Word Sort 1 - Amy Benjamin
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About the Word Sort Cards: This is an organized collection of word sorts to help students learn spelling. The word sorts are organized in increasing levels of complexity, and you may match them to students in accordance with their demonstrated spelling needs. You may determine spelling needs by a pretest or by the actual writing of the students (recommended). You may decide to do whole-class, teacher-led word sorts to start out, modeling how to use the guide words on top of each sort. Each Word Sort has a heading. The heading names the spelling concepts, and then gives two or three guide words. The guide words indicate the words that represent the pattern of that Word Sort. Students should write their Word Sorts into columns. They should use paper, whiteboards, or a computer. Tactile experience (writing or typing) reinforces spelling, so if students work together, each student should write or type. Adapted from: The Science of Spelling: The Explicit Specifics That Make Great Readers and Writers (and Spellers!). J. Richard Gentry. Heinimann. 2004. Guide to the Spelling Concepts in the Word Sort Collection: Appropriate for Grade 1: Word Sort 1: get-big-but: short vowel 2. Word Sort 2: cat-make: short vowel-e marker 3. Word Sort 3: me-get: short vowel vs. open syllable 4. Word Sort 4: cat-bake-day: mixed vowel patterns 5. Word Sort 5: top-made: Short vs long vowels Appropriate for Grade 2: 6. Word Sort 6: fed-bee-read: Short vs. long vowels 7. Word Sort 7: side-nail: CVCe vs. CVVC 8. Word Sort 8: all-tell-will-boss: Final consonants ll, ss 9. Word Sort 9: able-flame-bay-main: Long vowels 10. Word Sort 10: be (homophone); into (compound) Appropriate for Grade 3: 11. Word Sort 11: lived-stopping-reading: Endings -ed, -ing 12. Word Sort 12: chair-pair-care: Controlled vowels 13. Word Sort 13: yourself- I’d : Compound words and contractions 14. Word Sort 14: footprint—aren’t: Compound words and contractions 15. Word Sort 15: sup/per- su-per: VC/CV vs. V/CV Adapted from: The Science of Spelling: The Explicit Specifics That Make Great Readers and Writers (and Spellers!). J. Richard Gentry. Heinimann. 2004. Guide to the Spelling Concepts in the Word Sort Collection: Appropriate for Grade 4: 16. Word Sort 16: de/fine—com/plete: Syllabication 17. Word Sort 17: cotton-organ-pumpkin-wooden: Endings: -on,-an-,-in,-en 18. Word Sort 18: Exceptional Plurals 19: Word Sort 19: peace-peaceful-peacefulness Word Building Appropriate for Grade 5: 20. Word Sort 20: rage—judge: -ge, -dge 21. Word Sort 21: niece—ceiling—weigh: The I before E rule and exceptions 22. Word Sort 22: bicycle-midday-semiformal-dissect Prefixes meaning “two” 23. Word Sort: 23 submarine-superman: Prefixes meaning “over” or “under” 24. Word Sort 24: expression-affection: Suffixes that sound like “shun” Adapted from: The Science of Spelling: The Explicit Specifics That Make Great Readers and Writers (and Spellers!). J. Richard Gentry. Heinimann. 2004. Guide to the Spelling Concepts in the Word Sort Collection: Appropriate for Grade 6: 25. Word Sort 25: sign-signature; divide-division: Words with Vowel and Consonant Alternation 26. Word Sort 26: breakable-flexible: -able vs. -ible 27. Word Sort 27: hesitant—insistent: -ant vs. -ent 28: Word Sort 28: fearlessness—precautionary: Words with a prefix and a suffix vs. words with a prefix or a suffix Appropriate for Grade 7: 29. Word Sort 29: usual-league: Words with 2U’s vs. Words with 1U 30. Word Sort 30: omitted-canceling: Doubling the final consonant when adding a suffix 31. Word Sort 31: accountant—appliance—assortment: Prefixes beginning with A 32. Word Sort 32: phone—chron—tract—sist: Greek and Latin Roots Adapted from: The Science of Spelling: The Explicit Specifics That Make Great Readers and Writers (and Spellers!). J. Richard Gentry. Heinimann. 2004. Guide to the Spelling Concepts in the Word Sort Collection: Appropriate for Grade 8: 33. Word Sort 33: circum-per—spir—vis: Latin Prefixes and Roots 34: Word Sort 34: arch-crat-polis: Greek-based social studies words 35: Word Sort 35: contestant-colleague; correlate-illegal; irresponsible-immortal: Prefixes com- and in- Adapted from: The Science of Spelling: The Explicit Specifics That Make Great Readers and Writers (and Spellers!). J. Richard Gentry. Heinimann. 2004. Word Sort 1: Short Vowel: get—big--but his get fun us big up but run him bed did pet it is Word Sort 2: Short Vowel vs E-marker bat cat-make cat can bite take cane dud hat had hate cake at bit dude Word Sort 3: Short Vowel vs Open Syllable me pet be we wed hip hit met men hi she bet peg beg Word Sort 4: Mixed Vowel Pattern cat—bake-day at take cake mat bay can name hat play man bake day kit kite Word Sort 5: Short Vs Long—Mixed Vowels had top-made day big top made hop let he ride sheep keep fun hope us Word Sort 6: Short vs Long Vowel fed fed—bee—read bee sled see seed tree sweet wheel west eat each read need yes Word Sort 7: CVCe vs CVVC side-nail tail save snail mice tie pail nail sake mail pie side trade brave tide dime Word Sort 8 Final Consonants ll and ss all ball tell all-tell-will-boss will ill across chill spill pill toss boss small miss pull yell Word Sort 9: Long A able afraid gray fable main spray table pain cage wait tray tray bay able—flamebay—main blame paint cape Word Sort 10 Compound words and homophones be into birthday be--into bee sometimes herself meat meet write something sea see pain right anything Word Sort 11 Endings: -ed, -ing hopped cleaning patted running closed coming sitting batted getting rented hopping reading called stopped stopped Word Sort 12 Controlled Vowels; Homophones hair hare bear fair fare stare care scare stare rare chair-pear-care bare wear share chair pair Word Sort 13 Compound words; Contractions basketball we’re bookcase yourself; I’d I’d yourself can’t cardboard doghouse upstairs fireplace I’ve didn’t flashlight grandfather haven’t Word Sort 14 Compound words; Contractions aren’t doesn’t footprint footprint—aren’t highway isn’t you’ll they’ll something grandmother we’ll I’ll horseback don’t sunshine wouldn’t Word Sort 15 VC/CV vs. V/CV supper happen kitten sup/per-su/per super dinner summer liter litter diner rider rabbit spotted sudden peeper spider Word Sort 16 Syllabication, VCe explode entire define de/fine—com/plete arrive locate female suppose surprise refine complete umpire refuse reduce compose antelope Word Sort 17 Endings: -on, -an, -in, -en cotton—organ— pumpkin--wooden linen poison cotton cousin common harden frozen dozen broken pumpkin margin wooden kitchen chicken organ Word Sort 18 Exceptional Plurals women child tomato Sort into pairs volcano tomatoes potato piano woman children pianos grandmother potatoes volcanoes radios radio Word Sort 19 Word Building: repay forget pay peace, peaceful, peacefulness peaceful forgetful cheerful peacefulness rest cheer school restless restlessly preschool cheerfully preschooler Word Sort 20 -ge, -dge edge judge village rage--judge stranger fudge hedge rage badge college strange knowledge bridge dodge danger grudge Word Sort 21 The ie, ei Rule achieve ceiling mischief friend their niece-ceiling-weigh fierce relief weird yield neither receipt thief reign sleigh neighbor Word Sort 22: Words with Prefixes meaning “two” bicycle-middaysemiformal-dissect semiannual semiformal midair diverge midsummer bisect diverse midnight dissect bipolar biannual bicycle bilingual semifinal bilateral Word Sort 23: Words With Prefixes Meaning “Under” or “Over” submerge underage overweight submarine-superman subzero overextend superman superstar undercover substandard overcast submarine oversee superpower overhead overpass Word Sort 24: Words with Suffixes that soud like “shun” expression-affection procession permission expulsion reproduction prediction medication vacation education erosion congratulation explosion expression operation immersion introduction Word Sort 25: Consonand and Vowel Alternation: Sign-signature Divide-division condemn division compose sign composition criticize confide confidence condemnation divide invitation signature critic revision invite Word Sort 26 -able vs. -ible: breakable-flexible lovable inexcusable serviceable breakable horrible flexible navigable readable terrible applicable peaceable capable possible usable noticeable Word Sort 27 -ant vs. -ent: hesitant--insistent different contestant absorbent hesitant urgent consistent distant ignorant opponent migrant flagrant accountant dominant applicant negligent Word Sort 28 Words with both a prefix and a suffix vs Words with either a prefix or a suffix: disagree regardless precautionary fearlessness--precautionary fearlessness surprising requirement inability inconsistently reappearance thoughtfulness immigrants alphabetical misunderstanding disappearance cancelling Word Sort 29 Words with 2 U’s vs. Words with 1 U usual--league furious surprising requirement vacuum annually beautiful truly usual curious curiosity pursue league pursuit peculiar visually Word Sort 30 Doubling the final consonant when adding a suffix reference compelling omitted omitted--canceling credited preferred forgetful preference inference traveling referring budgeted conference canceling forgotten inferring Word Sort 31 Prefixes beginning with A affirm afford assurance attentive applaud accountant-applianceassortment assortment accountant assimilate application acclaim accolade alliance assemble accomplishment accustomed Word Sort 32: Greek and Latin Roots distract retract traction consistent insistence persist synchronize phone—chron— tract--sist chronology symphonic consistency resist abstract resistance chronicle chronic Word Sort 33: Latin Roots and Prefixes circum—per—spir-vis circumcise persist expiration circumvent circumspect supervision peruse circumnavigate perpetuate conspiracy vision circumstantial persuade respiration advise Word Sort 34: Greek-based words about social studies arch-crat-polis metropolis democracy patriarch hierarchy bureaucracy aristocracy anarchy monarch cosmopolitan archives politician autocrat political architecture meritocracy Word Sort 35: Prefixes com- and incontestant-colleague correlate-illegal irresponsiblei-mmortal constraints irrational conformity contestant illegality immortal collegial colleague irresponsible illogical irrepressible correlation immaturity contested immortality
