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Session 2 of 8
Sorting Time! 🗂️
Today we put things into groups. We call that sorting.
The same objects can be sorted in many ways!
🔍 Data Science for Young Minds · Grade 1
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What We Will Do Today
Our Plan
- 🎯 Watch teacher sort — guess the rule!
- 🏷️ Learn about sorting rules
- 🗂️ Sort our objects by color
- 🔀 Mix them up and sort by size
- 🚶 Gallery walk — see other sorts
- 🦁 Brain break — you ARE the sort!
- ✏️ Draw our sorts on the worksheet
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Watch Carefully!
Guess My Rule 🕵️
Your teacher is sorting objects right now.
Watch carefully. Do NOT say the rule yet — just think it!
What rule is the teacher using? 🤔
When you think you know — put your hand on your head quietly! 🤫
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Lesson 1
What Is Sorting? 🗂️
Sorting means putting things into groups that go together.
Every sort has a rule.
The rule tells you WHY things go in the same group.
- 🔴 Rule: sort by COLOR → red things together, blue things together
- 📏 Rule: sort by SIZE → big things together, small things together
- 🔷 Rule: sort by SHAPE → round things together, square things together
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Lesson 1
Our Sorting Rules Today 🃏
Bonus Rule
🔷
Sort by SHAPE
Same objects. Different rules. You get DIFFERENT groups each time! 🌟
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Lesson 2
Does It Belong? 🤔
Every object goes in the group where it belongs — where the rule fits!
✅ Belongs here!
- Big red button → BIG group
- Small blue block → SMALL group
- Round coin → ROUND group
🤔 But wait…
- If rule is COLOR: big red button → RED group
- If rule is SIZE: big red button → BIG group
- Same object, different group!
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Activity Time!
Let's Sort! 🗂️
Get your bag of objects. Here is what you will do:
- 🎨 Sort #1: Sort by COLOR. Put each color group in its own area. Label it!
- 👀 Gallery walk — look at other sorts
- 🔀 Mix ALL objects back in the bag
- 📏 Sort #2: Sort by SIZE. Big / medium / small.
⏱ You have 10 minutes for each sort. Ready? Go!
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Sort Helper
Stuck? Ask Yourself… 💭
- 🔑 What is my rule? (Look at the rule card!)
- 🔍 What attribute does THIS object have?
- 🗂️ Which group matches that attribute?
- 📌 Put it there and move to the next one!
If something does not fit any group — make a new group! That is okay. 👍
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Gallery Walk
Look at Other Sorts! 🚶
Walk around the room. Look at other pairs' sorts.
- 👀 Look at their groups — can you tell their rule?
- 💬 Did anyone sort differently than you?
- 🤔 Does any object surprise you — why is it there?
No touching other pairs' objects! Just looking. 👀
You have 2 minutes!
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🦁
Brain Break — YOU Are the Sort!
Your teacher will call a sorting rule.
Move to the right side if you fit — left side if you don't!
Examples: wearing something red · have laces · have a pocket
You just sorted YOURSELVES like data! 📊
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Debrief
What Did You Notice? 🔍
- Did the same object end up in different groups for Sort 1 and Sort 2?
- Which sort was easier? Why?
- What would happen if you changed the rule AGAIN?
- Did any pair sort differently than you?
The rule is what changes the groups — not the objects! 🌟
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Worksheet Time
Draw Your Sorts ✏️
On your worksheet:
- 📦 Draw Sort #1 — show each group, write the rule
- 📦 Draw Sort #2 — show each group, write the new rule
- 🏷️ Write the name of each group (the category)
You can draw simple shapes or circles to show the objects — you don't have to draw them perfectly! 🎨
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Words We Learned
Our New Words 📚
Sort 🗂️
Put things into groups that go together
Rule 🔑
The reason things belong in the same group
Group 📦
All the things that share the same rule
Belongs ✅
Fits in this group because of the rule
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Share!
Tell Us Your Rule! 🗣️
"What rule did you use for your sort?"
You can:
- 🗣️ Say the rule out loud
- ✋ Point to your rule card
- ✏️ Show your worksheet drawing
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Great Work! 🎉
Session 2 Done! ⭐
- ✅ We sorted objects using a rule
- ✅ We sorted the SAME objects in a DIFFERENT way
- ✅ We saw that the rule decides the groups
- ✅ We walked around to see other ways to sort
🔮 Next time — Session 3: We will COUNT how many are in each group! 🔢