Help fine-tune K-5 students' higher-level thinking skills by having them categorize information. Students cut out
and sort words according to the categories provided at the top of each sheet, or by creating their own
categories. There are more than 60 word sorts in all, covering letters, sounds, content area topics, and open
sorts.
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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
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
