Many sets of buttons
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L24
A lesson plan for grades K–1 Mathematics
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 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.
Kindergarten
- Goal 2: Measurement - The learner will explore concepts of measurement.
- Objective 2.01: Compare attributes of two objects using appropriate vocabulary (color, weight, height, width, length, texture).
- Goal 5: Algebra - The learner will model simple patterns and sort objects.
- Objective 5.01: Sort and classify objects by one attribute.
