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Monkey Mayhem
In this sorting and categorizing instructional activity, students take complete a graphing experiment using monkeys in a bag. Students graph their results on the piece of paper.
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Cat Nap
In this shape recognition learning exercise, students cut out the shapes and then sort them. Students match the shape to the correct column and glue them to the page.
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Sort and Color: 100 Bears
In this math instructional activity, students sort the colors of gummy bears in the hands on activity. Then they color the bears on the sheet.
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BBC Get Sorted- Venn Diagram Activity
In this BBC sorting worksheet, students use a Venn Diagram to answer 6 questions based on sorting different colored butterflies. They are challenged to sort children in a group of friends by the color of their eyes.
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Candy Sorting
In this sorting learning exercise, students sort, count and graph pieces of candy and chart their information on the learning exercise. Teachers need to supply lemon, cherry and orange candy.
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What's in the Pocket?
In this math activity, learners cut and fold 2 pockets, one labeled "circle" and one labeled "square." Students cut out 12 small pictures of square or circular objects and sort them into the correct pocket.
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That's So Square
Second graders are introduced to circles, triangles and parallelograms. As a class, they create the shape with their bodies and are shown the shapes in their actual size. To end the instructional activity, they sketch each shape and...
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Candy Land Math
Students order numbers and sets of objects from 0 through 10 and organize and interpret information collected from the immediate environment. They read and interpret graphs usin real objects and the computer. Finally, students sort a...
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Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Students analyze and graph the waste created in a typical lunch period. They increase awareness of various types of garbage students create during a lunch period. They construct and label a graph of lunch waste. They brainstorm...
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Rock Sorting
First graders observe rocks, record their observations about the rocks and classify them according to their observations. As a class, 1st graders create a list of observable characteristics of rocks. They sort a group of rocks...
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Sorting
Students explore how to logically sort and store information in order to make it easy to manage and easily retrieved. They explore methods they can use to organize and manage information.
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Comuter Technology-Applying Spreadsheet Information
Students create spreadsheets and practice sorting within the spreadsheet with three different activities. Students manipulate different materials such as addresses, real estate sales, and athletic participation numbers.
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Animals Piece by Piece
Students sort organisms and objects into groups according to their parts and describe how the groups are formed.They identify body parts of animals from puzzle pieces, assemble the puzzle, and name the animal.
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Learning by Sorting
Students sort Lego Duplo pieces after determining the attributes to classify them by. They work in pairs to sort a group of Duplo pieces and explain their process to others.
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Sorting Lids
Young scholars practice sorting lids in different ways so that each group determines a sorting pattern. They examine how to work in groups while sharing ideas. They establish group work relationships that become apparent to the teacher...
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Fish Aquarium
Students make an aquarium for fish out of construction paper. They count the number of fish in their aquarium, as well as, recognize the colors of their fish.
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Math and Literature
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...
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Valentine Hearts
Students sort candy Valentine hearts into groups and create individual graphs.
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Twix-n-Tween
Yummy! Use Twix candy bars to teach a instructional activity in comparing length! Learners will love this instructional activity and you will be addressing Common Core standards at the same time!
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Applemania
First graders read "Ten Apples Up On Top!" and view real apples in a basket. They taste different kinds of apples and describe the tastes: sour, sweet, etc. They graph everyone's favorite apple. They interpret the graph and draw their...
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Animals Galore
Third graders use structural characteristics to sort and classify animals into groups.
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DatabaseProblem Solving: World Work Organization
Seventh graders use sorting and searching techniques to solve a specific problem using a prepared database.
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Cool Collectibles and Super Sorts
Second graders investigate properties of rocks and create a classroom rock collection.
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Delicious Graphing
Fourth graders sort trail mix by type and use that information to create different types of graphs for comparing.