Students build their own knowledge by sort wording, images, facts or objects into groups and creating titles for each group. Student then create an overall title that explains a rule or pattern seen across all of the sorted groups. Students mix-up the groups and start again with a new way to sort. Students create at least three different sorts using creative and adventurous thinking. Students share their most effective sort with peers who must guess the titles of the groups (use the Exhibition Routine).
Build understanding by using creative and adventurous thinking to discover patterns and unique differences.
Provide students with an active and collaborative vehicle to construct their own knowledge and remember learning through elaboration.
Use Crop It to assess student understanding and ability to express meaningful ideas using specific vocabulary.
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