ABC Taxonomy

Description:
A taxonomy is an alphabetical list of terms related to a topic or subject that develops skills of categorization. Taxonomies assist students with the following skills:
               - organizing prior, ongoing, and new knowledge
               - expanding vocabulary
               - taking notes
               - focusing on a topic
               - building a personal thesaurus

How to Use the Strategy:

1. Choose a topic or subject that students need to categorize.
2. Hand out an ABC Taxonomy to each student.
3. Students individually fill out the ABC Taxonomy. Students should think of a word that begins with each letter of the alphabet that relates in some way to the topic/subject. (1 minute)
4. Students should now share their ABC Taxonomy with a partner (2 minutes)
   
5. Students should now share their ABC Taxonomy with their table group, and use their taxonomies to create a unified definition (meaning) of the topic/subject (5 minutes).
6. Each group presents their definitions/meanings to the whole group.

 

Resources
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abc taxonomy list.doc
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