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Candy Land Math

For Teachers K
Students order numbers and sets of objects from 0 through 10 and organize and interpret information collected from the immediate environment. They read and interpret graphs usin real objects and the computer. Finally, students sort a...
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Pupils analyze and graph the waste created in a typical lunch period. They increase awareness of various types of garbage students create during a lunch period. They construct and label a graph of lunch waste. They brainstorm...
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Rock Sorting

For Teachers 1st
First graders observe rocks, record their observations about the rocks and classify them according to their observations. As a class, 1st graders create a list of observable characteristics of rocks. They sort a group of rocks...
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Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore how to logically sort and store information in order to make it easy to manage and easily retrieved. They explore methods they can use to organize and manage information.
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Animals Piece by Piece

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners sort organisms and objects into groups according to their parts and describe how the groups are formed.They identify body parts of animals from puzzle pieces, assemble the puzzle, and name the animal.
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Learning by Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students sort Lego Duplo pieces after determining the attributes to classify them by. They work in pairs to sort a group of Duplo pieces and explain their process to others.
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Sorting Lids

For Teachers K - Higher Ed
Students practice sorting lids in different ways so that each group determines a sorting pattern. They examine how to work in groups while sharing ideas. They establish group work relationships that become apparent to the teacher in this...
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Fish Aquarium

For Teachers All
Students make an aquarium for fish out of construction paper. They count the number of fish in their aquarium, as well as, recognize the colors of their fish.
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Math and Literature

For Teachers K
Students listen to the reading of "The Button Box" and use buttons provided to tell a story about a chosen button, compare their own buttons to those in the reading. They estimate how many buttons are in a bag and sort buttons based on...
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Valentine Hearts

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students sort candy Valentine hearts into groups and create individual graphs.
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Twix-n-Tween

For Teachers 1st - 2nd Standards
Yummy! Use Twix candy bars to teach a lesson in comparing length! Learners will love this lesson and you will be addressing Common Core standards at the same time!
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Applemania

For Teachers 1st
First graders read "Ten Apples Up On Top!" and view real apples in a basket. They taste different kinds of apples and describe the tastes: sour, sweet, etc. They graph everyone's favorite apple. They interpret the graph and draw their...
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Animals Galore

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders use structural characteristics to sort and classify animals into groups.
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DatabaseProblem Solving: World Work Organization

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders use sorting and searching techniques to solve a specific problem using a prepared database.
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Delicious Graphing

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders sort trail mix by type and use that information to create different types of graphs for comparing.
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Science NetLinks: It Counts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Learners explore how numbers are assigned to objects, as well as think about more, less, or equal values. They describe, compare, and classify plants.
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Sorting

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students develop the idea that information can be more easily managed and retrieved if it is logically sorted and stored, using the example of books in a library.
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Sense-Ability

For Teachers K
Students use comparisons, graphing, patterning, and sorting, and develop language skills as they explore the five senses.
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To Classify Beans And Peas

For Teachers 1st
First graders record information on a bar graph and interpret the information given. They identify five different kinds of beans and three different kinds of peas. They work in groups of four and sort the beans by size or shape.