Sorting!

We have been doing lots of work with sorting!

Here are some of our goals during math stations this week:

Each week we have 5 different stations that we rotate through each day. Here we are working at some of them:

The boys on the left were sorting different animals. Not only were they sorting by type but (just as the goals we set stated) they took it a step further and separated the animals by color.  These boys on the right were sorting various, well, junk.  They first sorted by item.  Next, they sorted by color.

The group on the left was sorting buttons.  They decided to sort by how many holes they had. Joe and Claire were collection buttons with 2 holes while Grace and Sharan collected buttons with 4 holes and one hole.  The group on the right was working with (basically junk again, ha) They had nails, wood bead, screws, and washers.  They started out by sorting things with holes and things without holes.  The other station was sorting different transportation vehicles.

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Ever wondered why your child hardly ever brings work home?? That's because I hate dislike worksheets!  I don't learn that way so I certainly won't make my kinders! We do lots of hands on things and use as little paper as possible.  Their journals (and brains!!) are FULL of work though.  You'll get a chance to take a look through journals (not their brains...sorry!) at parent/teacher conferences coming up soon! 

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Today we added another entry to our math journal.  We drew things that were the same or alike and things that were different.  Jasmine, Joe, and Shriya had some great ideas:

We even included sorting in our science lesson yesterday when I introduced living and non living.  I showed them a picture and placed it in the "yes" or "no" column.  As pictures got added we stopped to guess how they were beings sorted.  Finally we all realized I was sorting things that were living from things that weren't living, then I added the words underneath.

To go along with our living and non living theme we've been doing some fun things with apples! More on that later but I'll leave you with a sneak peek!!

why is this side ways?!?! grrrr!