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Students recognize the short vowel o in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, students discriminate the short vowel o from the long vowel o. They associate the phoneme with its letter representation and identify the...
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Tiling the Plane
Students use pattern blocks and triangular grid paper to review shape names, be introduced to the concept of a tiling of the plane, and determine which pattern blocks tile the plane. They are asked: "Have you ever seen a floor or a wall...
Curated OER
What Happens When A Cell Divides?
Students investigate the cycle of mitosis. In this biology lesson, students discuss the different stages of mitosis through cell reproduction. They further their investigation through laboratory analysis.
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Book Swap
Students swap books. In this book lesson, students bring good condition books they have finished reading. They get together with a group of friends and swap their old books for "new" ones.
Curated OER
Mythical Animals
Pupils create imaginary animals by assembling pictures of body parts from pictures of real animals. This is one of three linked tasks. The others are "Who's Parts Do I Have?" and "Animals Piece by Piece."
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Data: Sort Objects
Students explore the concept of sorting objects by working through an online tutorial and then attempting a ten question quiz that increases in difficulty as questions are answered correctly.
Education.com
Education.com: Sorting Objects by Material
[Free Registration/Login Required] This game challenges kids to sort objects by material. Taking their cues from the Three Little Pigs, preschoolers will sort items made of straw into one backpack, sticks into another, and bricks into a...
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Size Sorting on the Big Screen
SWBAT sort objects by size. The instructor will use a Promethean board (interactive projection) to facilitate this lesson.
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National Center on Intensive Intervention: Identify and Sort Common Objects
This individual or small group activity helps teach the common core standard of sorting common objects into categories to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent. Materials and detailed instructions are included.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Curious George Stem: Sort It Out! Lesson Plan
A activity where students will talk about how to sort different objects based on their characteristics. After viewing a clip from Curious George, students sort and label objects into categories.
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Better Lesson: Grandma's Button Box Sorting
Students will be able to compare objects and sort objects by color.
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Better Lesson: Floating and Sinking Sorting in Science
Students sort objects according to whether they sink or float.
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Better Lesson: Count the Ways to Have Fun! Sorting on the I Pad
A part of the sorting and classifying standard that can be overlooked relates to assigning a number count to a group of similar objects. This lesson helps students find similar groups and practice counting and relating numbers to their...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Lord of the Crumbs
Cookie Monster is Gobble in Lord of the Crumbs! Hone those executive functioning skills by practicing patience and strategies when you have to wait for something. Stop and think about what comes next in patterns and sort objects by color.
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Pbs Learning Media: Cookies of the Caribbean
Go on a pirate adventure with Cookie Monster! Hone those executive functioning skills by practicing patience and strategies when you have to wait for something. Stop and think about what comes next in patterns and sort objects by color.
Read Works
Read Works: Classify and Categorize Kindergarten Unit: Adding to Sorted Groups
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big Animal Book by Roger Priddy in which students learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are...
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Read Works:classify/categorize Kindergarten Unit: Sorting to Predetermined Groups
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big World Book by Roger Priddy in which students learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included....
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Sort and Count Ii
The purpose of this task is for students to sort the same set of objects according to different attributes and to practice counting to tell the number of objects in a set. The teacher should accept any way the child wants to sort the...
TES Global
Tes: Vocabulary Sorting Activity
[Free Registration/Login Required] Beginning readers or ELL/ESL/EL students. This reproducible tool can used to sort new vocabulary words into different categories.
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Pre K Pages: Sorting Activities for Preschool
This article contains activities and ideas for teaching sorting skills in preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classrooms. Teach children to sort using various attributes.
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Stay at Home Educator: Colors and Shapes Sorting Activities for Preschoolers
Sorting activities are the perfect way to help children learn to classify their world from the start. This article explains why this skill is so important in the "real world" and contains a list of sorting activities for preschoolers.
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Better Lesson: Fall Sorting Fun
Students color seasonal images and sort them 3 different ways.
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Better Lesson: Sorting by Size
Sorting is an important foundational skills for kindergarten students to learn. Using attribute blocks to sort by size helps students practice comparing objects and prepares them to sort by other measurable attributes.
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Better Lesson: Sorting by Shape
Sorting is an important foundational skills for kindergarten students to learn. Using attribute blocks to sort by shape helps students practice comparing objects and prepares them to sort measurable attributes.