Winter math activities that double as décor


Printable and digital winter math activities for middle school

We're getting so close to winter break! In this post, there is a collection of winter-themed math activities that hit the standards while keeping students engaged in learning their math before and after winter break. Many of the activities below were made to double as colorful winter bulletin board displays of student work.


Students review finding slope from a table in this winter snowflake activity. Student work then becomes a festive winter-themed math bulletin board display
Slope winter snowflake activity

The first activity is a slope winter snowflake activity where students find the slopes of lines given a table, then decorate your classroom with their finished snowflakes. Anna L's students called their slope snowflakes "slope flakes" as they worked on the slope review activity coming back from winter break.


Students review proportional relationships in this snowflake pennant activity that becomes a winter math bulletin board display
Winter proportional relationships snowflakes

There's a similar set of winter proportional relationships snowflakes for younger students. students plot coordinates of proportional relationships, then determine the equation of each snowflake's line. 


Students solve 2-step equations, then color their winter snowflake based on the colors in the key.
Winter snowflake 2-step equations

If your students are solving 2-step equations this winter, they can practice their solving on this winter snowflake 2-step equations sheet. After solving, students will need to read the inequalities in the key to figure out which color to color each section of their snowflake.


Students calculate the slopes between cute cartoon animals in quadrant 1 of the coordinate plane in this slope review activity
Slopes between winter animal pictures

This winter slope activity has students calculating the slopes between winter animal pictures in the coordinate plane. The x-axis is in months, and the y-axis is in days of the month. It's a fun, low-stress way to review slope.


Students calculate decimal multiplication problems on black and white mittens that they can color and hang to make a winter math bulletin board display
Multiplying decimals mittens

If your students need practice multiplying decimals, these multiplying decimals mittens make a colorful winter bulletin board display of student work.


This the digital version of puzzle #2 in a winter picture puzzles math escape room game. Students love these highly-engaging math activities because they are self-checking.
Winter picture puzzles math escape room

For a digital activity, this winter picture puzzles escape room has students solving for the values of winter pictures before going on to the next puzzle. 


Printable PDF version of a winter math escape room
Winter picture puzzles math escape room


The escape room is self-checking in Google Forms, and also comes as a printable PDF for days off devices. 


Editable New Year's math review

This is year #2 of updating this editable New Year's math review. There are versions for 7th grade math, 8th grade math, and algebra, and will be updated every year. They're each editable in PowerPoint so that you can customize the activity to your students' needs.


You can browse all winter math activities here: winter math




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