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Classify and Categorize Lesson Plans

To arrange or organize details from a text into groups with similar traits (Categorize), and to name or label that group (Classify).

Kindergarten Unit »

Lesson 1 ::: Classify items into existing categories

My Big Animal Book

Lesson 2 ::: Categorize items into existing categories

My Big World Book

Lesson 3 ::: Classify and categorize items into student created groups

My Big Truck Book

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1st Grade Unit »

Lesson 1 ::: Classify and categorize items into two categories
Explain how items were classified and categorized

We are All Alike . . . We are All Different

Lesson 2 ::: Categorize items into three categories

When a Line Bends . . . A Shape Begins

Lesson 3 ::: Categorize characters based on their character traits

Chrysanthemum

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2nd Grade Unit »

Lesson 1 ::: Classify and categorize similar items in several ways
Explain how similar items were classified and categorized

Lesson 2 ::: Classify and categorize fictional characters in several ways based on their character traits

Lesson 3 ::: Categorize information into predetermined categories

Splish! Splash! Animal Baths

Unit Reading Passages

Celebrations Around the World
Earth Rocks
Our World
The Sounds Spring Brings
What's Cooking

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3rd Grade Unit »

Lesson 1 ::: Categorize information to answer a research question

Animals of the Sea and Shore

Lesson 2 ::: Classify and categorize information into an outline form

Animal Homes

Lesson 3 ::: Classify and categorize information to answer a research question
Classify and categorize information into an outline form

Endangered Animals

Unit Reading Passages

Animals Get Ready
Saving Big Cats
'Tis the Season
Vanishing Frogs
Fit for Life

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4th Grade Unit »

Lesson 1 ::: Develop research questions
Classify and categorize information to answer a research question
Classify and categorize information into an outline form

Squanto's Journey
Creepy Cave Crawlers

Lesson 2 ::: Develop research questions
Classify and categorize information into an outline form
Use the features of nonfiction to identify information relevant to a research question

Animals That Hibernate

Lesson 3 ::: Use an outline to create a research report

Unit Reading Passages

Branching Out
Modern Marvels
Ride of the Century
A Ton of Trash
Creepy Cave Crawlers

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5th Grade Unit »

Classify and Categorize lessons can be found in the following fifth grade novel units:
Lost Star: The Story of Amelia Earhart
The Story of Jackie Robinson: Bravest Man in Baseball

Unit Reading Passages

Dream Machines
Ready to Rumble
Superstars of Science
The Dawn of the Mayas
What's Cooking

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6th Grade Unit »

Classify and Categorize lessons can be found in the following sixth grade novel units:
The Lost Garden
Rosa Parks: My Story

Unit Reading Passages

Don't Know Much About Liberty
Endangered Animals at a Glance
Living on the Edge
On the Prowl
Presidents Come Alive

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