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Classifying Objects

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders work in small groups to sort and classify a variety of objects. They develop criteria for sorting and explain the characteristics they chose for classification. Groups record and share their classifications.
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Activity Plan 3-4: Let's Find Signs!

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students develop early reading skills as they explore signs and their meanings. In this early childhood lesson plan, students identify various signs and their meanings. Students use laminated signs as manipulatives in matching and...
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Teaching Arithmetic and Math Concepts to Headstarters

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students discover early number concepts for numbers 1 through 5. In this number concepts lesson, students work in stations doing hands-on activities such as sorting colored blocks, stringing beads, and counting sticks. Students also...
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Billy Brown and The Belly Button Beastie

For Teachers Pre-K
Students read the book Billy Brown and The Belly Button Beastie and complete a variety of activities related to the book. In this reading lesson plan, students complete activities including discovering body parts, bubbles, retelling,...
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Valentine M&M's Math

For Students Pre-K - 1st
In this Valentine M&M's math activity worksheet, students count their M&M's, sort them by color, make a pattern with them, and create a graph showing how many of each color they have.
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2D Shapes for sorting into groups

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this geometry activity, learners cut out and sort nine shapes. Shapes have up to nine sides and angles. They can be sorted according to number of sides, angles or shapes with equal sides.
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Living and Non-Living Things | What’s Alive?

For Teachers K
Students compare and contrast living and nonliving things. In this classification lesson, students read a book featuring living and nonliving things and then sort pictures of living and nonliving things.
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Under The Sea

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
For this resource lesson, young scholars use non-fiction books to research ocean animals. Students discover the many features of non-fiction books and how to use these features to help them conduct research. Young scholars then...
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Human or Natural?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students explore nature by participating in a class lab activity. In this human vs. nature lesson, students examine a group of items in their classroom and discuss whether they were created naturally or have been altered or created by...
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Organization: Look at What I Organized!

For Teachers K - 2nd
Young scholars explore organization by participating in an object sorting activity. In this indexing instructional activity, students examine their classroom and identify materials that should be organized in order to make the room more...
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Classifying Living Things

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students identify how to classify living things. They classify various concepts including family members, kinds of clothing, numbers, shapes, and vocabulary words. They discuss how to classify various concepts and classify pictures of...
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Graphing Conversation Hearts

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students collect data and create a graph. In this mathematics lesson, students separate paper hearts by color and create a graph showing the number of hearts of each color present. Students receive a handful of candy hearts that...
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Classification for Beginners

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students explore the process of classification. In this rock classification lesson plan, students conduct a scientific investigation that requires them to follow the provided steps to classify rocks.
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Sort the Story- Roy the Zebra

For Students K - 1st
In this story sequence worksheet, students cut out 6 picture cards that depict a zebra in action. Students assemble the cards in the correct sequence to tell the story, then draw what they think will happen next.
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Sorting-The Same

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sorting instructional activity, students look at pictures of shapes, selecting the shapes in the column that look alike. A reference web site is given for additional activities.
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Sorting-The Same

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this sorting worksheet, students draw lines to match objects that are the same shape, then tell what shapes they have made with their lines. 
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Christmas Worksheets for Santa's Little Helpers

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Just because children aren't in the classroom over winter break, doesn't mean that learning has to stop. Intended as a resource for parents, this eBook provides Christmas-themed worksheets and activities that engage children in...
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How Many Fish in the Pond?

For Students 1st - 2nd
How many fish are in Mills Pond? Learners examine an image with 17 fish. There are four types of fish, each of which is displayed on a data chart. Focus on collecting data and counting as scholars record the number of each type in its...
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Super Sort

For Teachers K
Students sort objects based on one characteristic. They define the term "attribute" and give examples of attributes of objects. Students explain their reasoning for sorting objects into groups.
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Sort Laboratory Practice

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders sort animals according to certain physical characteristics. In this science lesson, 8th graders explain the reason for such classification. They complete a worksheet individually at the end of the lesson.
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Sorting Quadrilaterals

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders investigate the geometric concept of quadrilaterals. They are given a set of shapes and asked to sort the quadrilaterals from the others. Then working in pairs they discuss the characteristics and write down the description...
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Sort It Out! Size It Up!

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders, in groups, estimate amounts in various jars. They sort each jar from least to greatest amount.
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Sorting Rocks

For Teachers K
Students devise a rock word web and sort rocks by applying the categories they discuss.
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Total English Upper Intermediate: Sorting out Phrasal Verbs

For Students 6th - 8th
For this phrasal verbs practice worksheet, middle schoolers review how to consolidate key phrasal verbs as they respond to 16 short answer questions.