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K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 5

Algebra - The learner will model simple patterns and sort objects.

Objective 5.01

Sort and classify objects by one attribute.

Resources aligned to this objective

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The learner will be doing curriculum integrated activities using Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Computer Technology Skills)
By Shannon Zerniak.
Animals move!
This plan introduces students to the different ways animals move.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living Education and Mathematics)
By Michelle Tesiero.
Apples on Parade
Children will discover the different varieties of apples after listening to a selected story by describing likenesses and differences of apples, sorting apples, graphing apples, eating apples, and creating apple star trees. This unit can be extended to allow children to cook with apples.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Nancy Haley.
Candy Math
Unit on reviewing Math skills. The unit will take 20 minutes per day for 6 days. A good activity for late spring.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Tammy Sharpe.
Classifying Transportation Objects
In this lesson the students will sort, classify, and label transportation items by various attributes.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By LuAda Skaggs.
Dinosaur Math
The children will be involved in several different activities (graphing, sorting and classifying, patterning) rotating to each station during the lesson.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By RobinC Adams.
Easter Egg Math
Using colored Easter eggs, students will sort by color, count eggs, and graph data.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Marie Messer.
Fun with fruits and vegetables
The activities will help the student identify, describe, and classify fruits and vegetables, and learn how each grows.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Science, Healthful Living Education, and Mathematics)
By Suzie Overholt.
Gingerbread Man Fun
This lesson will allow students to demonstrate sense of beginning, middle, and end of a story. They will also use various objects to create patterns comparing these objects using appropriate vocabulary (small, medium, large).
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics)
By Rebecca Jones.
Healthy vs Non-Healthy Foods
Students will use Kidspiration software to classify healthy foods and non-healthy foods during our Food Guide Pyramid unit.
Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics and Computer Technology Skills)
By Michele Tipton.
Is it a duck? Is it a chick?
Students will compare and contrast the characteristics of a chick and a duckling by using a Venn Diagram.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Science, English Language Arts, and Mathematics)
By Debbie Beeson.
M & M Math
Rotating to each station using M & M's, this lesson will allow students to add, graph, sort, and estimate.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Karen Walker.
Me and My Scarecrow
This math lesson will allow students to create their own individual and unique scarecrows based on attributes about themselves. Students will compare their scarecrows to those of their classmates and observe similarities and differences.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Stephanie Duncan.
Penguin Possibilities: Sorting by Attributes
This lesson is designed to help students observe details and explore ways that objects, in this case penguins, can be sorted by various attributes such as size, color, etc.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics)
By Shyrl Stadler.
Persuasive pumpkins
Using observation skills and comparative language, the children will express their own ideas to compare likenesses and differences of pumpkins. They will sort by their own rules and explain their reasoning. Using cooperative learning, they will listen to other children's discussions and come to some agreements.
Format: lesson plan (grade K Information Skills, English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science)
By RC Griffin.
To eat or not to eat
After reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, students will sort the foods the caterpillar ate by foods they need or don't need for their body.
Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Healthful Living Education, Social Studies, and Mathematics)
By Karlyn Sugg.

Lesson plans on the web

Amazing Attributes: Looking Back and Moving Forward
In this lesson, the last of a nine-part Illuminations unit titled “Amazing Attributes: Sorting and Organizing Objects,” teachers ensure that students have grasped the major concepts in this unit on sorting and organizing. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Buttons! Buttons!
Students participate in activities in which they focus on connections between mathematics and children's literature. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Calculating Patterns
Students use an Internet-based calculator that is linked with an interactive “Hundred Chart” to create, extend, and record numerical patterns in different ways. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Calculating Patterns: Looking Back and Moving Forward
Lesson measures students' ability to create, extend, and interpret patterns in multiple ways. (Learn more)
Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)
Provider: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics