Look and wonder
Notice, Think, Wonder
Study a strange little alien, then sort your ideas into what you notice, what you think and what you wonder.
Thinking sheet · Look and wonder
Odd One Out
Four characters, one doesn’t belong. Or does it? Find more than one answer and explain each.
- Grades
- K–5
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Topic
- Look and wonder
- Kids practice
- classifying, reasoning, seeing more than one answer
What kids do
“Which one doesn’t belong? There’s more than one right answer!”
- A
- B
- C
- D
- Answer 1: ___ doesn’t belong because…
- Answer 2: ___ doesn’t belong because…
- Draw a fifth character that belongs with all four
How to run it
- Celebrate different answers: every letter can be the odd one out for some reason.
- Push for reasons beyond looks: the robot isn’t alive, only D can fly, only B has spikes.
- Great as a quick warm-up on the board.
Talk about it
- Who found a reason nobody else thought of?
- Can all four be the odd one out?
- What makes a reason a good one?
Take it further
Kids make their own odd-one-out puzzle for a partner.
Pairs well with
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