Plant Story Claim or Caution Sort

by Eric Gonzalez-Payne

Grade 2Ages 7 to 8·Mathematics·Worksheet
Plant Story Claim or Caution Sort

Some things people say about plants are well established. Some are not. Sort them.

This is early source evaluation and seven is not too young for it. The statements range from lemongrass smells strong, which is checkable in the garden, to this plant cures everything, which is not.

We include one that is genuinely uncertain, and the correct answer is that nobody is sure, which children find unsatisfying and important.

The page has the statement cards, a three column sort, and a check it box for the ones that can be tested outside. Actually going and testing two of them is what turns this from an opinion exercise into a method. Do not skip that part.

Eric Gonzalez-Payne

Eric Gonzalez-Payne

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Ed.M. in Educational Leadership, Harvard Graduate School of Education

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