Common Core State Standards

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Kindergarten Language

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.K.5.A Sort common objects into categories (e.g., shapes, foods) to gain a sense of the concepts the categories represent.

Skills:

1. similarities and differences (understand)

2.  Identify foods vs. shapes (understand)

3.  Count number of objects (evaluate)

Technology:

1. IPAD

2. Smartboard

The teacher would first begin circle time by reading a book on sorting called "Sort it Out" by Barbara M. and showing them hands on sorting objects on smart board with each child coming up to take a turn sorting also talking to the children about if they know what sorting means or who knows how to sort objects? If the kindergartners are still not quite sure the teacher would do an example with the class by asking them first “How can we put the students in our class into groups?" The teacher would move and put the children into boys and girls or children who have shorts in one side and children wearing pants and count children in each group.  The teacher then would probably pair two children together to work on sorting different objects into categories by having two baskets or placement mats with pictures on both the child well decide which object shape or food goes in what basket or on which placement mat and count each item in the basket. Another activity they can do sort objects by color, shape, and size.