Texas TEKS K.6
The Standard
The student knows that objects have physical properties that determine how they are described and classified. The student is expected to identify and record observable physical properties of objects, including shape, color, texture, and material, and generate ways to classify objects.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Science
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students examine familiar objects and name what they can see or feel. They draw or label their observations, then sort objects by a rule they can explain.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Given objects such as a button, block, fabric scrap, or spoon, a student accurately names several properties. The student records observations and creates more than one sensible sort.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name an object's use, such as "for eating," instead of a physical trait. They may confuse material with texture, or think objects can belong in only one group.
How to Assess It
- Give each student three small objects and a recording sheet. Ask, "Draw each object, record two properties, then circle two that belong together and tell your sorting rule."
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Set out buttons, craft sticks, foil, felt, and blocks; students inspect them with hand lenses and sort them on labeled mats.
Ask, "How could we sort this tray in two different ways?" Students draw both sorts and dictate or write each rule.
Play Property Detective: describe one hidden classroom object by shape, color, texture, and material while classmates guess and name supporting clues.
Examine lunch containers and clothing tags, then identify materials and discuss why glass, plastic, metal, cotton, or wool fits each use.
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classify objects by observable physical properties, including, shape, color, and texture, and attributes such as larger and smaller and heavier and lighter;
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