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Skill Areas: VocabularyReading ComprehensionLanguage

Ages: 6 through 8Grades: 1 through 3

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Kate LaQuay and Carolyn LoGiudice

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DedicationFor Michael, and the joy it will bring him to learn that words are just another playground

Illustrations by Margaret Warner

Cover Design by Mike Paustian

About the Authors

Kate LaQuay, J.D., became part of LinguiSystems’ extendedfamily more than 20 years ago when her mother, CarolynLoGiudice, joined the company. Now a mother herself, Katehas co-authored several LinguiSystems products, includingU.S. History: A Reading Comprehension Book, U.S. Gov-ernment: A Reading Comprehension Game and Spotlight onVocabulary: Levels 1 and 2. Previously, she practiced law for six years in Los Angeles.

Carolyn LoGiudice, M.S., CCC-SLP, was a speech-languageclinician in school, clinic and private settings before joiningLinguiSystems in 1984. She has co-authored many materialswith LinguiSystems, including The WORD Test, No-GlamourVocabulary Cards, The Test of Semantic Skills (TOSS-P andTOSS-I), and the All-Star Vocabulary game.

Carolyn LoGiudice

Kate and Michael LaQuay

Spotlight on VocabularyCategories 3 Copyright © 2005 LinguiSystems, Inc.

Table of ContentsIntroduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Pretest/Posttest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6What Is a Category? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Sorting into Categories 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Sorting into Categories 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Matching Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Subcategories 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Subcategories 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Subcategories 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Identifying Category Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Category Members 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19Category Members 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20Naming Category Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21Naming Categories 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Naming Categories 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Naming Categories 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Naming Categories 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25Finding Categories 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Finding Categories 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27Finding Category Members 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Finding Category Members 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Excluding Category Members 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Excluding Category Members 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31Excluding Category Members 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32Excluding Category Members 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33Category Bee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34Category Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35Categories Tic-Tac-Toe 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36Categories Tic-Tac-Toe 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37Categories Tic-Tac-Toe 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39


IntroductionAll students need to expand their working vocabularies. Some students have a natural facility forlanguage and semantic relationships, enabling them to enlarge their vocabulary almost effortlessly.Simply reading, listening and talking seem to boost these students’ vocabulary skills.

Many other students need to exert conscious energy to understand and recall an increasingly diversevocabulary. Some of them are poor or reluctant readers. Other students have limited exposure to a rich variety of spoken English. Still others have language-learning disabilities, attention disorders or ineffective systems for storing and retrieving vocabulary. All of these students can benefit fromspecific vocabulary exposure and instruction. They can improve their vocabulary skills throughconscious attention and guided learning.

The main goal of Spotlight on Vocabulary books is to help students recognize and use specificstrategies to enrich their skills for understanding and using an increasingly rich vocabulary.Categories teaches students the many ways we can group things that have something in commonwith each other. These are the student objectives of this book:

Here are some guidelines for doing the activities in this book with your students:

• A CD of the activities in this book is included inside the back cover. You can photocopy thepages as necessary or print them directly from a printer.

• To understand that we can sort things into groups of things thatshare at least one common characteristic, and we can labelsuch groups with a name for the category

• To understand that one thing can belong to many different categories

• To understand that broad categories can be sorted intosubcategories

• To recognize which words are members of the same category

• To exclude words that aren’t members of a given category


• Have your students take the Pretest/Posttest (page 6) before they begin doing the activities inthis book. When they have completed the book, have them retake the test and compare theresults to their original scores.

• Make sure your students have ready access to a student-friendly dictionary and thesaurus.Encourage your students to consult these references while they’re doing the activities.

• Use a multisensory approach to introduce the topic of categories. Have your students eachput one shoe in a common spot on the floor. Talk about the category of footwear, pointingout that members of the footwear category can be alike or different, yet still be footwear. Askyour students to group and regroup their shoes by various characteristics, such as with orwithout laces, by color, or by type of shoe. Then do the same task with a variety of buttons.

• Give your students lots of practice in both identifying and explaining categories. Explain thatthe same category can have different labels or names, such as “drinks” or “beverages.” Be a good role model by explaining categories you notice as you present various lessons andactivities to your students.

• One of the richest categories is people. You can categorize people in many ways, such asrelatives, professions, nationalities, ages, natural talents, height, type of hair, marital status,political preferences, and activities or hobbies. Most people have multiple roles, so you can group them in more than one category, such as a woman who is a mother, a lawyer, avolunteer, a daughter, and a gourmet cook. Ask your students to list all the roles they eachplay and all the categories these roles fit into. Then compile a class chart of these categoriesto graphically display the variety of categories your students represent. Include yourself, too!

• After presenting a worksheet, encourage your students to create their own category tasksusing the same pattern as the worksheet. Help them incorporate vocabulary words from theircurrent academic lessons and texts to give them practice with these essential words. Youcan also mix and match the pictures from various activities within this book to expandstudents’ practice with categorizing and recategorizing.

• Make a set of flash cards for vocabulary words your students are learning in an academicarea. Have your students take turns sorting the words into categories, labeling eachcategory. Challenge your students to categorize these words in more than one waywhenever appropriate to encourage flexible thinking.

We hope Categories is a big hit with you and your students!

Kate and Carolyn


Pretest/PosttestName the category for the words in each row.

1. dancer, clown, firefighter _______________________

2. taxi, bus, minivan _______________________

3. lake, ocean, river _______________________

4. suitcase, box, jar _______________________

5. happy, afraid, proud _______________________

6. Pluto, Mars, Jupiter _______________________

7. fox, rabbit, squirrel _______________________

8. oak, pine, maple _______________________

9. avenue, street, highway _______________________

10. yogurt, ice cream, butter _______________________


What Is a Category?A category is the name or the description of a group of things that belongtogether. Plants and animals are two examples of categories.

Each thing in a category is a member of that category. It belongs to thatcategory. Circle each member of the food category.

Most things can belong to more than one category. For example, milk is a member of each category below.

dairy products good source of calcium

beverages things that need to be kept cold

liquids natural foods

white things goes with cereal for breakfast

things in a carton things you buy at a grocery store

plants animals


Sorting into Categories 1 Cut out these pictures. Sort them into these categories: animals and toys.

dog blocks horse

doll whale Jack-in-the-box

frog bird marbles

zebra yo-yo top


Sorting into Categories 2 Cut out these pictures. Sort them into the categories of furniture and clothing.

bookcase shirt chair

shorts desk dress

bed coat couch

table shoes pajamas


Matching PicturesCut these pictures apart. Match them into pairs that belong in the samecategory. Then tell the name of the category for each pair you have matched.

PublicLibrary

pencil guitar library

yield sign fire station pen

saxophone minivan refrigerator


STOPSTOP

car jacket telescope

pants hairbrush stop sign

stove magnifying glass toothbrush

Matching Pictures, continued

Cut these pictures apart. Match them into pairs that belong in the samecategory. Then tell the name of the category for each pair you have matched.


cupcake apple lettuce

broccoli bananas pie

hamburger taco meat

ice-cream cone soup yogurt

Subcategories 1 Cut these food pictures apart. Then see how many different ways you can sortthem into different categories of food.


jelly chicken cheese

juice corn cake

spaghetti sandwich milk

hot chocolate grapes peanut butter

Subcategories 1 , continued

Cut these food pictures apart. Then see how many different ways you can sortthem into different categories of food.


helicopter bus sailboat

car motorcycle snowmobile

ambulance blimp semitrailer

airplane fire engine train

Subcategories 2 Cut these transportation pictures apart. Then see how many different ways youcan sort them into different subcategories of transportation.


hot-air balloon bicycle garbage truck

school bus taxi tractor

pickup truck motorboat space shuttle

submarine scooter ferry


Cut these transportation pictures apart. Then see how many different ways youcan sort them into different subcategories of transportation.


kangaroo cat penguin

jellyfish spider ladybug

hamster snake stingray

frog dog dragonf ly

Subcategories 3 Cut these pictures of animals apart. Then see how many different ways you cansort them into different categories of animals.


octopus lion parrot

eagle skunk bear

lizard goldfish wolf

elephant gorilla camel


Cut these pictures of animals apart. Then see how many different ways you cansort them into different categories of animals.


Identifying Category MembersCircle each picture that belongs in the category for that row.

1. containers

2. jewelry

3. tools

4. body parts

5. pets

6. balls


Category Members 1 Draw a line from each picture to the correct category name in a box.

vegetables

monsters

flowers

toys


Category Members 2 Draw a line from each picture to the correct category name in a box.

vehicles

kitchen tools

countries

oceananimals

U.S.A.


Naming Category MembersColor a bowling pin each time you name three things that belong in a categorylisted below.

1. wild animals2. fruits3. months

4. school supplies5. kinds of weather6. things that float

7. musical instruments8. water animals9. kinds of coins

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Naming Categories 1 Color a monster each time you name the category for the three things listed below.

1. spoon, fork, knife2. ambulance, fire engine, police car3. book, catalog, magazine4. shampoo, soap, toothpaste5. Africa, Asia, Europe6. keyboard, mouse, monitor7. Mickey Mouse, Tigger, Nemo8. paper clip, staple, glue

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Naming Categories 2 Color one tentacle each time you name the category for the three things listed below.

1. orange, grapefruit, lemon2. Cherrios, shredded wheat, oatmeal3. Monday, Tuesday, Sunday4. potato chips, pretzels, popcorn

5. lake, ocean, river6. ring, watch, earrings7. ruler, pencil, chalk8. football, baseball, soccer


Naming Categories 3 Choose the correct category name from the box for each group of words. Write your answers in the blanks.

1. calf, ducklings, chicks ______________________________

2. winter, spring, summer ______________________________

3. New York, Los Angeles, Chicago ______________________________

4. north, south, west ______________________________

5. child, man, woman ______________________________

6. milk, orange juice, root beer ______________________________

7. red, blue, yellow ______________________________

8. oval, hexagon, square ______________________________

baby animals

cities

colors

directions

drinks

people

seasons

shapes


Naming Categories 4 Choose the correct category name from the box for each group of words. Write your answers in the blanks.

1. dime, penny, quarter ______________________________

2. lizard, snake, turtle ______________________________

3. bear, lion, dolphin ______________________________

4. school, library, museum ______________________________

5. Mars, Jupiter, Earth ______________________________

6. elbow, ankle, knee ______________________________

7. jealous, surprised, angry ______________________________

8. tuba, violin, trombone ______________________________

buildings

coins

emotions

joints

mammals

musical instruments

planets

reptiles


Finding Categories 1 Read each group of words. Circle yes if the words all belong to the samecategory. Circle no if only some of the words belong to the same category.

1. yellow green red yes no

2. toaster blender parrot yes no

3. grass coffee milk yes no

4. chair couch stool yes no

5. candle rock firewood yes no

6. painting poster picture yes no

7. purse backpack briefcase yes no

8. bathtub ice snow yes no

9. Tuesday June Thursday yes no

10. butter cheese ice cream yes no


Finding Categories 2 Read each group of words. Circle yes if the words all belong to the samecategory. Circle no if only some of the words belong to the same category.

1. pencil marker crayon yes no

2. football binder folder yes no

3. ruler tape scissors yes no

4. hood hat cap yes no

5. pizza spaghetti ravioli yes no

6. wagon car t fence yes no

7. twelve yesterday nine yes no

8. soccer baseball football yes no

9. bracelet string necklace yes no

10. mosquito bee wasp yes no


Finding Category Members 1 Read each group of words. Check the boxes beside the two words in eachgroup that belong to the same category.

1. ❑ trumpet ❑ flute ❑ compass

2. ❑ basket ❑ bench ❑ box

3. ❑ spider ❑ grasshopper ❑ monkey

4. ❑ sandals ❑ boots ❑ raincoat

5. ❑ lake ❑ mountain ❑ river

6. ❑ moon ❑ star ❑ rain

7. ❑ earthquake ❑ hurricane ❑ stadium

8. ❑ cartoon ❑ radio ❑ movie

9. ❑ doctor ❑ farmer ❑ uncle

10. ❑ blanket ❑ clock ❑ pillow


Finding Category Members 2 Read each group of words. Check the boxes beside the two words in eachgroup that belong to the same category.

1. ❑ ax ❑ hammer ❑ sponge

2. ❑ scooter ❑ slide ❑ bicycle

3. ❑ July ❑ August ❑ Monday

4. ❑ cracker ❑ marble ❑ banana

5. ❑ alligator ❑ butterfly ❑ frog

6. ❑ toilet ❑ sink ❑ telephone

7. ❑ clock ❑ door ❑ window

8. ❑ button ❑ coat ❑ jacket

9. ❑ teacher ❑ principal ❑ post office

10. ❑ rug ❑ flashlight ❑ lamp


Excluding Category Members 1 Cross out the word in each row that does NOT belong to the bolded category.

1. emotions angry frowning happy

2. holidays Thanksgiving New Year’s Day Monday

3. relatives baby-sitter mother grandfather

4. jobs teacher fire fighter baby

5. insects bee fish ant

6. days of the week holiday Tuesday Sunday

7. places library mall haircut

8. meals dinner breakfast plate

9. fruits orange carrot banana

10. school subjects lunch social studies math



1. meats beef beans pork

2. countries Italy China Cheddar

3. beverages ice cream lemonade milk

4. tools hammer ribbon saw

5. senses wanting hearing seeing

6. seasons winter weather spring

7. fasteners button pocket snap

8. birds bumblebee canary pigeon

9. footwear toes sandals boots

10. dwellings house cabin library



1. dairy products cheese lemonade butter

2. directions east south windy

3. outer space bodies star rainbow moon

4. hospital workers farmer nurse doctor

5. vegetables carrots peas oranges

6. months Thursday January October

7. states Texas Maine Boston

8. clothing wallet pants jacket

9. measurement tools scale ruler hammer

10. mammals elephant horse alligator



1. rooms bedroom kitchen bathtub

2. flavors strawberry crunchy chocolate

3. seasonings flour salt pepper

4. things that cut knife cotton scissors

5. sports equipment bat net wheel

6. games Checkers Corn Flakes Bingo

7. crops tractor corn cotton

8. oceans Pacific Mexican Atlantic

9. reference books fables encyclopedia dictionary

10. parts of a plant stem nose roots


coins

dinosaurs

kinds of weather

fasteners

computer games

flowers

kinds of homes

bodies in space

recyclable things

emotions

countries

safety hazards

cleaning supplies

authors

TV shows

cartoon characters

body parts

recess activities

things to mail

berries

animal protections

kinds of stores

containers

things with wings

fragile things

things that pollute

salty things

sour things

footwear

things that sting

kinds of stories

writing tools

sharp things

foods you eat raw

baked things

crops

rooms in a home

store departments

metal things

man-made things

natural things

shiny things

relatives

kinds of roads

lakes

rivers

units of time

units of weight

Category BeeCut these category names apart and put them in a box or a bag. Take turns drawingone category at a time and naming three things that belong in that category. Eachplayer earns one point for naming three correct category members. The person withthe most points at the end of the game wins.


Category GameFind a partner and play this game. To advance one space, name three members ofthe category in the space. If your answer is wrong, stay on your space until your nextturn. The first player to reach the last space and name three category members wins.

zoo animals

school subjects

days of the week

vegetables

farm animals

drinks

pets

months

clothing

school supplies

insects dinosaurs mammals

actions

countries

languages

careers

vehicles

noises

things that fly

trees

exercises

dairy foods

ocean animals

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Categories Tic-Tac-Toe 1 Play this tic-tac-toe game with a partner. To earn a square, name a member of the category in that square. For example, if the word is months, you couldname one of the months below.

January February April May December

The first player to earn three squares in a row (horizontal, vertical or diagonal)wins the game.

holidays shapes dishes

snacks games people

insects days times


Categories Tic-Tac-Toe 2 Play this tic-tac-toe game with a partner. To earn a square, name a member of the category in that square. For example, if the word is vegetables, youcould name one of the vegetables below.

potatoes corn spinach carrots beets


letters desserts clothing

feelings places actions

chores vehicles tools


Categories Tic-Tac-Toe 3 Play this tic-tac-toe game with a partner. To earn a square, name a member of the category in that square. For example, if the word is reptiles, you couldname one of the reptiles below.

turtle snake alligator lizard crocodile


sports months cities

fruits pets planets

colors seasons stores


Answer KeyThe most likely answers are listed here. Accept other logical, appropriate answers as correct.

Page 61. jobs, professions2. vehicles3. bodies of water4. containers5. emotions, feelings6. planets7. (forest) animals8. trees, kinds of wood9. roads

10. dairy products

Page 7apple, hot dog, banana,cereal

Page 8animals - dog, horse,whale, frog, bird, zebratoys - blocks, doll, Jack-in-the-box, marbles,yo-yo, top

Page 9furniture - bookcase,chair, desk, bed, couch,tableclothing - shirt, shorts,dress, coat, shoes,pajamas

Pages 10-11pencil + pen, writing tools

guitar + saxophone, (music) instruments

library + fire station,(public) buildings/places

yield sign + stop sign, (traffic) signs

minivan + car, vehicles

refrigerator + stove,(kitchen) appliances

jacket + pants, clothing

telescope + magnifyingglass, things that magnify

hair brush + toothbrush,brushes

Pages 12-13Answers will vary, butcould include categoriesof desserts, fruits,vegetables, cookedfoods, raw foods, dairyproducts, baked goods,foods that grow, meats,drinks/beverages, andspicy foods

Pages 14-15Answers will vary, butcould include categoriesof vehicles with wheels,water vehicles, landvehicles, air vehicles,passenger vehicles,emergency vehicles,public vehicles, privatevehicles, vehicles withengines, and vehicleswithout engines

Pages 16-17Answers will vary, butcould include categoriesof wild animals, tameanimals, insects, oceananimals, mammals, pets,zoo animals, jungleanimals, animals with fur,animals that can swim,birds, small animals, andlarge animals

Page 181. box, jar2. necklace, ring3. hammer, saw,

screwdriver4. nose, mouth5. dog, cat6. soccer ball, baseball

Page 19vegetables - corn, beansmonsters - monstersflowers - rose, daisytoys - jump rope, marbles

Page 20vehicles - jet, buskitchen tools - spoon,spatulacountries - Canada,U.S.A.ocean animals - starfish,shark

Page 21Answers will vary.

Page 221. silverware, eating

utensils2. emergency vehicles3. things to read4. things for cleaning5. continents6. computer

components7. fictional characters8. paper fasteners

Page 231. (citrus) fruits2. cereals3. days of the week4. (salty) snacks5. bodies of water

6. jewelry7. school supplies8. (team) sports, games

Page 241. baby animals2. seasons3. cities4. directions5. people6. drinks7. colors8. shapes

Page 251. coins2. reptiles3. mammals4. buildings5. planets6. joints7. emotions8. musical instruments

Page 261. yes2. no3. no4. yes5. no6. yes7. yes8. no9. no

10. yes

Page 271. yes2. no3. yes4. yes5. yes6. no7. no8. yes9. no

10. yes

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Page 281. trumpet, flute2. basket, box3. spider, grasshopper4. sandals, boots5. lake, river6. moon, star7. earthquake,

hurricane8. cartoon, movie9. doctor, farmer

10. blanket, pillow

Page 291. ax, hammer2. scooter, bicycle3. July, August4. cracker, banana5. alligator, frog6. toilet, sink7. door, window8. coat, jacket9. teacher, principal

10. flashlight, lamp

Page 301. frowning2. Monday3. baby-sitter4. baby5. fish6. holiday7. haircut8. plate9. carrot

10. lunch

Page 311. beans2. Cheddar3. ice cream4. ribbon5. wanting6. weather7. pocket8. bumblebee9. toes

10. library

Page 321. lemonade2. windy3. rainbow4. farmer5. oranges6. Thursday7. Boston8. wallet9. hammer

10. alligator

Page 331. bathtub2. crunchy3. flour4. cotton5. wheel6. Corn Flakes7. tractor8. Mexican9. fables

10. nose

Pages 34-38Answers will vary.

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