Content Area: Math

 

Index: 4.4C Grade 2 CPI 1

 

Standard: 4.4 - Data Analysis, Probability, and Discrete Mathematics

 

Strand: C - Mathematics--Systematic Listing and Counting

 

Cumulative Progress Indicator:1 -   The student will sort and classify objects according to attributes

            ·        Venn diagrams

 

Grade: 2

 

Sample Activities:

 

·        Students sort themselves by month of birth, and then within each group by height or birth date. (Other sorting activities can be found in Mathematics Their Way, by Mary Baratta-Lorton.)

 

·        Each student is given a card with a different number on it. Students line up in a row and put the numbers in numerical order by exchanging cards, one at a time, with adjacent children. (After practice, this can be accomplished without talking.)

 

·        Students draw stick figures of members of their family and arrange them in order of size.

 

·        Students sort stuffed animals in various ways and explain why they sorted them as they did. Students can use Tabletop, Jr. software to sort characters according to a variety of attributes.

 

·        Using attribute blocks, buttons, or other objects with clearly distinguishable attributes such as color, size, and shape, students develop a sequence of objects where each differs from the previous one in only one attribute. Tabletop, Jr. software can also be used to create such sequences of objects.

 

·        Additional Framework Activities

 

Kidspiration Activity:

 

·        Use the Venn SuperGrouper to create sorting and classifying activities.