Mathematics — Kindergarten

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What's My Rule for Sorting?

Students build on prior knowledge of sorting and classifying when they recognize sorts and name rules for sorting. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Sorting Time

Students sort objects and symbols and make patterns with sorted objects. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Sorting

Students develop the idea that information can be more easily managed and retrieved if it is logically sorted and stored, using the example of books in a library. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Sing and Show Patterns

Engages students in creating patterns with movement and translating the patterns into other forms. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Music Education)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Show and Tell

Students describe their graphs using appropriate vocabulary and to develop skills in posing and responding to questions about their graphs. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Properties Everywhere

This lesson focuses students' attention on the attributes of objects and rules for sorting them while also building vocabulary for describing attributes and classifying objects. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Our Button Box

Students compare objects to identify similarities and differences. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Naming Rows and Columns

Students learn the difference between rows and columns, how to label and select a title for graphs, and what comparative terms to use to describe relationships between and among the various sets of buttons. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

My Button Is...

Students make use of the properties enumerated in the previous segments of this nine-part unit. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Multiple Patterns

Students explore patterns that involve doubling. They use objects and numbers in their exploration and record them using a table. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

More Patterns

Students extend their knowledge of linear patterns by making patterns on a grid using shapes and other symbols. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics and Music Education)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Many Sets of Buttons

Students classify buttons and make disjointed and overlapping Venn diagrams. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–1 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Look at Me: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Students create pictographs and bar graphs based on data collected, including the ages of classmates, cats owned, and number of teeth missing. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Just Alike

Allows students to apply knowledge of properties for sorting the buttons while working in small groups. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Introducing the Venn diagram in the kindergarten classroom

This ReadWriteThink lesson offers ideas for using Venn diagrams in the primary classroom. Choose among these ideas for using hula hoops and real objects to introduce the Venn diagram to young children as they sort, compare and contrast, and organize information... (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 English Language Arts and Mathematics)

Provided by: ReadWriteThink

Graphing on a Grid

Students create a graph and thus learn to move from the concrete through pictorial to abstract representations of displays of data. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Grandma's Button Box

Students have opportunities to identify properties and to sort, classify, organize, and display data. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Food Pyramid Power: Looking Back and Moving Forward

Students display their knowledge of properties of objects for sorting and creating patterns. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Finding Properties for Sorting

Students sort objects and observe the properties others use for sorting. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Favorite Pizza Toppings

Students make a bar graph to display information about their favorite pizza toppings, analyze the results from the graph, and then share their findings with fellow classmates. (Learn more)

Format: lesson plan (grade K–5 Mathematics)

Provided by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics