• Meet the Authors
  • Write for Us
    • Bloglovin
    • Email
    • Facebook
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter

Classroom Freebies

  • PK-2 Freebies
  • 3-5 Freebies
  • 6-8 Freebies
  • 9-12 Freebies
  • Blog
  • Write for Us
  • About
  • Meet the Authors
You are here: Home / 3-5 / Falling for Math Sorting

September 1, 2021 · 2 Comments

Falling for Math Sorting

3-5· All Freebies· PK-2

I was feeling pretty inspired today and decided to whip up a fun sorting activity freebie hopefully some of you can use in your classrooms to celebrate the season!

Falling for Math Sorting

I love pumpkins all fall long! They are a good symbol of the season that I don’t have to change in a month’s time. I usually can make pumpkins work from September 1st through Thanksgiving Day before needing to swap out for something else.

And with teacher time at a premium, that is just good planning ahead! Saving precious minutes is always on the to-do list.

You can create a Jack-o-latern look for materials in October and a traditional pumpkin in November (or pumpkin pie)!


Printable Pumpkin Pack

This free printable pack includes a regular worksheet, a challenge worksheet, and the pumpkins can either be left on the page – or you cold run them on white cardstock, cut out, and laminate for some hands-on learning fun!

Falling for Math Sorting

Easy Fall Lesson Plan Ideas

Want a couple other ideas for using them to differentiate your student learning?  Use them for centers or morning work!

1.  Simply have the students take the pumpkins and make their own groups based on attributes.

2.  Hand gifted learners a blank chart (white out the current categories and attributes) and have them make their own to trade and solve.

3.  Have students create math story problems using the pumpkins:  “Jack had 3 pumpkins with 2 eyes each.   How many eyes in all did Jack’s pumpkins have?”

Falling for Math Sorting

4.  Students can take turns adding a sentence and a pumpkin to a spiraling story.

5.  Do a journal prompt about how to carve a pumpkin.

Those are just a few ideas from the top of my head.   What else could you use this worksheet for with your students to expand the learning?   We would love to hear them in the comments!

Grab your freebie file at Organized Classroom HERE.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy!

~Charity

You Might Also Like:

  • The Great Candy Comparison
  • Pumpkin Poke Addition Facts 1-12 Game FREEBIE
  • Pumpkin Poke Addition Facts 1-12 Game FREEBIE
  • Valentine Place Value GameValentine Place Value Game

About Charity Preston

A teacher, mom, wife. Featured in Scholastic Instructor Magazine, NEA, TeachHub, and Edutopia, Charity has over a half million fans and followers all over the world. A former K-6 gifted intervention specialist, she has built and managed over 20 educational related websites since 2011, and collaborated with high profile companies, such as eBay, ASCD, and Pinterest. Charity is the CEO of PEN Group Online, Inc. where she has taught her classroom and teacherpreneur business development systems to thousands of fans and members.

« Begin the year encouraging students to write in complete sentences and you will improve your students’ writing all year long.
Patterning Task Cards »

Comments

  1. Nancy Mrozek says

    September 18, 2021 at 7:22 am

    The free pumpkin activity cannot be downloaded!!! Any helpful tips?? I have a student who is working on describing using attributes for her language goal and this resource would be wonderful! Hopefully you can provide instructions as to how to download it successfully!
    Thank you.
    Nancy Mrozek, SLP

    Reply
    • Charity Preston says

      October 11, 2021 at 3:11 pm

      Hi Nancy! It is working fine on my end? I’m guessing you might be using a school email and/or server to try and grab it – many will block you from doing so while at school or on a school system. Maybe try from a home computer and email instead?

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • Bloglovin
  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

Pin Us!

Proud Member of:

PEN Group Online, Inc.

SPECIAL COPYRIGHT NOTE
This site is copyright protected. Nothing can be reposted on this site (excluding the button features) without written permission from the author. This includes writing, photographs, images, and downloads. This blog is a collaborative blog written by a group of individuals, and each author owns and is accountable for his/her postings. Disclosure: There may be affiliate links in this post. If you click through and make a purchase, the author may receive a commission at no additional cost to you. For questions about this blog, please use the contact form link located HERE.

*Privacy Policy*

Copyright © 2023 PEN Group Online, Inc.