LOGICAL THINKING - Grade 2
Lesson 3 of 7
Activity 1
Today we are going to analyze things. Read the story aloud:
Detective Daisy Duck loved solving puzzles. She often said, “When things are confusing, I like to organize them!”
Her good friend, Randy the Raccoon, was a scientist. He loved to analyze and study things carefully. One bright morning, Daisy and Randy found several containers filled with different items.
“Let’s see what belongs together,” Daisy suggested, pulling out a notebook to take notes.
“Perfect!” said Randy. “I love when things are sorted by what they have in common.”
They opened the first container. Inside were the numbers 24, 18, and 46.
Just then, Daisy found some more numbers: 19, 5, and 7.
“Should I add these in?” Daisy asked.
Randy rubbed his chin. “Let’s think about it. What do the numbers in the container have in common?”
Daisy studied the numbers carefully. “Aha! These are all even numbers. But the numbers I found—19, 5, and 7—are odd numbers. They don’t belong.”
She created a new container for the odd numbers.
“Excellent thinking!” Randy cheered. “I love how you noticed the difference. Now both sets are organized.”
Next, they opened another container. This one held shoes, glasses, and pliers.
Daisy raised an eyebrow. “Hmm, these don’t look the same at first.”
Randy leaned closer. “But wait—look at them! Each one comes in a pair. Shoes come in twos, glasses have two lenses, and pliers have two handles.”
“That makes sense,” Daisy nodded. “Pairs belong in this container.”
Just then, Daisy held up a hammer and a dress.
“Do these belong too?” she asked.
Randy shook his head. “Nope! A hammer doesn’t come in a pair, and a dress doesn’t either. Let’s leave them out.”
“Perfect,” Daisy agreed, setting them aside. “We only want things that come in pairs in this container.”
Randy smiled. “You’re getting everything in order, Daisy!”
The third container looked a little messier. Inside were a small box, a bottle, and an umbrella, but also some pennies and a fork.
Daisy tilted her head. “This looks tricky. What could go together here?”
Randy pointed at the box, bottle, and umbrella. “These all can open up—a box opens with a lid, a bottle opens with a cap, and an umbrella opens with a snap.”
Daisy clapped her wings. “That’s it! They’re all things that open.”
She picked up the pennies and fork. “But these don’t open at all. Let’s take them out.”
Carefully, they moved the pennies and fork aside, leaving just the items that belonged.
“Now this container makes sense,” Randy said with a grin. “Openers stay here. Non-openers go out.”
The fourth container had some curious words inside: you, eye, sea, ear, and me.
Daisy read them aloud. “This is strange. These are words, but they sound like other things!”
Randy thought for a moment. “Look—‘you,’ ‘eye,’ and ‘sea’ all sound like letters of the alphabet. ‘U,’ ‘I,’ and ‘C.’”
“But ‘ear’ and ‘me’ don’t match letters,” Daisy finished. “Let’s take those out.”
They smiled at each other and moved on to the final container.
Inside were the words temperature, elevator, and yo-yo, along with a necklace and a bottle.
Randy laughed. “This one’s easier. Temperature goes up, elevators go up, and yo-yos go up too!”
“But a necklace doesn’t go up. A bottle doesn’t either,” Daisy added. “Let’s take those out.”
At last, all the containers were neatly sorted.
Daisy fluffed her feathers. “Organizing with logic always feels good.”
Randy’s eyes sparkled. “And scientists love when things make sense. What a great team we are!”
Together, they closed their notebooks, happy that every item now had the right place.
