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Lesson or Project Topic
What is the topic? What is the title?
Classifying characteristics between objects.
Sorting objects based on size and color
Curriculum Connections
What specific curriculum learning outcomes will be addressed in this lesson or project?(TAKS)
SC.K.P.8.1 Sort objects by observable properties, such as size, shape, color, temperature (hot or cold),
weight, (heavy or light) and texture.
Technology Connections
What technology skills and/or goals will be addressed in this lesson or project?
Students will watch 3 videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No_ADOZ1jl4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzS78Wc0O5U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAGpIE-5G38
They will also be using ipads to play a game that works on classifying shapes.
http://pbskids.org/catinthehat/games/the-great-shape-race
Student-focused Activities
What activities will your student do during this lesson or project?
First, students will sit down and watch three youtube videos identifying different shapes and their colors
and sizes, with textures
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No_ADOZ1jl4
2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzS78Wc0O5U
3.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAGpIE-5G38
Next, students will be shown two objects, (teddy bear and wooden block.) Teacher will ask questions like
1. What are the differences bewtween the two objects?
2. Which one is hard? Which one is soft?
3. What color is the bear? What color is the Block?
4. Which is bigger?
Then, we will split the class into two groups the first group of students will go back to there tables and the
teacher will pass out counting/sorting bear of all sizes and shapes, we then will have the children group the
bears first by size and then again by color.While the second group of students use their own ipad to play
http://pbskids.org/catinthehat/games/the-great-shape-race . Then the groups will switch.
Last the kids will be given a 10 question worksheet to complete that we will use to determine if the children
have achieved the goals and objectives.
Resources
Hardware, Software, Web, CD ROM Other (Print, Human, etc)
Computer using youtube and Ipad using PBS.org. Teddy bear, wooden block, Sorting bears, and
Worskeet. .
Student Assessment
How will you assess the extent to which the students have achieved the goals and objectives?
Teacher will give a 10 question worksheet to assess student comprehesnsion on shape
color and texture. The students are to complete the worsheet independently but the
teacher will go question by question reading aloud to ensure all children understand the
directions and what they are being asked to do.