Word Study Directions
* Please do each activity on the day assigned in order to build
skills. *
Writing Sort
Monday
• find a quiet place and flat surface to work on
• dump your words out of your baggie
• put your headers at the top of your columns
• push and say each word out loud as you place it
under the correct header
• do this for all of your words and you will have a
completed sort
• read all your words to an adult
** You will do this EVERY night! **
• draw columns in your notebook so you can copy your
words into your book
• write your headers at the top of the columns and
then write all the words in the correct columns
• this is a WRITING SORT
• when you are done, put your words into your
baggie, put them back in the envelope in the
notebook, and return to school
Speed Sort and Sentences
Tuesday
• sort your words and read to an adult
• mix up the words and sort three times as fast as
you can
• write five sentences in your notebook using any
five of your words (each sentence should start with
a different word and have at least six words)
• when you are done, put your words into your
baggie, put them back in the envelope in the
notebook, and return to school
Speed Sort and Triangles
Wednesday
• sort your words and read to an adult
• mix up the words and sort three times as fast as
you can
• do Word Triangles for each of your words in your
notebook
**this was practiced and explained in class many
times**
Example: c
ca
cat
• when you are done, put your words into your
baggie, put them back in the envelope in the
notebook, and return to school
No Peek Sort
Thursday
• sort your words and read to an adult
• draw your word sort columns and headers in your
notebook
• put the words back into your baggie and give it to
an adult
• have an adult call out the words and write them in
the correct columns
• this is a NO PEEK SORT (like a practice spelling
test)
• have an adult check your “no peek” word sort
• write the words you missed 3 times each in your
notebook
• when you are done, put your words into your
baggie, put them back in the envelope in the
notebook, and return to school