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Math and Literature

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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 two attributes.

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counting, estimation, sorting

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Comparing, counting, estimating, sorting, math
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Grade
K
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Math
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Duration
30 mins
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