What Are WORD SORTS?
A word sort is a individual or small group activity in which students sort words by linking to their prior knowledge. The sorts advance student knowledge, are active and fun, are an analytical and implicit approach to learning, are beneficial to ELL students, as well as being supported by research.
Words Sorts benefit all students and can be used across the curriculum for a variety of topics.
BENEFITS OF WORD SORTS
Promote oral language development
Students need to say and/or spell words and justify their categorization.
Interactive.
Students do the work; they manipulate the words and explain their rational.
Build on prior knowledge.
Students use what they know as a basis their choices.
Promote oral language development
Students need to say and/or spell words and justify their categorization.
Interactive.
Students do the work; they manipulate the words and explain their rational.
Build on prior knowledge.
Students use what they know as a basis their choices.
Easily tailored for differentiation.
If you, the teacher, notes that a student/s have difficulty distinguishing between long and short vowel sounds, they can be given word cards of words they know representing both long and short sounds and asked to sort into categories.
Students can write the words in addition to simply grouping.
Use pictures along with words.
Allow students to create their own examples.
Add a Non-Example section.
TYPES OF WORD SORTS
There are two basic types of word sorts, Open Sorts and Closed Sorts.
Open Sorts:
The
teacher provides only the (list of) words.
Students
work together to determine commonalities and describe the categories.
Closed Sort:
The
teacher provides categories (specific features) to students.
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* Additional Resources:
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Resources for you
http://edublog.scholastic.com/post/lets-talk-word-sorts#
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