Be the classifier
Give groups a stack of animal pictures and a chart with the six animal groups. They sort and write one clue for each choice: "Has feathers, so it's a bird." Tricky ones like penguins and bats spark great debates.
Why it works: kids understand an idea best when they touch it, then draw it, then write it, the order the U.S. Department of Education recommends for elementary math.
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