Word Sort

Boy was it a cold start back after winter break. I can take a few days of this weather, but I'm just about over it. Of course the cold did not slow us down in class. We made the most out of the 3 days and 5 hours that we had this week. (Monday was an admin. day and Thursday was a delayed start.) My goals for this week were to introduce our January math and literacy centers (all 21 of them), to do a little Daily 5 retraining, to launch Rocket Math (addition fact drills), to teach all about Y…

If you’re looking for some Vowel Team Word Sorts, you’re in the right place! My first grader and I have been working through vowel pairs since Christmas. I created these simple sorts for her to review the vowel teams we’ve worked on. Did you know we have even more Vowel Team Printables? Yep, we do! ... Read More about Vowel Team Word Sorts – Cut & Sort

This post contains affiliate links. For more information, please read my full disclosure policy. When teaching reading and spelling, it is important to be explicit. By this, I mean that we stop, “pull out” words from the actual text and talk about them and the patterns within them. What group of letters works together to ... Read More about Reading and Spelling Words with Silent e (Free Printable Included)

Welcome to This Reading Mama! If you’re joining me for the first time, I’m smack dab in the middle of a series on Word Study, joining some amazing bloggers in iHomeschool Network’s Hopscotch! I’m so glad you’re here. If you missed Days 1-5 of Teaching Spelling Through Word Study, feel free to click on the above ... Read More about Introducing a Word Sort

Inflectional endings worksheet to practice the 3 sounds of ed with a fun word sort with -ed words kids can actually read

Today, I’m sharing one more LEGO activity for Toddler Approved’s LEGO Week! Be sure to visit her post to see all of the activities shared. If you’ve followed along for very long, you know that one of my favorite ways to teach spelling is with word sorts. Why? They are hands-on, developmentally appropriate, and allow ... Read More about LEGO Word Family Sorting

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Short a Activities: Sort a_e and Sort a_e Learn to sort two-letter words by their first letter with these two fun activities! In Sort a_e, you'll drag and drop words to sort them into two columns, one for words that start with the letter "a" and one for words that start with the letter "e". In Sort a_e, you'll do the same thing, but with words that start with the letter "i" and the letter "o". These activities are great for practicing

I am thrilled with the response to this little WTW series. Though I want to stress, you do not have to USE Words Their Way to meet the needs of your students. You just need to match the level of speller to the correct stage. Just throwing that out there! I know not all schools are lucky enough to have the program, but we can all easily differentiate spelling. That said; I want to share my schedule and types of sorts I use. I am very set when it comes to what sorts are done when. I think I…