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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

What Are Some Different Ways You Can Group Buttons

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders classify and group buttons. They discuss how their buttons are alike and different, and identify the characteristics of their handful of buttons. Students then classify their buttons into three groups, and create a...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Bodacious Buttons

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in games, graphing, and probability exercises to sort and graph buttons. They sort buttons with Venn diagrams and Bull's Eye graphs.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Shirts Full of Buttons

For Teachers Pre-K - 2nd
Young scholars match sets of buttons to complete subtraction problems. In this subtraction lesson plan, students answer the questions "how many more/less" and make bar graphs by counting up the buttons they are wearing.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Button Box

For Teachers K - 1st
Students classify buttons. In this classification instructional activity, students listen to the book The Button Box  by Margarette S. Reid before observing, describing and classifying real buttons.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Unit Rates

For Students 6th
For this unit rates worksheet, 6th graders solve 10 different problems that include determining the rate of various events. First, they determine the number of letters in a particular number of messages. Then, students determine the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Button, Button, Who Has the Button?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine and discuss design and image. They design and create a computer-made design that be made into buttons and sold to the school and community.
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Activity
Curated OER

Marching Band

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Students make simple muscial instruments. In this music lesson, students use buttons in small containers, bells on string, wax paper over a comb, or pan and spoon and then use these instruments to perform in a marching band.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Buttons, Buttons

For Students Pre-K - K
In this reading worksheet, students create a book about buttons. Students fill "I" at the beginning of each sentence. For example, "I like square buttons" and "I like bear buttons."
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Buttons

For Students 9th - 12th
In this arts worksheet, students find the terms for things used to create craft art and the answers are found at the bottom of the page.
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Lesson Plan
Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian in Your Classroom: Teaching With Collections [Pdf]

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This lesson is great for young learners who like to collect things. It gives you ideas of ways to teach such concepts as classifying, sorting, arranging, multiplying, graphing, and measuring with collections of simple objects.
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Unit Plan
Language Guide

Language Guide: La Ropa Del Hombre

For Students 9th - 10th
Colorful pictures come alive with the Spanish pronunciation when the mouse points to them. In addition, the Spanish word pops up showing the correct spelling for each new vocabulary word.
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Website
Other

Museum of Web Art

For Students 9th - 10th
A fascinating site devoted to art and graphics used on the world wide web. Explore the best in buttons, banners, counters, and more.
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Handout
Andre Dollinger

Reshafim: Ancient Egypt: Personal Ornaments

For Students 9th - 10th
On this website you can read about all types of personal adornment of both men and women in ancient Egypt. There are pictures and hyperlinks for more information.
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eBook
LM Digital Media

Kids World Fun: The Top Button [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This illustrated ebook shares the plight of a buttom that wanted to be the most important button of a shirt.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Language Guide: La Ropa Del Hombre

For Students 9th - 10th
Colorful pictures come alive with the Spanish pronunciation when the mouse points to them. In addition, the Spanish word pops up showing the correct spelling for each new vocabulary word.