COMPARISON
By: Popy Grigorakis, Mike Sulikowski, Tony Borges, Anna Arvanites, Myla Santos
Opposites
Activities
Which One Doesn’t Belong
Have a certain number of objects (higher number for older grades) and have the children remove what objects do not belong with the rest.
Example: Apple, pear, banana, plum, carrot. In this case the carrot doesn’t belong to the fruit group.
Observation and classification skills are used.
Money Count
Place a bowl of spare change and/or fake dollar bills at each table. Children are to classify the money into their denominations.
Example: Have a group of 1¢, 5¢, 10¢ etc.
This activity can be done with other objects such as shapes, rocks etc.
Mystery Bag
Certain objects are placed into a mystery bag. Through sense of touch, they must remove the object that doesn’t belong.
Example: Have numerous soft objects and one hard object. Children should remove the hard object.
Students As Objects
Children will become the objects. They will organize to be many in one corner vs. few in another corner. They can be asked to crouch while others are asked to stand. Do not make comparisons based on physical characteristics - short/tall, fat/thin - as such comparisons may be emotionally destructive.