Symmetry Butterflies
My math curriculum never once mentions symmetry! Crazy! So we did a quick lesson on symmetry by folding some paper to see if they had symmetry and talking about how we have parts of out body that are symmetrical (eyes, ears, arms). Then we used white cardstock, watercolor paints and paintbrushes (you can see ours have been well loved), and a small cup of water to paint stripes on our cardstock. We put a book on them and let them dry at the end of the day and finished our butterflies the next day.
The next day, we reviewed by drawing some shapes (triangles, squares, etc.) and decided how to divide them with symmetry. Then we folded our painted paper in half and cut our butterflies. (I did give them a quick cut out that they could trace that I just free handed.) We added craft sticks for the body (I let them use markers to “paint them”) and used one pipe cleaner to make symmetrical antennae. I also happened to have googly eyes to glue on (from Dollar Tree). I did use my hot glue gun to glue the antennae and googly eyes, but liquid glue would work drying over night. We hung ours from the ceiling, but they would also look fabulous on a bulletin board.
Comparing Fractions Rainbows
We have been working on fractions and I had introduced equivalent fractions and comparing fractions, but we needed some more practice. To review, we colored these comparing fractions rainbows instead of doing another stinky workbook sheet! I printed one our for myself and completed it under my document camera so they could see how it works, and then I let them loose!
Comparing Fractions Rainbows on TpT
Differentiating
I also had a few students in my class that I needed to differentiate for. One was not ready to work on fractions at all, so there is a blank rainbow included in this resource so I could hand write in different math problems for that student to compare and it worked out perfectly!
There are loads of amazing spring math crafts available on TpT. Here are a few below that will help you hit the standards you need to and prep with ease!
