In this lesson, students classify items into three categories, determine the count in each, and reason about how the last number named determines the total.

In this lesson, students sort categories by count. Identify categories with two, three, and four within a given scenario.

In this lesson, students sort by count in vertical columns and horizontal rows (linear configurations to 5). Match to numerals on cards.

In this lesson, students order and match numeral and dot cards from 1 to 10 and state 1 more than a given number.

In this lesson, students find and describe flat triangles, squares, rectangles, hexagons, and circles using informal language without naming.

In this lesson, students will explain decisions about classification of solid shapes into categories and name the solid shapes.

The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) videos are designed to support states, schools, and teachers in the implementation of selected math standards. Each video is an audiovisual resource that focuses on one or more specific standards through examples and illustrations geared to enhancing understanding. The intent of each content-focused video is to clarify the meaning of the individual standard rather than to be a guide on how to teach each standard, although the examples can be adapted for instructional use.

In this lesson, students classify objects that they collect during a scavenger hunt on their school playground according to living and non-living. They will then create real and pictorial graphs that represent their data.

Students will describe in their own words how to determine and compare the length/ height attributes of objects.

This is the About the Cluster document written by the NC2ML group who created the instructional frameworks. This is a great resource to read while starting to plan for Kindergarten Cluster 1.

This is the About the Cluster document written by the NC2ML group who created the instructional frameworks. This is a great resource to read while starting to plan for Kindergarten Cluster 2.

This is the About the Cluster document written by the NC2ML group who created the instructional frameworks. This is a great resource to read while starting to plan for Kindergarten Cluster 4.

After reading books about and discussing needs and wants of families and discussing the difference between needs and wants, higher level students will complete a classification page (Odd One Out) to exemplify the differences between needs and wants. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

The NC Office of Early Learning strongly encourages incorporating play into the daily routine of each classroom.
Children grow and learn in all developmental domains through their engagement in centers; cognitive, physical, social, and emotional. Authentic learning and meaningful connections are made when a teacher intentionally weaves standards and supports development throughout children’s play. PlaytoLearn Center Posters provide information about common areas of development supported during play centers along with prompts connected to kindergarten standards and NC ELI dimensions.

PlaytoLearn Planning Guides (also shared on #GoOpenNC) provide information on why each center is important to children's development, tips for setting up centers, sugessted materials, actions of an intentional teacher, and common connections children make to content. Although these resources are specifically written for kindergarten, teaching and learning strategies can be applied to many grade levels.

The NC Office of Early Learning strongly encourages incorporating play into the daily routine of each classroom.
Children grow and learn in all developmental domains through their engagement in centers; cognitive, physical, social, and emotional. Authentic learning and meaningful connections are made when a teacher intentionally weaves standards and supports development throughout children’s play. PlaytoLearn Planning Guides provide information on why each center is important to children's development, tips for setting up centers, sugessted materials, actions of an intentional teacher, and common connections children make to content. Prompts connected to kindergarten standards and NC ELI dimensions can be found on PlaytoLearn Center Posters which are also shared on #GoOpenNC. Although these resources are specifically written for kindergarten, teaching and learning strategies can be applied to many grade levels.

* This unit is an adaptation of the Everyday Mathematics (EM) Kindergarten Curriculum, 4th Edition, published by McGraw Hill Education.  The source material is copyrighted and all rights are reserved.  With this in mind, only the adaptations will be explored in this document.  To access the Everyday Mathematics curriculum and some online components, your school or district must purchase them from McGraw Hill.

The Everyday Mathematics curriculum does not teach concepts in the historical unit-by-unit format.  Rather, key concepts are introduced and revisited in several units throughout the year.  The focus on returning to concept strands is referred to as "spiralling."  The spiral strand targeted in this unit is focussed on data collection and representation.  Students will learn how to represent data on (and read data from) charts and graphs.

In this task, students receive sorting cards (eg.-fruit/vegatables, pet/wild animals, etc.) by which to group themselves and count and compare small groups.

In this task, students sort the same set of objects according to different attributes and practice counting to tell the number of objects in a set. This task can be given after the Sort and Count I task.

In this assessment task students are asked to sort buttons by the number of holes. They will label how they sorted the groups and then draw a circle around the group with the largest number of buttons. An assessment sheet and rubric are provided.

This resource is part of Tools4NCTeachers.

This lesson focuses on classifying objects. Kindergarten students gain experiences comparing and identifying likenesses and differences. These experiences build the foundations for understanding relationships and the development of logical reasoning.