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Read Works: Classify/categorize Kindergarten Unit: Creating Groups and Sorting Lesson PlanRead Works: Classify/categorize Kindergarten Unit: Creating Groups and Sorting Lesson Plan
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Pre-K - 1st
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Read Works: Classify/categorize Kindergarten Unit: Creating Groups and Sorting

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[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big Truck Book by Roger Priddy in which students learn to sort items into categories they create for themselves. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included. The book is not provided, but pictures for use with the lesson are available to download with free login.

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CCSS: Adaptable

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categorize, category, classify, creating categories, sort, k.rv.2.2 identify and sort pictures of objects into categories, ll.pk.1.2.9 with modeling and support, explore relationships between word meanings (e.g., categories of objects, opposites, verbs describing similar a, 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.k.5a sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent., readworks, readworks: classify/categorize kindergarten unit: creating groups and sorting, sort by category

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  • Knovation Readability Score: 2 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional
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Common Core

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

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