Standard Course of Study :: Mathematics

Aligned lesson plans

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 Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Social Studies); By Karlyn Sugg.

Sorting with Old Mother Hubbard: In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 6; In this kindergarten lesson plan, students use the nursery rhyme "Old Mother Hubbard" to practice sorting objects according to their properties, and practice reading by reciting a familiar nursery rhyme while following the text.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Lisa Wright.

Sorting with Little Boy Blue: In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 1; In this kindergarten lesson, students use the nursery rhyme "Little Boy Blue" to practice sorting items into groups.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Lisa Wright.

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.

MyPyramid: Eat a variety of foods: In Food for thought: Elementary lessons on nutrition and healthy living, page 1.1; Foods and their packaging come in many different shapes. In this kindergarten lesson plan from the Food for Thought nutrition curriculum, students learn about the food groups found in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's MyPyramid and look for foods, packaging, and cooking utensils shaped like squares and rectangles.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living and Mathematics)

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 and Social Studies); By Stephanie Duncan.

Matching with The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe: In Mother Goose in use: Rhymes that teach, page 10; In this kindergarten lesson, students participate in a pattern-matching activity based on the nursery rhyme "The Little Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe."; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts and Mathematics); By Lisa Wright.

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–1 Mathematics); By Karen Walker.

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 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Debbie Beeson.

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); By Rebecca Jones.

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 Healthful Living, Mathematics, and Science); By Suzie Overholt.

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.

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.

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.

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–1 Mathematics); By Tammy Sharpe.

Animals undercover: Students will learn about the different animal coverings using the inquiry method. They will learn about how the covering is used for protection and to control body temperatures.; Format: lesson plan (grade K English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Anne Ellis.

Animals movin' on up: Children will explore animal body parts in animal pictures using the inquiry method. They will discuss their functions in movement and eating. They will also discuss the idea that classifications of animals have similar body parts.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics and Science); By Anne Allen.

Animals move!: This plan introduces students to the different ways animals move.; Format: lesson plan (grade K Healthful Living and Mathematics); By Michelle Tesiero.

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–2 English Language Arts, Mathematics, and Science); By Shannon Zerniak.

What's my rule for sorting?: In this lesson, the second of an eight-part Illuminations unit titled “Calculating Patterns,” students build on prior knowledge of sorting and classifying when they recognize sorts and name rules for sorting. They identify common properties... (Learn more); Format: lesson plan (grade K Mathematics); Provided by: Illuminations