Children start thinking in categories at a very early age. Almost all learned information is remembered in categories and retrieved in categories. That is why it is such an important language skill. Context clues (specific vocabulary) and inferences (hints) help students form categories in ways that are more subtle than simply "finding all the animals."

This wide variety of reproducible lessons increases students' understanding of higher level categories by combining them with inferences and context clues.

Age: 6 to 10