✊🏽 MLK Day Color by Code | 5th Grade Math TEKS 5.3(K) STAAR Review

Make your Martin Luther King Jr. Day math instruction both engaging and meaningful with this MLK Day Color by Code Math Review designed for 5th Grade TEKS 5.3(K) and STAAR-style practice.

This MLK Day–themed resource helps students strengthen their skills with adding and subtracting positive rational numbers, including fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals, through five thoughtfully differentiated practice sets. Each set features STAAR-style word problems that allow students to reveal an MLK Day–themed image as they work—keeping them motivated and focused while practicing essential math skills.

Students stay engaged with purposeful problem solving, and you get rigorous, standards-aligned math practice that fits seamlessly into an important day of learning and reflection.

✊🏽 What’s Included

• 5 differentiated color-by-code activity pages
  (10 problems per set — 50 total problems)
  
• One-step and two-step word problems using fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals
  
• STAAR-style multiple-choice questions with three strong distractors
  
• Complete answer key for fast grading or student self-checking
  

Each level increases rigor in a clear, structured way—making this resource ideal for whole-class review, small groups, intervention, enrichment, or independent practice during MLK Day lessons.

⭐ Why You’ll Love It

• ✅ Low-Prep and Classroom-Friendly – Easy to implement during a busy school week
  
• ✅ Fully Differentiated – Five leveled sets meet a wide range of learners
  
• ✅ STAAR-Aligned Practice – Question structure and rigor mirror test expectations
  
• ✅ High Student Engagement – Color-by-code format keeps students motivated
  
• ✅ Flexible Use – Works seamlessly for centers, early finishers, homework, or sub plans
  

✏️ Math Skills Covered

• Adding and subtracting fractions, mixed numbers, and decimals
  
• Regrouping and accurate place-value alignment
  
• Solving one-step and two-step real-world word problems
  
• Reasoning with rational numbers
  
• Building fluency with mixed operations
  

✊🏽 Perfect For

• MLK Day math centers
  
• Spiral review or STAAR prep
  
• Early finisher activities
  
• Small-group instruction
  
• Intervention support
  
• Sub plans
  
• Homework or daily warm-ups
  

Bring meaningful engagement, strong TEKS-aligned rigor, and high student motivation to your math block with this MLK Day Color by Code resource. Students will enjoy revealing the final image while mastering the rational-number skills they need for TEKS 5.3(K) success and continued growth.

Perfect for honoring Martin Luther King Jr. Day while keeping learning purposeful and focused ✊🏽

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