Data sorting and grouping Observations: Achieved? Children are able to: Children may be observed: Skill ladder select objects and materials. selecting from one or more objects. Bronze __ __ __ recognise and indicate developing a sense of familiar objects in their world and will reach out for familiar objects. them, or indicate by speech or signing. Silver __ __ __ find and retrieve an object finding and retrieving a familiar toy or piece of clothing when asked, when prompted by an adult. showing their ability to identify objects. Gold __ __ __ find similar objects when identifying and finding multiple objects when asked without sorting the prompted by an adult. whole set e.g. finds all the shells but leaves other objects unsorted. Outcome 1 __ __ __ sort and match objects and sorting and matching objects such as matching shoes and socks or tidying pictures by recognising up games and toys. They will often be motivated by play, but can be Outcome 2 similarities. encouraged to talk about what is the same and what is different. __ __ __ sort and classify objects sorting when setting up a game, e.g. sorting the plastic farm animals into using one criterion. sheep in one field, cows in another, or giving their friend the red counters Outcome 3 for a game. They will use a single criterion, e.g. colour or shape, to split a group of pictures or objects into two or more groups. __ __ __ sort or match objects using sorting objects using more than one criterion sometimes sorting into one more than one criterion. criterion before deciding to split them again, e.g. toy animals sorted into farm and not farm animals can be further sorted into birds and not birds. Outcome 4 They may talk about their reasoning throughout the process. __ __ __ sort and classify using more purposefully choosing all the criteria before starting to sort, though than two criteria. changing as they go along is still common. They talk about their sorting and Outcome 5 give reasons for the decisions they have made. __ __ __ sort and classify using more purposefully choosing all the criteria before starting to sort and classify. than two criteria, explain They will be able to use Venn and Carroll diagrams to support this. their reasoning in Outcome 6 mathematical language and use sorting diagrams. __ __ __
Data sorting and grouping Skill ladder Children are able to: Children may be observed: Observations: Achieved? Bronze select objects and materials. selecting from one or more objects. __ __ __ Silver recognise and indicate familiar objects. developing a sense of familiar objects in their world and will reach out for them, or indicate by speech or signing. __ __ __ Gold find and retrieve an object when prompted by an adult. finding and retrieving a familiar toy or piece of clothing when asked, showing their ability to identify objects. __ __ __ Outcome 1 find similar objects when prompted by an adult. identifying and finding multiple objects when asked without sorting the whole set e.g. finds all the shells but leaves other objects unsorted. __ __ __ Outcome 2 sort and match objects and pictures by recognising similarities. sorting and matching objects such as matching shoes and socks or tidying up games and toys. They will often be motivated by play, but can be encouraged to talk about what is the same and what is different. __ __ __ Outcome 3 sort and classify objects using one criterion. sorting when setting up a game, e.g. sorting the plastic farm animals into sheep in one field, cows in another, or giving their friend the red counters for a game. They will use a single criterion, e.g. colour or shape, to split a group of pictures or objects into two or more groups. __ __ __ Outcome 4 sort or match objects using more than one criterion. sorting objects using more than one criterion sometimes sorting into one criterion before deciding to split them again, e.g. toy animals sorted into farm and not farm animals can be further sorted into birds and not birds. They may talk about their reasoning throughout the process. __ __ __ Outcome 5 sort and classify using more than two criteria. purposefully choosing all the criteria before starting to sort, though changing as they go along is still common. They talk about their sorting and give reasons for the decisions they have made. __ __ __ Outcome 6 sort and classify using more than two criteria, explain their reasoning in mathematical language and use sorting diagrams. purposefully choosing all the criteria before starting to sort and classify. They will be able to use Venn and Carroll diagrams to support this. __ __ __