Math Centers Kindergarten – Sorting and Classifying Activities

Description

Looking for a NEW way to engage your students in learning math? Creating a Math Cafe or Math “Salad Bar” is an engaging way to hit target skills, ignite the students learning, and free you up to monitor learning or remediate. You can use the “recipe” cards as task cards, set up a cafe in your room, or just use the printables in small or whole group.

Focus: Sorting and Classifying

What’s Included

• Page 1: Cover
• Page 2: Table of Contents
• Page 3: Standards
• Pages 4-6: Unit 3 Sorting and Classifying Directions, Suggestions, and Links
• Page 7: Materials List Needed for Activities
• Pages 8-12: Task Cards (“Recipe Cards”) 1 Blank, 1 Teacher Station, 1 Computer Station, 1 ipad Station and the first Sort Buttons by Size card to go with pg. 13
• Page 13: Trace Write Draw Activity Worksheet
• Page 14: Printable Buttons (use, if you don’t have real buttons)
• Pages 15-17: Sort Buttons By Color (Task Cards, Printable, colored printable buttons)
• Pages 18-20: Sort by Button Holes (Task Cards, Printable, Button Printable)
• Pages 21-22: Button Muffin PAN Sort (Task Cards, colored button printable)
• Pages 23-24: Sort by Color to cover an Apple (using colored cubes)
• Pages 25-26: Sort Cubes to cover a SUN (using colored cubes to cover the picture)
• Pages 27-29: Sort Shapes by Color (Task Cards, printable, colored shapes printable)
• Pages 30-32: Sort by the SHAPE
• Pages 33-35: Sort Play Dough Balls into a Muffin Pan (Recording sheet)
• Pages 36-38: Sort by Five Senses (sort pictures)
• Pages 39-40: Sort Coins by Size (pennies and dimes)
• Pages 41-42: Sort Coins by COLOR
• Page 43: Printable Coins
• Pages 44-45: Sort Counter Bears by Color (with printable bears)
• Pages 48-50: Sort Bears by Size (with printable bears)
• Pages 51-54: Number Sort 2 & 5, 3 & 4 with Paint Daubers
• Pages 55-62: Sort Goldfish (crackers or use a printable) (GRAPH and COLOR)
• Pages 63-64: Sorting Assessment with Directions
• Page 65: Sorting and Classifying Recording Data Sheet
• Pages 66-71: POSTERS
• Pages 72-78: Optional Title Posters for your Math Centers
• Pages 79-85: Photos of how to set your Café up
• Page 86: Credits

What is a Math Café?

I like to keep all of my math manipulatives in one place, and hold students responsible for cleaning up after their activity. You can make your Math Café (or Buffet or Salad Bar) out of a bookcase or a rolling cart. A student pulls out the manipulative cart (Café). Students choose a recipe card (task card – with the material list, number of people who can participate in the math activity, picture cues, and directions), choose their partners if required, fill their tray with materials, do the activity anywhere in the room, and easily clean up by using a tray to hold their materials. You float around and take notes. One task card is labeled “Teacher’s Group.” This can be used when you see a student needs extra help with a concept. They will sit with you to review the concept, if you give them the card. There are also iPad, computer and blank recipe cards.

Encourage Critical Thinking Skills