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Cars, Trucks, and Things that Go Sorting Fun! Lesson PlanCars, Trucks, and Things that Go Sorting Fun! Lesson Plan
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Cars, Trucks, and Things that Go Sorting Fun!

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First graders sort toys by various attributes. They, in groups, sort toy vehicles by color, size etc. and then explain how they chose to group the toys. They write, draw or dictate an explanation of their sorting methods.

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scientific classification, taxonomy, sorting

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attributes, classifying, sorting, math

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