Categorizing

1. Categorizing

2. When reading a story or article, it is helpful to categorize information, or notice what certain things have in common.

3. Categorizing helps you remember important information • As you read: *Think about what things have in common *Think about how you would group things together *Think of a title or label for each group

4. Let’s read the following paragraph together- Look for things that are alike in some ways. How can you categorize them?

6. What are the ways you can categorize this reading? Uses in the home- Store grain, scoop water, serve food and drinks Uses as musical instruments- Drums, rattles Uses as works of art- Wall decorations, masks

7. Your turn: • Read the following passage. Look for ways the information can be categorized. Make a chart or list on your note sheet.

9. What categories did you come up from the reading of Festivals and Celebrations ?

10. Just a couple more practices…..

11. You will get 30 seconds to look at the following words before they will be taken off the screen. After 30 seconds, try to write down as many of the words as you can remember!

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14. Blue Yellow Red Green Black Pen Sharpie Crayon Marker Pencil Math Science Reading History Spanish

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