Using Sorting Branch Diagrams (full lesson)

Suitable for Year 2 and above. You can skip the lesson starter (recapping different animal groups) if you have less time and/or only make the highers do the harder worksheet and not both. Children learn how to identify animals by following a branch/sorting diagram by answering yes or no questions. Two worksheets provided, all start with the easier one then move on to the harder if you have time. The challenge is children explain why we need/use sorting and branch diagrams. An extension is children write similarities and differences between two animals from the pictures or their own. Plan provided. For the plenary children think of potential animals for yes and no questions and vice versa.