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Week 04 · Sort It Out

Tuesday

Sort by a rule
// Features, rules and models
⏱ about 15 min

Tuesday: Sort by a rule

Raven sorts the blocks by color.

Rocket sorts the same blocks by size.

Raven asks, "What do you notice?"

Nova hints, "Different rules, different groups."

A rule makes groups

To sort is to put things in groups.

A rule says which group things go in.

Rule: sort by color.

Then all red things go together.

The same things can follow a new rule.

USE THE RULE
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Rule: sort by color. Where does a red cup go?
Rule: sort by size. Where does a big ball go?
ThingColorSize
Ballredbig
Cupredsmall
Blockbluebig
Beadbluesmall
READ THE TABLE
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Sort by color. What goes with the ball?
Sort by size. What goes with the ball?
Try it
Get six socks or six toys.
Sort them by color.
Mix them up. Sort them by size.
RULE RIDDLES
  • Read the question.
  • Tap your answer.
Groups: round things and square things. The rule?
Groups: big things and small things. The rule?
Can the same toys be sorted two ways?
SentenceTrue or false?
Sorting puts things in groups.?
A rule says where things go.?
Things can only be sorted one way.?
WHY THIS EXERCISENew rules make new groups.
Draw two groups: big things and small things.

Word Spot: is, to, for

Here are new sight words.

Look at each word. Say it. Spell it.

Is: I-S.

To: T-O.

For: F-O-R.

FIND THE WORD
  • Listen to the word.
  • Tap it.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
Find the word you hear.
FILL THE GAP
  • Listen to the sentence.
  • Tap the missing word.
The sky ___ blue.
We go ___ the pond.
This acorn is ___ you.

You are a super sorter!

Tomorrow is Explorer Lab.

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