Color Matching and Category Activities
Description
26 pages of color matching and category items. Color targets: blue, green, purple, red, orange, pink, black, white, and brown. Category targets: animals, vehicles, clothing, toys, foods, vegetables, fruits, animals that can fly, pets, things that are soft/hard, shapes (things that are round), vehicles with two wheels, vehicles with four wheels, and more.
Strategies and techniques
Suggestions for use:
-Color matching. Place items of the same color in the color matching box. (Or place a sheet of the same colored paper on the table and have student place matching items on the colored sheet of paper.)
-Identify colors. Ask student to find something blue/yellow/green/etc.
-Label colors. Ask student to label the color as you show the items.
-Category matching. Place items of the same category together.
-Identify categories. Ask student to find something with two wheels/an animal/a food that is purple.
-Label categories. Ask student to label the category as you show the items.
HIGHER LEVEL THINKING
-Are there items that can be placed in more than one category? Why?
-Are there items that can be placed with more than one color? Explain.
-Compare and Contrast two items of the same color.
-Compare and Contrast two items from the same category.
-Generate a list of other items that may fit in the same category.
-Generate a list of other items that are the same color.
-Color matching. Place items of the same color in the color matching box. (Or place a sheet of the same colored paper on the table and have student place matching items on the colored sheet of paper.)
-Identify colors. Ask student to find something blue/yellow/green/etc.
-Label colors. Ask student to label the color as you show the items.
-Category matching. Place items of the same category together.
-Identify categories. Ask student to find something with two wheels/an animal/a food that is purple.
-Label categories. Ask student to label the category as you show the items.
HIGHER LEVEL THINKING
-Are there items that can be placed in more than one category? Why?
-Are there items that can be placed with more than one color? Explain.
-Compare and Contrast two items of the same color.
-Compare and Contrast two items from the same category.
-Generate a list of other items that may fit in the same category.
-Generate a list of other items that are the same color.
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Description
26 pages of color matching and category items. Color targets: blue, green, purple, red, orange, pink, black, white, and brown. Category targets: animals, vehicles, clothing, toys, foods, vegetables, fruits, animals that can fly, pets, things that are soft/hard, shapes (things that are round), vehicles with two wheels, vehicles with four wheels, and more.
Strategies and techniques
Suggestions for use:
-Color matching. Place items of the same color in the color matching box. (Or place a sheet of the same colored paper on the table and have student place matching items on the colored sheet of paper.)
-Identify colors. Ask student to find something blue/yellow/green/etc.
-Label colors. Ask student to label the color as you show the items.
-Category matching. Place items of the same category together.
-Identify categories. Ask student to find something with two wheels/an animal/a food that is purple.
-Label categories. Ask student to label the category as you show the items.
HIGHER LEVEL THINKING
-Are there items that can be placed in more than one category? Why?
-Are there items that can be placed with more than one color? Explain.
-Compare and Contrast two items of the same color.
-Compare and Contrast two items from the same category.
-Generate a list of other items that may fit in the same category.
-Generate a list of other items that are the same color.
-Color matching. Place items of the same color in the color matching box. (Or place a sheet of the same colored paper on the table and have student place matching items on the colored sheet of paper.)
-Identify colors. Ask student to find something blue/yellow/green/etc.
-Label colors. Ask student to label the color as you show the items.
-Category matching. Place items of the same category together.
-Identify categories. Ask student to find something with two wheels/an animal/a food that is purple.
-Label categories. Ask student to label the category as you show the items.
HIGHER LEVEL THINKING
-Are there items that can be placed in more than one category? Why?
-Are there items that can be placed with more than one color? Explain.
-Compare and Contrast two items of the same color.
-Compare and Contrast two items from the same category.
-Generate a list of other items that may fit in the same category.
-Generate a list of other items that are the same color.
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Focus areas
Evidence based practice citations
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What Are Basic Concepts?
Author(s): Super Duper -
How and Why to Teach Categories in Speech Therapy
Author(s): @allison_fors
Grade levels
Grades PK - 5
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