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
- File type
- Preparation
- Print ready
- Subject
- Math, Addition and Subtraction, Subtraction
- Topic
- craftivity, shark teeth
- Resource types
- Worksheets & Printables, Worksheets
- Preparation
- Print ready
About this resource
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
In the classroom
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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