lots and lots and lots of sorting

This week we spent A LOT of time sorting things into sets during Math Workshop. We transferred our "sorting thinking" to snack time and free choice on our own. 

Some shared that they were sorting clothes, toys and other things at home. 

Hopefully this means that Mrs. Bell's mathematicians have clean bedrooms. 

    

       

     

            

      

Teachers, check out these sorting items in my TpT Store...

        

       

and my Sorting Pinterest Board.

simple sorting mats

This week we worked on sorting objects into sets. We sorted by size, color and shape. We sorted buttons by size...

 We sorted letters by color...

We sorted attribute blocks by shape...

You can get these simple sorting mats in my

Teachers Pay Teachers Store. 

we {heart} buttons

When I was five I loved to play with my grandmother's buttons. We have been exploring and sorting buttons. The sound of the kids digging through buttons and their excitement over finding just the right button has reminded me of my grandmother. She would love that some of her buttons are part of our classroom button collection. 
We have read several "button" books... and sorted buttons in lots of different ways...

we used sorting mats to sort buttons

we did three way sorts 

and we recorded a color sort in our math notebooks

Check out my button sorting mats in my Teachers Pay Teachers Store.

sort it out

We spent a couple of weeks sorting all kinds of things.

sorting by size...

sorting by color...

sorting by shape...

 sorting by categories...

We read these books... Check out this Pinterest board for more sorting fun... or my button sorting post HERE.