Enjoy any 5 free lessons!
You can pick. No account needed.
Watch Video

You have remaining on your free trial.
4 Free Lessons Left
Get unlimited access to all videos and lesson plans with a membership.
So you can keep watching more great videos in class, ask your teacher or principal to get a School plan membership.
Become a member to get full access to our entire library of learning videos, reading material, quiz games, simple DIY activities & more.
Become a member to get full access to our entire library of learning videos, quiz games, & more.
Plans & Pricing
to watch this full video.

Access All Videos
and Lessons, No Limits.
Access All Videos

No credit card required,
takes 7 sec to signup.
No card required

Ready-to-go lessons
that save you time.
Ready-to-go lessons
If you are on a school computer or network, ask your tech person to whitelist these URLs:
*.wistia.com, fast.wistia.com, fast.wistia.net, embedwistia-a.akamaihd.net
Sometimes a simple refresh solves this issue. If you need further help, contact us.
Classify Objects by Attribute (Color, Size & Shape)

- Show lesson plan & teacher guide
- Show answers to discussion questions
- Show video only
- Allow visiting of other pages
- Hide assessments
- 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.
Which is the greater number?ANSWERThere are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 birds. There are 1, 2, 3 butterflies. 5 is greater than 3.
The students choose the smaller object.
The students choose the red object.
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.
4 pens in one group, 3 crayons in the other group.
All of the shapes are rectangles except the circle. The circle does not belong in the group.
The group is all triangles. The other triangles belong in the group.
a. Classify the objects by color. Are there more red objects or more blue objects?
b. Classify the objects by size.
ANSWERa. 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
To put in groups based on one or more attributes.
- Attributes DEFINE
Things we can notice about objects such as size, color, or shape.
- Size DEFINE
How big or small something is.
- 2D Shape DEFINE
A shape that is flat.
- Big DEFINE
Large in size.
- Small DEFINE
Little in size.
- Compare DEFINE
To decide if one number is greater than, equal to, or less than another number.
- Count DEFINE
Say the number names in order.
- Most DEFINE
The greatest in number.
- Fewest DEFINE
The smallest in number.
- Classify DEFINE
-
Reading Material
-
Practice Word Problems
-
Practice Number Problems
-
Lesson Plan
-
Teacher Guide