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Thinking sheet · Seasons and holidays
Candy Sort Graph
Sort a handful of treats (or pictures of treats) by color or kind and graph them.
- Grades
- K–3
- Time
- about 20 minutes
- Topic
- Seasons and holidays
- Kids practice
- sorting, graphing, simple subtraction
What kids do
“Sort your treats, then color one square for each one!”
- My treat graph (write each kind under its bar)
- I had the most…
- If I share two, I will have…
How to run it
- Use cereal, colored blocks or picture cards instead of candy if you prefer.
- Sort first, then graph.
- Older kids can write a number sentence about their graph.
Talk about it
- Which kind had the most?
- How many did you have altogether?
- How could we make the graph even?
Take it further
Combine the class graphs into one big graph.
Pairs well with
Free for home and classroom use. Print as many copies as you need.
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