Form I Number: Sorting and Classifying: Introduction (Pre K-2nd)
Sorting Together
For beginning sorting, you can define the categories by which the students are to sort. You can begin with shapes of various colors and sizes made from colored paper. The students respond to your questions, indication whether or not a particular shape can be placed in a given group. In various turns, you can have them sort by color, size and shape, using appropriate attribute names. Once they are able to sort in this way easily, encourage them to say why a particular shape can or cannot be placed in a particular group.
Junk Box Sorting
Guide your students through exploring and sorting various types of math manipulatives. Ask them questions to help them observe how things are alike and different and sorting various items in different ways.
Sources:
GEMS: Treasure Boxes
Kindergarten
6 Activities
102 pages
Mathematics strands explored include discrete mathematics, statistics, number, logic and language. The educational sequence of these activities is designed to build real-life understandings of graphing, sorting, and classification while encouraging cooperation and appreciation for the many ways we can recycle and reuse materials.
Kindergarten
6 Activities
102 pages
Mathematics strands explored include discrete mathematics, statistics, number, logic and language. The educational sequence of these activities is designed to build real-life understandings of graphing, sorting, and classification while encouraging cooperation and appreciation for the many ways we can recycle and reuse materials.
Mathematics... A Way of Thinking
by
This activity-centered program contains lessons and blackline masters that covers problem solving, computation, geometry, measurement, probability and graphing.
