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Understanding Science Vocabulary And Categorization

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore and examine scientific language and categorization as related to commonly known plants and animals. They hypothesize about a specific plant or animal, how it was scientifically named, what concepts and vocabulary is...
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Toys

For Teachers K - 1st
Students complete a variety of activities as they explore toys. They categorize toys; they play games with toys; they bring in toys to show and tell; they discuss the history of some toys; etc.
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Genre Jeopardy

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Young scholars participate in a game-like format to identify characteristics of genres. They categorize stories into genres bases on story summaries after a class discussion of the characteristics.
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Outlining for Beginners

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students examine the standard form of an outline by viewing several examples. They practice categorizing information and then create a simple outline.
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Fishing For Fun

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders categorize fish crackers into groups by color and compare the two groups using the symbols <, =, and >. They use concrete objects to solve number sentences with equalities and inequalities.
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The Five Senses - Observation, Experimentation, Prediction, and Categorization.

For Teachers 1st
First graders engage in this creative and well-designed lesson. They rotate through five learning stations, each devoted to one of the senses. They practice observation, experimentation, prediction, and categorization.
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Going On A Picnic

For Teachers K
Students classify items you would bring on a picnic into different categories. In this sorting lesson plan, students have categories of food, table things, and toys. A simple instructional activity that teaches an important skill.
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The City and the Country

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this comparing and categorizing activity, students use the vocabulary words listed to compare and then categorize city life and country life.
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Order Me

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this categorizing people worksheet, students study the order of Anna, Tim, Lisa, Paul, and Karen. Students then read each sentence about the order of the people and answer the identification question.
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What Do We Have in Common?

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this common items activity, students study the words for each number and then explain what the words have in common with each other on the blank line.
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Ridge Wood - Birds

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this categorizing worksheet, students study the pictures of the birds and their names. The objective is to enhance students' knowledge of the bird species.
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Color the Objects That Are Long

For Students Pre-K - K
In this categorizing objects worksheet, students analyze 6 pictures of different objects. Students are instructed to color green any object that is "long".
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Oddball Out: Animals that are Different

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students analyze 4 pictures of animals in a row. Students circle the animal which is different from the others. Answers are provided at the bottom of the page. There are 4 rows of animals.
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Oddball Out: Birds, Fishes, Marine Mammals

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students analyze 4 animal pictures in a row. Students circle the animal which is different from the others. There are 4 rows of pictures. Answers are provided upside down at the bottom of the page.
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Oddball Out: Different Birds

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this science worksheet, students study the 4 birds in each row and circle the bird that is different from the others. There are 4 rows. Answers are provided on the page.
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Don't Say the Word! Intermediate

For Students 5th - 6th
In this language arts worksheet, students work in teams to participate in a guessing game. Students have to try to define the word in capitals on the top of each of 15 cards without using any of the words written on the card. Example:...