READING and WRITING OPTIONS
Writing Options: Word Work
All Sorts of Sorts: Names, Words, Colors, Shapes, and Rhymes
Objective:
Category cards are placed in the pocket chart, or on the sorting mat, and then students sort cards based on the sorting rule.
Materials:
Pocket Chart
Pointers
Pictures and Words for COLOR Sort
Pictures and Words for LETTER Sounds Sort
Pictures and Words for RIME Sort
Pictures and Words for SEASONAL Sort
Sorting Mats (names)
Student Photos (names)
When to Introduce:
This activity is introduced within the first month or two of school.
This activity is introduced as soon as we have added 10 or more sight words to our word wall.
How to Introduce:
Gather students around the carpet/pocket chart area.
Show them the materials and discuss them.
Discuss that for this activity they can sort different sets of cards in different ways.
Choose one of the sets of cards and distribute the cards.
Display the sorting mat, or add the category cards to the pocket chart. Discuss what "catetories" means.
Call one student up at a time to sort their card, based on the category cards/titles.
Add word cards for students to match to the picture cards.
Have students write the names of the objects (pictures) they sorted for each shape.
Have students select one shape and write a sentence for each object found next to/under that shape.
Colors Sort
Add word cards for students to match to the picture cards.
Have students write the names of the objects (pictures) they sorted for each color.
Have students select one color and write a sentence for each object found next to/under that color.
Letters Sort
Add word cards for students to match to the picture cards.
Have students write the names of the objects (pictures) they sorted for each letter.
Have students select one letter and write a sentence for each object found next to/under that letter.
Rimes Sort
Add word cards for students to match to the picture cards.
Have students write the names of the objects (pictures) they sorted for each rime.
Have students select one rime and write a sentence for each object found next to/under that rime.
Seasons Sort
Add word cards for students to match to the picture cards.
Have students write the names of the objects (pictures) they sorted for each season.
Have students select one season and write a sentence for each object found next to/under that season.
Have students use the cards under each season to write a short story about the four seasons.
Have students write about their favorite or least favorite season using the cards as prompts ideas).
Names Sort
Have students write their classmate names.
Have students re-create the sorting mat in their literacy clog and write the classmate names based on how they were sorted.
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