Classify or Categorize Information Back to 20 Best-practices Reading Strategies Readers sort and organize information from a selection. Classifying ideas aids comprehension. Instruction focuses on helping students identify similar or distinct attributes to classify information. Questions that help students classify or categorize information: How are these ideas alike? How are the ideas different? Which ideas belong together? How are the ideas related? How would you group the facts from the selection?   This Season Teachers Kids Orientation Registration Search Copyright 1997-2008 Journey North. All Rights Reserved. Questions or comments? Contact us.