There are 20 clouds to trace. They could:
- trace with their favorite markers
- trace in crayon and watercolor a sky blue wash
- draw patterns or faces on each cloud
- add cotton for a fluffy 3D texture
Here are some math warm up ideas to use with it too:
Math Warm Up Game: Make 20 Clouds
- provide a 20 sided dice and 3 counters in 3 colors
- students roll and place counters on groups of clouds until a perfect 20 is made
- encourage students to record their 3 number combinations in their math journal
- after playing they could color or trace the clouds in a combination to show 20 made of 3 numbers
If you have students working on place value and mental addition strategies, they could play 200 on the Clouds:
200 on the Clouds
- use a 20 sided dice
- build sets of 10 dots on each cloud until 200 are drawn
- students will need to partition some numbers across clouds - e.g. here a player has rolled 14 and is putting 10 on one cloud and the remaining 4 on the next
The player then rolls 4, adding these to the second cloud, before rolling a 7 to complete the 10 with 2 partitioned from the roll (5 to the next).
I hope you enjoy these ideas for using the page, available to you over in the Pond Coloring Club!
During April and when you're teaching units of work on the weather you may also like our Clouds and Rainbows Tracing Pages and classroom printable accents!
