Read Works
Read Works: Classify and Categorize 1st Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A three-lesson unit on classifying and categorizing through which students learn how to sort items into two and three categories and explain how each group is classified. Finally, students categorize...
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Read Works: Classify and Categorize Kindergarten Unit: Adding to Sorted Groups
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big Animal Book by Roger Priddy in which students learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are...
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Read Works: Classify and Categorize 2nd Grade Unit
[Free Registration/Login Required] A series of three lesson plans designed to teach students to classify and categorize items, characters, and information. The third lesson is based on the book Splish! Splash! Animal Baths by April...
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Read Works:classify/categorize Kindergarten Unit: Sorting to Predetermined Groups
[Free Registration/Login Required] A lesson using the book My Big World Book by Roger Priddy in which students learn to sort items into predetermined categories. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and independent practice are included....
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Read Works: Classify/categorize Kindergarten Unit: Creating Groups and Sorting
[Free Registration/Login Required] A instructional activity using the book My Big Truck Book by Roger Priddy in which students learn to sort items into categories they create for themselves. Ideas for teaching, guided practice, and...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Measuring With Mixie Bot
Children can measure with a favorite character to understand the value of standardized units of measure, such as inches and feet. This activity will help them practice measuring and understand comparing the measurements of one item to...
Other
Global Grocery List Project: Homepage
At this site from the Global Grocery List Project, students collect data on the prices of common grocery items and submit their findings. They can then compare the data they collected to data from students around the world. There are...
Quia
Quia: Categories Columns
In this interactive game, students match groups of items on one column with categories on the other.
Quia
Quia: Rags to Riches: Categories Ladder
In this interactive, millionaire-style game, students see groups of three or four items and select the category that fits each group.
Quia
Quia: Rags to Riches: Category Ladder Iii
In this interactive, millionaire-style game, students see groups of three items and select the category that fits each group.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What to Bring?
In this activity, students are provided with a list of supplies that survived their plane's crash in the Amazon jungle. They will organize the supplies to classify which items are useful for surviving in the Amazon. Students will use...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Lesson Plan: All I Really Need!
Lesson that helps learners understand the difference between needs and wants. Students discuss the story The Bag I'm Taking to Grandma's by Shirley Neitsel and then decide which items they need to take to grandma's house and which items...