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Classify Objects by Attribute (Color, Size & Shape)

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Classify Objects by Attribute (Color, Size & Shape)

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What you will learn from this videoWhat you will learn

We'll learn how to classify objects by attributes.
That we can classify things by color, size, or even by shape.
And, we'll explore how this knowledge can help us clean up a messy room and even make an art project!

Discussion Questions
- Before Video
  [Show or draw 7 birds.] How many birds? How do you know?ANSWER
  - I count 1 more for each bird. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 7 birds.
  [Show or draw 5 birds and 3 butterflies.] How many birds? How many butterflies?
  Which is the greater number?ANSWER
  - There are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 birds. There are 1, 2, 3 butterflies. 5 is greater than 3.
  [Show or draw two objects, one larger than the other.] Which is smaller?ANSWER
  - The students choose the smaller object.
  [Show or draw 4 flowers that are different colors.] Which is the red flower?ANSWER
  - The students choose the red object.
  [Show or draw a circle, triangle, rectangle, and another triangle.] Which is the rectangle? How do you know?ANSWER
  - The students choose the rectangle. A rectangle has 4 straight sides and 4 square corners.
- After Video
  [Display 6 to 10 objects that are clearly blue or clearly not blue.] How can you classify these objects into the groups Blue and Not Blue?ANSWER
  - The students identify the blue objects and put them in one group. They put all other objects in a separate group.
  [Display a group of 4 pens and 3 crayons, randomly arranged.] How can you classify this group into pens and crayons? How many are in each group?ANSWER
  - 4 pens in one group, 3 crayons in the other group.
  [Display a group of rectangles of different sizes, shapes, and colors, and 1 circle.] What shape does not belong in this group? Why?ANSWER
  - All of the shapes are rectangles except the circle. The circle does not belong in the group.
  [Display a group of shapes, including triangles, rectangles, and circles all of different sizes, colors, and types, such as equilateral triangles, right triangles, isosceles triangles, scalene triangles. Pull out 3 triangles to form a group.] What other shapes in the big pile belong in this group? What is the rule for this group?ANSWER
  - The group is all triangles. The other triangles belong in the group.
  [Display 3 small red objects, 2 large red objects, 1 small blue object, and 3 large blue objects, randomly arranged.]
  a. Classify the objects by color. Are there more red objects or more blue objects?
  b. Classify the objects by size.
  ANSWER
  - a. There are 5 red objects. There are 4 blue objects. There are more red objects than blue objects.
    b. There are 4 small objects. There are 5 large objects. There are more large objects than small objects.
Vocabulary
- Classify DEFINE
- Attributes DEFINE
- Size DEFINE
- 2D Shape DEFINE
- Big DEFINE
- Small DEFINE
- Compare DEFINE
- Count DEFINE
- Most DEFINE
- Fewest DEFINE

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Assessment
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