Friday, September 7, 2012

Sorting Activities

Here's what we've been up to in math these past couple weeks! We've been getting lots of practice with sorting...


Hula Hoop Shape Sort: First we practiced as a group, sorting by color and shape. We went around the circle and each student placed their shapes in the correct hula hoop. Then I put tubs of shapes on each table and gave students a divided work mat. They had to sort two groups of shapes in various ways.





















Mixed Up Manipulatives: I forgot where I found this idea, but I told the kids that during recess, someone came into our room and mixed up all our math materials! Oh no! We practiced how to sort objects by kind, then I dumped them out on the tables and each group worked together to sort out all the containers. They had a blast!




Sock Sort: We read "A Pair of Socks" (MathStart) and then the kids helped me sort socks by size, color, and pattern. After, I put various manipulatives out on the tables for the kids to sort, since I didn't have enough socks for independent practice.








Shoe Sort & Graph: We sorted our shoes into three groups (laces, velcro, and slip-ons) and made a concrete graph using our shoes. Then we drew pictures of our shoes to add to our bar graph.



Bear Sort: We sorted bears by size on these work mats that I found from Kindergarten Crayons HERE!

Guess My Rule: We've played this game a lot. It's quick and easy. I just call groups of students to the front and ask the children to guess how I sorted them. I might sort by gender, color clothes, type of shoes, hair color, hairstyle, accessories, etc. Then I ask questions like: "How are they all alike? Why do they belong together? Who else belongs in this group?"

12 comments:

  1. Thanks for the great sorting ideas, Nicole. I will be using some of them next week when we start our unit on sorting.

    Ann

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  2. Love love love these concrete ideas!!! always trying to find hands on things to do, and it helps to have others' ideas!

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  3. Thanks. I really love your ideas. They are so hands on, practical and ....FUN!

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  4. I am in love with your shape manipulatives. Would you mind sharing where you got these?

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