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A bag containing 10 circles, triangles and rectangles can be sorted by shape and then each category can be counted and compared.Clarifications
Clarification 1: Instruction focuses on supporting work in counting.Clarification 2: Instruction includes geometric figures that can be categorized using their defining attributes.
Clarification 3: Within this benchmark, it is not the expectation for students to construct formal representations or graphs on their own.
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STEM Lessons - Model Eliciting Activity
The Fire Wheels MEA provides students with a problem in which they must work as a team to design a procedure to select the best toy car for a company to sell.
Model Eliciting Activities, MEAs, are open-ended, interdisciplinary problem-solving activities that are meant to reveal students’ thinking about the concepts embedded in realistic situations. Click here to learn more about MEAs and how they can transform your classroom.
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Students sort shapes into categories, record their categories and frequencies, and identify the categories with the most and least.
Students sort objects by type and then identify which group of objects has the most and the least.
Students sort tiles by color and then count to determine the group with the most and the least number of tiles.
Students are asked to sort the animals on the Sorting Animals worksheet and then count the number in each group.
Students sort illustrations of buttons, explain the how and why, and count the number in each group.
Original Student Tutorials Mathematics - Grades K-5
Practice sorting, counting, and comparing by visiting the Sorting Sweet Shop in this candy-themed, interactive tutorial.
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Practice sorting, counting, and comparing by visiting the Sorting Sweet Shop in this candy-themed, interactive tutorial.
Type: Original Student Tutorial