K.MD Lesson Plans
CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.K.MD
:"Measurement and Data"
These lesson plans can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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Wonderful World of Worms
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Wonderful World of Worms
Squirm with worms! In this interactive lesson, students will work with live worms to learn about measurement and living things.
Preschool
Math
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Hopping Into Measurement
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Hopping Into Measurement
Your students will jump into math concepts like measurement and comparison with this delightful investigative activity! How far do kangaroos jump? Pretend to be a kangaroo and find out!
Kindergarten
Math
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Fruit and Veggie Mix-Up!
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Fruit and Veggie Mix-Up!
Let’s eat! In this food-themed lesson, students will explore categorizing foods such as fruits and vegetables. This lesson can easily be integrated into a unit on food and can be extended to include other types of food.
Kindergarten
Math
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Shapes, Numbers, and Letters, Oh My!
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Shapes, Numbers, and Letters, Oh My!
Where do they fit? In this lesson, students will discover how shapes, numbers, and letters can be grouped into categories. With adaptable content, students can also be challenged to consider attributes such as size and color!
Kindergarten
Math
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Which is Your Favorite Season?
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Which is Your Favorite Season?
Use this lesson to teach your students about the appropriate wardrobe for the different seasons. Also, teach them about the wonderful holidays of each season!
Kindergarten
Math
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Mixing Colors
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Mixing Colors
Mixing Colors is a lesson plan that gives students a chance to explore the exciting process of combining primary colors to make secondary colors! This lesson is hands-on and filled with learning opportunities for students.
Preschool
Math
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Comparing Tall and Short
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Comparing Tall and Short
From skyscrapers to ants, comparing sizes with your class can be endlessly fun! This lesson will help your students compare short and tall sizes.
Preschool
Math
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Let's Choose Less
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Let's Choose Less
More or less? In this hands-on lesson, your students hone important fine motor skills and learn how to compare quantities.
Preschool
Math
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Sorting Fun!
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Sorting Fun!
Introduce your class to the concept of sorting with this interactive lesson that encourages participation from your whole class!
Kindergarten
Math
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Button Classification
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Button Classification
This snazzy lesson features Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin. Your students will love practicing their classification skills while playing with buttons of their own.
Kindergarten
Math
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Categorize It!
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Categorize It!
By sorting and categorizing different objects, young learners will build important foundational skills. Your students will enjoy playing with different toys and competing some fun worksheets.
Preschool
Math
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Graphing Colored Counters
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Graphing Colored Counters
In this lesson, your students will use the background knowledge that they have about counting and sorting to graph data. They will practice answering questions about the graph!
Kindergarten
Math
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Capacity Comparison
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Capacity Comparison
Your class will love this outdoor activity that teaches them how to compare the capacity of different containers.
Kindergarten
Math
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Classify, Count, and Graph with Shapes
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Classify, Count, and Graph with Shapes
Your students will love classifying shapes into groups with this simple coloring and graphing lesson. It includes a bunch of fun worksheets and a song to keep young mathematicians engaged.
Kindergarten
Math
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Comparing the World
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Comparing the World
This lesson challenges kindergartners to find objects in their lives to measure and compare. Get ready to hear measurement concepts come to life!
Kindergarten
Math
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Comparing Bigger and Smaller
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Comparing Bigger and Smaller
Kindergarteners love talking about how big they are! Help them develop a stronger understanding of big and small in this engaging measurement lesson.
Kindergarten
Math
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Comparing Spring Things
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Comparing Spring Things
Bigger, taller, shorter, or longer? In this spring lesson plan, students will compare two objects and create their own spring-themed comparison worksheet. They will draw pairs of pictures and come up with their own comparison questions.
Kindergarten
Math
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Which Holds More?
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Which Holds More?
Fill ‘em up! This lesson teaches students to compare how much different containers can hold. Get ready for some overflowing fun!
Kindergarten
Math
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Interpreting Data Using Graphs
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Interpreting Data Using Graphs
Engage students in learning about data by analyzing picture graphs, then collecting data from classmates and making their own graphs!
Kindergarten
Math
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Heavier or Lighter?
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Heavier or Lighter?
Fill ‘em up! This lesson teaches students to compare how much different containers can hold. Get ready for some overflowing fun!
Kindergarten
Math
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My Favorite Weather
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My Favorite Weather
What's your favorite weather? In this lesson, students learn about different kinds of weather and share their favorites. Students then work together to determine which was the class's most and least popular weather.
Preschool
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Making Categories
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Making Categories
Use this introductory lesson to teach your students how to sort and categorize! This can be used as a stand-alone or support lesson for the Categorize It lesson plan.
Preschool
Math
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Which One is Bigger?
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Which One is Bigger?
WIth this lesson, students will have fun building masterpieces unifex cubes. Then, they will identify which item is bigger or smaller. his lesson plan can be used as a stand alone or support lesson for the Comparing Bigger and Smaller lesson plan.
Kindergarten
Math
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Which One Has More?
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Which One Has More?
In this comparison-focused math lesson, students will get hands-on practice as they learn all about the concepts of more and less.
Preschool
Math
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Finding More
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Finding More
Using an engaging read-aloud, your students will learn all about the concept of comparison in math!
Preschool
Math
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Block Tower Comparison
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Block Tower Comparison
In this fun hands-on lesson, students will get become architects as they compare their buildings and practice comparing numbers 0-10.
Preschool
Math
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What's the Weight?
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What's the Weight?
What is weight? Help your students learn all about the difference between heavy and light in this fun, fast-paced lesson plan! Can be used as a stand-alone or support lesson for the How Much Does it Weigh? lesson plan.
Preschool
Math
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Sub Plans for Kindergarten
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Sub Plans for Kindergarten
Planning for a substitute in the classroom has never been easier than with this kindergarten, week-long sub packet! Your substitute can supercharge learning with lessons about the weather and four seasons to educate and inspire students!
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Where Does it Fit?
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Where Does it Fit?
Help your students learn how to sort and categorize everyday objects in this fun partner focused lesson plan!
Kindergarten
Math
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Can you compare?
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Can you compare?
In this fun hands-on lesson, students will get introduced to comparing heavy and light objects. This can be used as a stand alone lesson or pre-lesson for the Heavier or Lighter lesson plan.
Kindergarten
Math
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