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The Button Box by Margarette S. Reid

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Theme:

Classifying

Grades:

K - 2

Subject:

Math

Duration:

30 - 40 minutes

Standards
& Goals:

Florida State Standards

The student understands number systems. (MA.A.2.1)

The student describes, draws, identifies and analyzes two- and three-dimensional shapes. (MA.C.1.1)

The student visualizes and illustrates ways in which shapes can be combined, subdivided and changed. (MA.C.2.1)

The student uses coordinate geometry to locate objects in both two- and three-dimensions and to describe objects algebraically. (MA.C.3.1)

The student describes, analyzes and generalizes a wide variety of patterns, relations, and functions. (MA.D.1.1)

Objectives:

Students will:

  • Listen to the story The Button Box by Margarette S. Reid.
  • Given a variety of buttons, sort buttons based on one identifiable attribute (individually decided) with 80 percent accuracy.
  • Identify the attribute used to classify a group of buttons by verbally presenting their classification system to the class.
  • Given a piles of buttons categorized by two different attributes, use a Venn Diagram to display the buttons in each aspect of the diagram. The buttons fulfilling each characteristic independently will be in the respective circles and the buttons fulfilling each of the characteristics simultaneously will be in the center of the Venn Diagram.
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