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Read Works: Classify and Categorize 1st Grade Unit Lesson PlanRead Works: Classify and Categorize 1st Grade Unit Lesson Plan
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Pre-K - 1st
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Read Works: Classify and Categorize 1st Grade Unit

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[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on classifying and categorizing through which students learn how to sort items into two and three categories and explain how each group is classified. Finally, students categorize characters according to character traits. With free login, users have access to student worksheets, example charts, and other learning materials for this unit.

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CCSS: Adaptable

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character traits

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categorize items, classify items, reading skills, sort by category, sorting items, 1.2.1 begin to organize information or ideas into categories as a first step in reaching a goal or solving a problem., oh.ela-literacy.l.1.5a sort words into categories (e.g., colors, clothing) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent., oh.ela-literacy.l.1.5b define words by category and by one or more key attributes, readworks, classification and division

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
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Common Core

L.1.5.a L.1.5.b L.K.5.a L.2.5.a

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