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.
National Geographic
National Geographic: Sorting the Gulf Ecosystem
In this activity, students sort images of organisms into categories such as birds, reptiles, plants, invertebrates, etc. Next they examine the provided poster of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and categorize organisms they identify. A...
Utah Education Network
Uen: All Sorts of Rocks
Second graders will sort rocks according to hardness, texture, layering, and particle size.
Better Lesson
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...
Better Lesson
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.
Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida Center for Reading Research: Text Analysis: Persuade, Inform, Entertain Sort
A lesson plan in which students read short texts and sort them according to the author's purpose: to persuade, to inform, or to entertain. Materials are included. [PDF]
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Histogram Sorting Using Cooperative Learning
Students work with 24 histograms representing distributions with differing shapes and characteristics. By sorting the histograms into piles that seem to go together, and by describing those piles, students develop awareness of the...
Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: The Battle of Yorktown Sort It Sets
For this lesson, students examine why the Battle of Yorktown was a turning point in the Revolutionary War using primary sources.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: The First Day of Kindergarten Scary and Strange? More or Less!
Students will be able to sort pictures that are alike.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Observable Properties of Matter
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will sort objects according to their observable properties, such as size, shape, color, temperature (hot or cold), weight (heavy or light) and texture. Included are printable resources, a...
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Ice Cream Shop: Roman Numerals
On this interactive website students practice various math skills using a real life scenario at an ice cream shop. Those skills include identifying and converting Roman Numerals, identifying place value in a number, and sorting numbers...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Assessing Sequencing Numbers
This lesson assesses rather young scholars can correctly order numbers. The teacher will ask the student(s) to put pre-made number cards in order from the smallest number to the biggest number or in the order they would say them if they...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Where Do I Go?
Young scholars will get a chance to move around while practicing number sequences. Teachers will pre-make or buy cards numbered to 100. Give each student a card and have them move around and arrange themselves in sequential order....
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Comparing Temperatures
Second graders should be able to recognize what makes one number greater or smaller than another, using place value understanding which is crucial to Common Core mastery. This lesson combines math and science by having students order...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: Ordering Numbers
Given a set of numbers, young scholars need to decide where to place another set of numbers so they are ordered from least to greatest. This is a good precursor to greater than/less than. A detailed example is included.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Jelly Beans Add Up
The instructional activity will explore counting, sorting, and graphing skills. The instructional activity provides students an exciting and fun way of exploring and internalizing graphing, sorting, and counting skills. Realistically,...
University of Regina (Canada)
University of Regina: Math Central: Lesson: Mr. Z's 5 Minute Game of Geometric Pandemonium
Students make a series of geometric drawings of points, obtuse angles, rays, polygons, and the like. Each child is given one but not allowed to show anyone else. The drawing is then taped to the back of the child in front of them. The...
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Number and Operations in Base Ten 5.nbt.2 Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of the place value system.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: The Number System 8.ns.1 Worksheets
Print or create worksheets to assess students' understanding of rational and irrational numbers.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Functions 8.f.3 Worksheets
Print or create worksheets to assess students' understanding of linear functions.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Statistics & Probability 7.sp.1 Worksheets
Create or print a worksheet to assess students' understanding of identifying populations and samples.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: The Number System 7.ns.1b Worksheets
Print or create worksheets or flashcards to assess students' understanding of adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers using a number line.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Expressions & Equations 8.ee.5 Worksheets
Print or create worksheets to assess students' understanding of comparing measurements and the rate of change.
Common Core Sheets
Common Core Sheets: Expressions & Equations 8.ee.4 Worksheets
Print or create worksheets to assess students' understanding of scientific notation.