Teach and review subtraction to 20 with your first-grade students using these printable math journal prompts! Students will simply glue the math problem in their math journal and solve it ! These math journal prompts will help build consistency in your math block and make a wonderful introduction activity or assessment!

This set includes 30 printable math problems focused on subtraction to 20. It covers story problems, missing addends, solving addition problems with a number line, solving addition problems with pictures, and solving addition problems with tens frames.

What's Included:

30 printable math journal problems focused on subtraction to 20:

• Story problems
• Missing addends
• Solving with number lines
• Solving with pictures
• Solving with ten frames

These math problems were intended to be used by students in a math journal. A math journal is a great way to quickly review previously taught math skills or even introduce new ones! 

You'll love using these problems because no preparation is necessary! Simply print, cut, and glue! No color ink is required and no holiday or themed materials are used, so problems can be used at ANY time throughout the school year! You can simply copy and paste the problems into your lesson plan too!

I use these problems in my math block daily and they are perfect for a quick reteach and math talk! Students will be challenged to show and explain their thinking too! Math journals also show student progress and growth throughout the school year.

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What Other Teachers Are Saying:

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Mary Lauren H. says, "Wow! These journal prompts are awesome and I love all the different problem types that are available to practice each skill. Thank you for a fantastic resource!"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Diane R. says, “For my class, we use this one problem a day to start our lesson. I think it gets them thinking math, which is what our lesson is about."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Erica W. says, "This is great! We do a daily math problem so this works perfectly for that - and I love that it has math problems for all of the standards."

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Andrea S. says, “Just what I have been looking for to use in students math journals. It will be great for morning work. Thank you."

More Math Journal Prompts for First Grade: 

• Composing and Decomposing Numbers to 10 
• Place Value
• Addition to 20
• Subtraction to 20
• Skip Counting
• Geometry
• Coins
• Graphing
• Time and Measurement
• More First Grade Math Concepts

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