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Word sorts take advantage of the brain’s propensity to seek patterns and cluster new information into categories.
Word sorts take advantage of the brain’s propensity to seek patterns and cluster new information into categories.
(Brain-Based Teaching With Adolescent Learning in Mind by Glenda Beamon Crawford, Corwin 2007)
Thinking Strategies - Anticipate - Word Sort.pdfWithin the Curriculum:
Within the Curriculum:
Science: front-load or reinforce vocabulary, deepen understanding of key concepts by sorting examples (e.g., examples of dependent vs. independent variables)
Social Studies: use words to predict and activate background knowledge about a current or historical event, reinforce key concepts (e.g., types of governments)
Math: sort operation words (e.g., quotient, sum, divisor, factor), geometry terms, balanced equations, etc.
ELA: sort words that have a common morphology/etymology, use the sort to create a hook for a unit or launch a writing piece, sort figures of speech, grammar, spelling patterns, etc.
Cooking: sort kitchen utensils or units of measurement
Art: sort supplies, artists, or styles
PE: introduce a game, a new sport by focusing on rules and what to do or not do
Health: any topic such as Sexual Education
Outdoor Education: review environmental or safety terms
Videos and Online Examples from Within the Curriculum
Videos and Online Examples from Within the Curriculum
ELA – Building Vocabulary Word Sort – three lists: https://www.interactiontalks.com/word-sorting-activity-for-middle-and-high-school-students/
ELA – Using a Word Sort to learn about Possessives with & without apostrophes: https://hip-books.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/POSSESSIVE-PRONOUN-WORD-SORT.pdf
MATH - https://www.mathgiraffe.com/blog/3-ways-to-use-card-sorts-in-high-school-math
SCIENCE - Sorting Compounds, Molecules and Elements plus sample video sorting terms about frogs https://wakefield.apsva.us/literacy-initiative/vocabulary-resources/concept-sort/
SOCIAL STUDIES - Greek roots cract/cracy and arch/archy - rule/government
https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/wordshop/sorting-it-out-word-sorts-for-secondary-school-students
Digital Tools for Creating Word Sorts
Digital Tools for Creating Word Sorts
https://www.tefl.net/worksheet-generator/sorting.htm - Paste in a word list and headings for each column on this webpage and it will generate a worksheet and answer sheet that can be printed out.
http://yoursmarticles.blogspot.ca/2015/08/super-sorting-strategy-word-sorts-gone.html#.WqvbHujwbIU- This blog describes how to use the Post It Plus app to create a word sort.
http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2015/03/20/card_sort_generator/ - Paste in a word list and it generates a card sheet with words automatically spaced across columns and rows – ready to print and cut apart
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