TIPS4Math
Sort and Classify Objects Using Two Attributes
Overall Expectation
Grade 2
Students will
• Collect and organize categorical or discrete primary data and display the data, using tally charts, concrete graphs, pictographs,
line plots, simple bar graphs, and other graphic organizers, with labels ordered appropriately along horizontal axes, as needed
(2m73)
Specific Expectation
Students will:
• Demonstrate an ability to organize objects into categories, by sorting and classifying objects using two attributes simultaneously
(2m76)
Lesson
Review Sorting By
One Attribute
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Sort By Two Attributes •
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Identify and Describe
Sorting Attributes
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Learning Focus
Identify possible attributes of objects
Sort objects by one attribute
Describe sorting attribute
Estimate the number of objects in a set
o check by counting
Sort objects by two attributes
Identify (e.g., size and colour) and describe
(e.g., big and red) sorting attributes
Estimate the number of objects in a set
o check by counting
Identify and describe the sorting attributes used
to create sets
Create sets based on two given attributes
Estimate the number of objects in a set
o check by counting
Resources
Guide to Effective Instruction: Data Management and
Probability K to 3
• p 78 Mystery Person
• p 78 Secret Sorting Rule
mathies
• Set Tool
• Pattern Blocks
mathies
• Set Tool
OERB
• Sorting With Attributes
o OERB ID: ELO1275910
Guide to Effective Instruction: Data Management and
Probability K to 3
• p 78 Secret Sorting Rule
mathies
• Set Tool
NCTM Illuminations
• Many Sets of Buttons
EduGAINS-Mathematics
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TIPS4Math
Review Sorting By One Attribute
Resource
URL
Guide to Effective Instruction: Data
Management and Probability K to 3
mathies:
Set Tool
mathies:
Pattern Blocks
Sort By Two Attributes
Resource
mathies:
Set Tool
OERB:
Sorting with Attributes
Identify Sorting Attributes
Resource
Guide to Effective Instruction: Data
Management and Probability K to 3
mathies:
Set Tool
NCTM Illuminations:
Many Sets of Buttons
EduGAINS-Mathematics
Grade 2
http://oame.on.ca/eduproject/ontariomathedresources/files/Data%20Management%20
and%20Probability%20K-3.pdf
http://mathies.ca/learningTools.php#Ss1
http://mathies.ca/learningTools.php#Pp0
URL
http://mathies.ca/learningTools.php#Ss1
https://download.elearningontario.ca/repository/1275910000/LO4158_SortingWithAttributes.
html
URL
http://oame.on.ca/eduproject/ontariomathedresources/files/Data%20Management%20
and%20Probability%20K-3.pdf
http://mathies.ca/learningTools.php#Ss1
http://illuminations.nctm.org/Lesson.aspx?id=4020
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