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Many Sets of Buttons

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A lesson plan for grades K–1 Mathematics

Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics


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This Illuminations lesson is the second of an eight-part unit titled “Begin With Buttons.” In this lesson, students classify buttons and make disjointed and overlapping Venn diagrams. In an extension, they make and record linear patterns.

This lesson is referenced in the Illuminations unit plan titled “Begin with Buttons” and is related to the Illuminations lessons titled “Button Trains,” “How Many Buttons?,” “More and More Buttons,” “Numbers Many Ways,” “Lost Buttons,” “Shirts Full of Buttons,” and “Begin with Buttons: Looking Back and Moving Forward.”

North Carolina Curriculum Alignment

Mathematics (2004)

Grade 1

  • Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will understand and use data and simple probability concepts.
    • Objective 4.01: Collect, organize, describe and display data using line plots and tallies.
  • Goal 5: Algebra - The learner will demonstrate an understanding of classification and patterning.
    • Objective 5.01: Sort and classify objects by two attributes.
    • Objective 5.02: Use Venn diagrams to illustrate similarities and differences in two sets.
    • Objective 5.03: Create and extend patterns, identify the pattern unit, and translate into other forms.

Kindergarten

  • Goal 4: Data Analysis and Probability - The learner will collect, organize and display data.
    • Objective 4.01: Collect and organize data as a group activity.
    • Objective 4.02: Display and describe data with concrete and pictorial graphs as a group activity.
  • Goal 5: Algebra - The learner will model simple patterns and sort objects.