Vocabulary Word Sorts

Word Sorts can be used with K-5 students to help fine-tune their higher-level thinking skills by allowing them to categorize information. Students may cut out and sort the words according to the categories provided at the top of each sheet, or they may choose to create their own categories. There are more than 60 word sorts in all, covering letters, sounds, content area topics, such as science and grammar, and there are even open sorts that can be categorized several ways.

Letter Sorts Starts with ch / Starts with sh Starts with b / Starts with h Starts with b / Ends with b Starts with d / Starts with b Starts with f / Starts with t Starts with m / Ends with m Starts with r / Ends with r Starts with t / Ends with t Starts with w / Starts with m Starts with p / Ends with p Ends in -ck / Ends in -ch Ends in -ed / Ends in -ing Ends in -s / Ends in -es Ends with -en / Ends with -an Ends with -an / Ends with -ad Ends with -am / Ends with -an Ends with -et / Ends with -it Ends with -ing / Ends with -ink Prefix re- / Starts with re Silent Consonants gn_, kn_, wr_ Sound Sorts Short /a/, Long /a/ vowel sounds Short /e/, Long /e/ vowel sounds Short /i/, Long /i/ vowel sounds Short /o/, Long /o/ vowel sounds Short /u/, Long /u/ vowel sounds Variant Vowel /oo/ in hoop, /oo/ in good Variant Vowel /o/ in walk, Long Vowel /o/ in glow Diphthongs /oi/, /ou/ R-controlled /o/ in storm, /ur/ in curl R-controlled /ar/ in care, /ar/ in car Initial Hard c / Soft c Initial Open Syllable, Initial Closed Syllable

Topic Sorts Language Arts Adjectives / Adverbs Compound Words / Other Contractions / Other Nouns / Verbs Present Tense / Past Tense Science Animal / Animal Sound Animal Mother / Animal Baby Living Thing / Nonliving Thing Liquid / Solid Mammal / Reptile Spring / Fall Summer / Winter Water Animal / Land Animal Hot / Cold Health and Physical Education Fruit / Vegetable Baseball / Basketball Football / Tennis Math Number / Color Shape / Size Social Studies Day of the Week / Month of the Year City / Country With Wheels / Without Wheels

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Open Sorts
Open Word Sort 1   living or nonliving, where it could be found, how many legs
Open Word Sort 2   characteristics of plants or animals, singular or plural nouns
Open Word Sort 3   animal type, how it might move, how many legs
Open Word Sort 4   transportation type, size, compound words
Open Word Sort 5   plant type, ending sound
Open Word Sort 6   where animals live, animal type, how many legs
Open Word Sort 7   sport type, compound words, ending phonograms, syllables
Open Word Sort 8   plant type, color
Open Word Sort 9   celestial body type, natural or artificial, noun type
Open Word Sort 10   characteristics of animals, parts of speech
Open Word Sort 11   Civil Rights cause, personal history, gender, number of names
Open Word Sort 12   U.S. war, sides in the war, leadership roles, gender
Open Word Sort 13   How related to Revolutionary War, noun type, parts of speech