answer key included for quick grading or self-checking
  

Each level builds in difficulty to support every learner—from students building fluency to those ready for challenging multi-step tasks:

🎄 Christmas Tree– Foundational Fluency: Basic addition & subtraction within 10 with tenths
🎁 Presents – Developing Skills: Whole numbers and tenths with regrouping
🍪 Gingerbread – Expanding Mastery: Whole numbers and decimals to hundredths
🧦 Stockings – Reasoning Practice: Multi-step money & measurement problems
🎅 Santa – Challenge Level: Complex multi-step problems with decimals

❄️ Why You’ll Love It

✓ Print and Go — Zero prep required during the busiest month of the year!
✓ STAAR-Aligned — Rigor, wording, and distractors modeled after real test items.
✓ Differentiated Practice — Five levels make it easy to support all students.
✓ Engaging Christmas Theme — Keeps students focused and motivated during December.
✓ Versatile Uses — Perfect for centers, independent practice, homework, morning work, or sub plans.

🎄 Students Will:

• Add and subtract whole numbers & decimals to hundredths
  
• Strengthen place-value understanding and regrouping
  
• Solve one- and two-step real-world Christmas word problems
  
• Use reasoning to solve comparison and “how much more” situations
  
• Build accuracy and confidence as they prepare for STAAR
  

This Christmas Color by Code set brings festive fun, rigorous math, and meaningful differentiation to your classroom. Your students will love solving, coloring, and revealing each holiday picture—while mastering essential TEKS 4.4A skills.

Make December learning bright, engaging, and purposeful with this holiday-themed math review! 🎄✨

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