Word Sort 1 - Amy Benjamin

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