Holiday Math Story Problems! Digital version included compatible with Google Drive & Google Classroom! Engage students in story problem practice through these fun second grade math story problems! 2nd Grade math addition and subtraction practice! Differentiated and aligned to the standards! Holiday math! Christmas math, Kwanzaa math, Hanukkah math, Las Posadas math, Diwali math, Chinese New Year math! Word problems/story problems!

The weeks before and after winter break are very exciting for students as they look forward to, and share stories from their winter holiday celebrations. It can be hard to find math resources that are aligned to the standards and also keep students engaged during this exciting time which is why I made these story problems. The word problems in this resource all lend themselves to visual models and are very helpful for teaching other problem-solving strategies such as labelling and finding the unknown.

The word problems are all about the non-religious traditions at various winter holiday celebrations. Holidays included in the word problems are Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Las Posadas and Chinese New Year. Each story problem includes a brief explanation of the holiday so parent/teacher support is recommended for reading the story problems.

These word problems are differentiated with three different versions so that you can work on problem solving skills with your students at all levels! Use this simple guide to determine which set of problems is best for each student. Just look for the level icon at the top of each page. Students can work on the level that is appropriate for them or you can have students work their way up through all three levels!

This project focuses on whole number addition and subtraction within 100 and 1,000. It also includes two money problems, two measurement problems, and two repeated addition problems. All three levels are aligned to standards 2.OA.A.1, 2.OA.C.4, 2.NBT.A.4, 2.NBT.B.5, 2.NBT.B.6, 2.NBT.B.7, 2.NBT.B.8, 2.MD.B.5 and 2.MD.C.8.

• One Candy Cane Level: basic problem-solving skills. Mostly single-step word problems. Addition and subtraction within 100 with minimal regrouping. A few problems within 1,000. Basic story problem structure with result unknown in most problems as well as compare problems.
  
• Two Candy Cane Level: intermediate problem-solving skills (on grade-level) One-step and two-step word problems. Addition and subtraction within 100 and 1,000 some with regrouping. Mixed word problem structure with change unknown and result unknown as well as compare problems.
  
• Double Bell Level: advanced problem-solving skills (on grade-level and above grade-level) Multi-step word problems. Addition and subtraction within 100 and 1,000. Regrouping on all problems. Mixed word problem structures with unknown in all places as well as compare problems, most which require bar models to solve.

You can use these story problems for small group instruction, early finisher activities, purposeful practice, or math centers at the end of the year. You could also use these for distance learning and more! Digital versions of each level of story problems are included to support distance learning!

Includes word problems in the following categories:

• add to
• take from
• put together/take apart
• compare
• result unknown
• change unknown
• start unknown
• multi-step word problems
• single-step word problems
• Addition and subtraction within 100
• Addition and subtraction within 1,000
• Adding 4 two digit numbers
• Using arrays to find sums/products
• measurement contexts for story problems

This product includes

• Four pages of word problems for each level (3 challenging word problems per page) (a total of 12 questions per level) (A total of 36 questions and 12 total pages).
• Each page is a fun Holiday theme, and includes Holiday-themed word problems
• An answer key for every page
• A printable PDF version and a digital (Power Point file compatible with Google) version of every page!

Includes the following standards

• MP1
• MP4
• 2.OA.A.1
• 2.OA.C.4
• 2.NBT.A.4
• 2.NBT.B.5
• 2.NBT.B.6
• 2.NBT.B.7
• 2.MD.B.5
• 2.MD.C.8
  

Resource opens as a ZIP file. A paper PDF version is included AND a Digital Version of the project is included. Students can use Microsoft Power Point to access the digital version OR Google. Students can easily enter their answers into the easy-to-use "type your answer here" boxes and save their work as a PDF to submit to their teacher! OR You can also upload the Power Point to Google Slides to have students submit their work on Google.

I hope you enjoy these engaging math story problems!

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About the Author

Melanie Doppler--Math Coach Connection taught in a 3rd and 4th grade multi-age classroom in a Title 1 public school in Wisconsin for 3 years, 5th grade math and science for 2 years in a public school in Tennessee, and spent 1 1/2 years as a math coach. She has her BS in Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is committed to creating fun and creative products that are differentiated and aligned to the math content standards!

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