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ABCya

Ab Cya: Fuzz Bugs Counting, Sorting, & Comparing

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Fuzz Bugs is fun activity for Pre-K and Kindergarten children to practice counting, sorting, and comparing. Kids will interact with funny little Fuzz Bugs to complete several tasks that include: categorizing by color, counting to ten,...
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Topmarks Online

Topmarks: Post Sorting

For Students K - 1st Standards
Sort the mail into the correct post boxes by working out simple addition, subtraction and division calculations as well as multiples. A resource which is great for use on interactive whiteboards too.
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Better Lesson: Fall Sorting Fun

For Teachers K Standards
Students color seasonal images and sort them 3 different ways.
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Better Lesson: Fruit Loop Fun

For Teachers K Standards
Using Fruit Loops, students sort by color, count, and enjoy a yummy snack!
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Better Lesson: Grandma's Button Box Sorting

For Teachers K Standards
Students will be able to compare objects and sort objects by color.
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Better Lesson: Sorting by Size

For Teachers K Standards
Sorting is an important foundational skills for kindergarten students to learn. Using attribute blocks to sort by size helps students practice comparing objects and prepares them to sort by other measurable attributes.
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Better Lesson: Sorting by Shape

For Teachers K Standards
Sorting is an important foundational skills for kindergarten students to learn. Using attribute blocks to sort by shape helps students practice comparing objects and prepares them to sort measurable attributes.
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Better Lesson: Sorting by Shape Buttons

For Teachers K Standards
Students are inspired by the Button Box to find different ways to sort their own buttons, including by shape.
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Better Lesson: Who Will Choose the Sorting Rule?

For Teachers K Standards
A flip chart on the Promethean board and laminated shapes keep student engagement high as they demonstrate their sorting skills.
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Better Lesson: Tasty Apple Sorting

For Teachers K Standards
In the past, we made apple tasting graphs. Since graphing isn't big in terms of Kindergarten Common Core, this is a great way to update an old tradition with a CCSS-aligned activity!
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Better Lesson: Introduction to Sorting by Color

For Teachers K Standards
Kindergarteners find classifying and ordering fascinating. For this lesson, students learn to sort by color.
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Better Lesson: Learning to Sort Same and Different

For Teachers K Standards
Students will be able to compare objects.
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Better Lesson: The Gingerbread Man Loose in the School Sorting

For Teachers K Standards
Students will be able to sort pictures that are alike and determine which group has more and fewer pictures.
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Better Lesson: Math Centers Sorting

For Teachers K Standards
In order to pull small groups during math instruction, the rest of the students need engaging activities that they can complete independently. These simple sorting activities help students learn the procedures for completing math centers.
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Better Lesson: Count the Ways to Have Fun! Sorting on the I Pad

For Teachers K Standards
A part of the sorting and classifying standard that can be overlooked relates to assigning a number count to a group of similar objects. This lesson helps students find similar groups and practice counting and relating numbers to their...
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Better Lesson: Super Sorter! Multiple Attribute Sorting With a Venn Diagram

For Teachers K Standards
Understanding multiple attributes is an important mathematical process. The students use their knowledge of Venn Diagrams in this lesson to gain more knowledge about this concept.
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National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Nctm: Illuminations: Grouping and Grazing

For Students Pre-K - 1st Standards
Help the alien spaceship move cows into corrals by counting, adding, and subtracting. This activity helps children learn grouping, tally marks, and place value.
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Better Lesson: Sorting by Color

For Teachers K Standards
Counting bears that are the same size and shape help students focus on just one attribute.
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Better Lesson: Size Sorting on the Big Screen

For Teachers K Standards
SWBAT sort objects by size. The instructor will use a Promethean board (interactive projection) to facilitate this activity.
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Better Lesson: So Many Squares! Red & Blue Sort It Out

For Teachers K Standards
SWBAT sort squares by color into 2 sets or groups.
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PBS

Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 203 Blossom and Snappy Go to the Farm, Part I

For Students K - 1st Standards
Blossom and Snappy decide to surprise Robbie by making her a pumpkin pie using math in some creative ways. They visit a pumpkin farm, dairy farm, and a dairy plant, finding out all the ways math is used in each of these places.
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PBS

Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 201 Math Is Everywhere, Part I

For Students K - 1st Standards
Blossom and Snappy use counting to answer their questions about quantity. They eat popcorn and try to find out who has more. They go to an ice cream shop where they count ice cream containers using multiplication, and they use math to...
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PBS

Pbs: Count on It!: Blossom and Snappy Go to the Post Office

For Students K - 1st Standards
Blossom and Snappy help Digit mail a surprise package to Robbie. They visit the post office and postal processing plant to see how it all works.
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Pbs: Count on It!: Episode 207 Blossom and Snappy Learn About Utilities

For Students K - 1st Standards
Blossom and Snappy help Robbie prepare for a dinner party. They make a decorative centerpiece out of postage stamps. In order to help Robbie, they decide to pay her bills for her. In doing this, Blossom and Snappy visit and learn about...