Five pages about two kinds of Venn diagram that most sorting pages skip: one circle inside another, for a group that belongs to a bigger group, and two circles apart, for groups that share nothing. Page 1 cuts and glues pictures into Birds inside Animals, with a bat and a rubber duck to think about. Page 2 sorts Fruits and Vegetables into two circles that never touch. Page 3 sorts numbers into Count by 10s inside Count by 5s, and page 4 into Less Than 10 and Greater Than 20. Page 5 checks which diagram fits nine pairs of groups.
Start with page 1 on the board. Ask: is every bird an animal? Is every animal a bird? That is why the Birds circle sits inside the Animals circle. Then ask whether anything can be a fruit and a vegetable at the same time, and show that the circles on page 2 do not overlap. Page 5 works well as a whole-class vote before students check their own answers.
Name two groups and ask your child to draw them: dogs and pets, cats and dogs, or red things and toys. Do the circles overlap, does one go inside the other, or do they stay apart?
This pack supports the following Common Core State Standards for Mathematics:
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A 5-page Venn diagram pack for 1st and 2nd grade about groups that sit inside each other or apart. Cut and glue pictures into Birds inside Animals and into Fruits and Vegetables, two circles that never touch. Sort numbers into Count by 10s inside Count by 5s, and into Less Than 10 and Greater Than 20. Then pick the diagram that fits two groups: overlapping, one inside, or apart. Every page comes in color and in black and white. Answer keys included.
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