:Cats and Dogs
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Approach: Independent  Level: Year 4
Focus: Identifying similarities in two sets of information.  
Resources: Information card about cats, highlighter pen.
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Questions/instructions

Some things about cats and dogs are the same, or about the same.

1. Read the information card about cats.

2. Read the information about dogs.

3. Use the highlighter on the story about dogs. Mark the things about dogs that are the same or about the same as cats.







(click on picture for enlargement of cat information card)
% responses
y4
DOGS
Dogs make great pets. If you give your dog lots of love it will always be your friend.
There are many different breeds of dogs. All dogs are related to the wolf. In some ways, dogs still act like wolves. They track a scent and chase after things that move. Dogs can hear things that people can’t.
Dogs love their food. They need meat to keep them healthy and to make their coats shine.
Dogs are very clever. Some dogs have been movie stars. One dog called Laika was the world’s first space traveller.
Aspects same or about the same:
 
marked exact section
71
marked larger areas including these words
14
marked exact section
8
marked larger areas including these words
6
marked exact section
24
marked larger areas including these words
40
marked exact section
51
marked larger areas including these words
4
 
Total score:
7–8
4
5–6
29
3–4
41
1–2
21
0
5
Commentary
The students predictably had least success with the second aspect, which was analagous but by no means identical, and therefore required greater inference. This task paralleled the year 8 task Chimps and Orang-utans.
 
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