Classification Sorting Cards: Animals/plants/materials

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Classification Sorting Cards: Animals/plants/materials: Large title 'CLASSIFICATION SORTING CARDS: ANIMALS / PLANTS / MATERIALS'; name and date lines; short directions: 'Sort the cards into the groups below. Add examples or notes.' Three tall columns labeled ANIMALS (blue, paw icon), PLANTS (green, leaf icon), MATERIALS (purple, bricks/metal icon) with large empty boxes for pasted/placed cards; two lined response boxes titled 'OBSERVATIONS / EXAMPLES' and 'WHAT DID YOU USE TO SORT?' ; a 'VOCABU...

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This one-page mat guides students through a classification activity. They sort provided cards into the three labelled columns (Animals / Plants / Materials) and then record observations, the criteria they used to sort, and relevant vocabulary. The mat includes a prompt for higher-order thinking, asking students to consider if any items could belong to more than one group.

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