Sorting Fun: Organizing Our World!

Math Grades 1st Grade 4:14 Video
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Lesson Description

Let's learn about sorting! We'll put things that are alike together and discover how organizing helps us find things easily. Inspired by the Eagle's Nest classroom's food bank donation sorting, we'll explore sorting in our own homes and lives.

Video Resource

Grade 1: Math Lesson #73 Sorting Common Items

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Duration: 4:14
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Key Concepts

  • Sorting
  • Categorizing
  • Organization

Learning Objectives

  • Students will be able to sort a collection of objects into categories based on shared attributes.
  • Students will be able to explain why sorting makes it easier to find things.
  • Students will be able to count the number of items in each category after sorting.

Educator Instructions

  • Introduction (5 mins)
    Begin by watching the 'Grade 1: Math Lesson #73 Sorting Common Items' video. Discuss what sorting means. Ask students if they have ever sorted anything before (toys, clothes, etc.).
  • Guided Practice (10 mins)
    Gather a collection of common household items (toys, crayons, utensils, etc.). As a class, decide on a few categories to sort the items into (e.g., color, shape, use). Guide students through the sorting process, explaining why each item belongs in its chosen category.
  • Independent Practice (15 mins)
    Provide each student with a set of objects to sort on their own. Have them choose their own categories or provide pre-determined categories. After sorting, have them count the number of items in each category and record the results.
  • Wrap Up (5 mins)
    Discuss the benefits of sorting. Ask students to share examples of where they see sorting used in their everyday lives (grocery stores, libraries, etc.). Encourage them to find something at home to sort.

Interactive Exercises

  • Sorting Scavenger Hunt
    Give students a list of categories (e.g., things that are red, things that are soft, things that are round). Have them search the classroom or their home to find items that fit into each category. After the scavenger hunt, students share the items they found and explain why they fit in the categories.

Discussion Questions

  • What does it mean to sort things?
  • Why is it helpful to sort things?
  • Where do you see people sorting things in the world?

Skills Developed

  • Categorization
  • Counting
  • Problem-solving
  • Observation

Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1:

What does it mean to sort things?

Correct Answer: To put things that are alike together.

Question 2:

Why is sorting helpful?

Correct Answer: It helps us find things easily.

Question 3:

Which of these is a good category for sorting toys?

Correct Answer: Color

Question 4:

If you sort your crayons by color, what are you doing?

Correct Answer: Putting them in groups that are the same color

Question 5:

The video showed sorting food for a ____.

Correct Answer: Food bank

Question 6:

Which is NOT something you can sort?

Correct Answer: Feelings

Question 7:

If you have 3 red toys and 2 blue toys, how many toys are there?

Correct Answer: 5

Question 8:

What did the video teacher sort?

Correct Answer: Food

Question 9:

Sorting is like putting things in their ____.

Correct Answer: Groups

Question 10:

You can sort by ____ or ____.

Correct Answer: Big or small

Fill in the Blank Questions

Question 1:

When we sort, we put things that are ____ together.

Correct Answer: alike

Question 2:

Sorting helps us find things ____ .

Correct Answer: easily

Question 3:

You can sort toys by their ____ .

Correct Answer: color

Question 4:

The video showed people sorting food for people who need ____ .

Correct Answer: help

Question 5:

We can sort our clothes by type, like shirts and ____.

Correct Answer: pants

Question 6:

Putting same things together is called ____ .

Correct Answer: sorting

Question 7:

If you have 4 apples in one pile and 2 in another, there are ____ apples total.

Correct Answer: 6

Question 8:

The teacher sorted ____ in the video.

Correct Answer: food

Question 9:

Sorting is important for ____.

Correct Answer: organization

Question 10:

You can sort things by ____.

Correct Answer: size

Educational Standards

1.MD.C.4:Organize, represent, and interpret data with up to three categories; ask and answer questions about the total number of data points, how many in each category, and how many more or less are in one category than in another. CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.A.1:Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in all positions, e.g., by using objects, drawings, and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

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