Things That Go Together: Picture Sorting
Circle pictures that belong together and cross out the item that does not fit. Discuss what connects the matching objects.

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Pupils must decide what connects the pictures before marking a row. Have them name each object, circle the ones that belong together, and cross out the other picture. A short explanation of one choice reveals the relationship they used.
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Teaching tips & learning objectives
Learning objectives
- Infer a relationship shared by several pictured objects
- Identify the image that does not belong in a set
- Explain a visual classification rule in words
Teaching tips
- Ask learners to name every picture before deciding which one is different.
- Require a short because statement for one row to make the inferred category explicit.
Skills covered
- Visual classification — images are grouped by an unstated relationship.
- Outlier detection — one item is rejected from each set.
- Relational vocabulary — learners describe why selected objects go together.
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Core concepts
- Things that go together
- Picture categories
- Odd one out
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