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Craftivity: Shark Teeth Subtraction

Shark teeth subtraction craft in English and Spanish: students glue the remaining teeth into a shark's mouth, then write and solve an equation for the teeth it lost.
Grades
Grades 1–4, Elementary
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Updated Oct 26, 2026

Subject
Math, Addition and Subtraction, Subtraction
Topic
craftivity, shark teeth
Resource types
Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
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What's inside this resource

This resource is great for students to practice subtraction skills.

Students can cut out teeth and glue them in sharks' mouths.

Students can decide how many teeth are lost or roll the dice to decide.

Copy the black and white version and allow students to color and design their shark.

Available in English and Spanish

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Write a subtraction equation that matches a missing-teeth model
  • Solve single-digit subtraction problems

Teaching tips

  • Students can choose how many teeth the shark lost or roll a die to decide, which changes the problem each time.

Skills covered

  • Modeling subtraction — gluing in the teeth that remain after some are lost
  • Writing equations — recording the take-away as a number sentence

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Subtraction
  • Take away
  • Equations

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