Free Ugly Duckling Greater Than & Less Than Clip Card Printables
A fun set of Greater Than/Less Than Clip Cards with a duck and swan comparing numbers. A fun way to work on comparing numbers with the story.
The Free Ugly Duckling Greater Than & Less Than Clip Cards are great for learning centers for kids in first grade and review for second grade. It is a great way to learn about comparing numbers for kids.
These make a fun learning center for kids to compare numbers.
The Ugly Duckling Greater Than & Less Than Clip Card Printable is part of the 5 Days of Free Ugly Duckling Printables.
The Duck & Swan Greater Than & Less Than Clip Card Printable is an excellent addition to the pond printables on the site.
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What is Greater Than and Less Than Math?
Greater than and less than are names for math symbols that kids use to compare numbers.
Greater Than Sign
The greater than sign is >.
And you would use it with big number > small number. To say that the big number is greater than the small number.
Less Than Sign
The less than sign is <. And you would use it with small number < big number. To say that the small number is less than the big number.
Equal Sign
The equal sign is =.
And you would use it with same number = same number. To say that the same number is equal to the same number.
Ugly Duckling Greater Than & Less Than Clip Card Printables
You have 10 greater than and less than clip cards to use with kids. You are comparing ducks to swans on the clip cards.
You have ducks on the left and swans on the right. You have the option for clipping < > and = symbols on the cards.
There is also a space in the middle that kids can write the symbols as well.
Be sure to scroll down to see where to get this fun printable.
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Ugly Ducking Books to Read With these Printables
Here are a few story books you can read while you are doing the greater than and less than clip cards.
The Ugly Duckling is a beautiful book for the story. It has great pictures and is a Caldecott Honor Book. This one brings the tale to life in amazing ways.
The Ugly Duckling put the animated story into a book for kids to read about the Ugly duckling. Wonderful pictures and story for kids.
Things to use with the Ugly Duckling Greater Than & Less Than Clip Card Printable
These are all the items and printables we with wit the Ugly Duckling greater than / less than clip cards.
- printer
- white cardstock
- laminator
- laminating pouches
- clothespins
- Greater Than /Less Than Help Mat
- crayons
- clear counters
- sheet protector
- dry erase markers
Ways to Use the Ugly Duckling Greater Than & Less Than Clip Card Printables
You are going to see a few ways that we have used these clip cards with kids in different learning center ideas for greater than and less than.
Setting up a learning Center
You can see a simple set up below of the greater than and less than clip cards. We have printed the cards on cardstock and you can also laminate them.
The final part is adding the clothespins. We always put the same amount of clothespins to make the clip cards in the stack.
Clipping the Cards
You can see below how simple it is to clip the cards. You can also use paperclips. You can ask kids why they pick the symbol that they did to help them understand it better for beginners.
Using Crayons for the Greater Than Less Than Symbols
A fun hands on activity with the clip cards is to add crayons for kids to make the greater than, less than and equal symbols.
You can see below how you can use them. It is a great way to see if they can match the same symbols that is on the each card.
Reusing the Greater Than & Less Thanks Clip Cards
A fun way to reuse these greater than and less than clip cards is to put the pages in a sheet protector. This allows you to circle the correct symbol and the draw the correct symbol on the cards with dry erase markers
Using the Ugly Ducking Clip Cards with the Greater Than/Less Thank Mat
The Greater Than/Less Than Help mats are a great printable to use with these clip cards. It has help for kids starting out with learning this type of mat. It has two mats and one has information about comparing numbers.
You can see that we used the clip cards information to fill out the mat. We use clear counters for the counting. Then use a dry erase marker to circle the two numbers on the number line and circle the correct symbol for the cards.
What you will find in the Free Ugly Duckling Greater Than/Less Than Clip Card Printables
- Ugly Duckling Greater Than/Less Than Clip Cards
- Duck and Swan Comparing Numbers
- 2 greater than/less than clip cards per page
- 10 total clip cards
- 5 pages of printables
More Ugly Duckling Printables
Ugly Duckling Easy Reader Book With Tracing is a fun 8 page book with tracing the words from the story of the Ugly Duckling. A fun way to work on handwriting and reading.
Ugly Duckling Ten Frame Addition Printables has two sets of ten frame addition cards. You have filled out for the equation and partially filled out. A fun way to work on addition. Plus there is a recording sheet.
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