Literacy Sorting Cards Activities for Reading, Writing, and Word Study PD

Make planning your next reading PD a breeze with this bundle of pre-made sorting activities! These hands on activities are perfect for balanced literacy professional development. Engage your teachers in real discussions about the writing process, expository and narrative characteristics for different grade levels, editing vs. revision, and more with these card sorting activities! Answer keys are included for each sort.

As an instructional coach and a PD provider, I use sorts in every workshop that I provide because they give teachers...

• something to do with their hands
• an opportunity to discuss with their colleagues
• time to make meaning
• a purpose for accessing background knowledge
• the opportunity to develop a common language with their colleagues

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Included in this resource...

10 Reading Sorts and Matching Activities

11 Writing Sorts and Matching Activities

4 Word Study Sorts and Matching Activities

10 Reading Sorts includes...

Included in this resource...

• A two-page guide for the learning facilitator
• Ten sorting or matching activities

Before/During/After Reading Sort

• Before, During, After reading title cards
• Strategy cards for sorting: make predictions, generate questions, evaluate, summarize, make inferences, etc.

Reader's Workshop Vocabulary Match

• 12 terms including fluency, accuracy, comprehension, phonics, reading strategies, etc.
• definition cards for matching

Developmental Levels of Reading Sort

• 4 level cards: emergent reader, early reader, transitional reader, and fluent reader
• characteristics cards for sorting: decoding, fluency, and comprehension

Guided Reading vs. Intervention

• Guided Reading and Intervention title cards
• 24 characteristics cards for sorting

Independent Reading vs. Silent Sustained Reading Sort

• Independent Reading and Silent Sustained Reading title cards
• purpose cards for sorting
• 13 characteristics cards for sorting

Literacy Stations Sort

• Title cards for 8 stations: independent reading, buddy reading, word work, writing, read with technology, fluency, sensory play, and dramatic play
• purpose cards for each station
• purposeful activity cards: teachers choose between two different activities by deciding which one better matches the purpose of the station

Read Aloud vs. Shared Reading

• Read Aloud and Shared Reading title cards
• purpose cards for sorting
• 12 characteristics cards for sorting

Reader's Workshop Vocabulary Match

• 12 terms related to Reader's Workshop such as minilesson, read aloud, word study, instructional level, reading conference, etc.
• definition cards for matching

Reading Genre Sort

• 6 genre title cards: fiction, poetry, drama, expository, literary nonfiction/biography, persuasive
• author's purpose cards for sorting
• 59 vocabulary and characteristics cards for each genre to sort

Comprehension Strategy Sort

• 9 comprehension strategy title cards including determine importance, monitor comprehension, synthesize information, establish a purpose for reading, etc.
• what do readers do? cards for sorting
• how does it help readers? cards for sorting

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11 Writing Sorts includes...

• A two-page guide for the learning facilitator
• Eleven sorting or matching activities

Expository Rubric Sort for Kinder (picture writing)

• Six trait cards: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions
• 16 characteristics cards for sorting

Expository Rubric Sort for K-2

• Six trait cards: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions
• 18 characteristics cards for sorting

Expository Rubric Sort for 3-5

• Six trait cards: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions
• 20 characteristics cards for sorting

Narrative Rubric Sort for Kindergarten (picture writing)

• Six trait cards: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions
• 16 characteristics cards for sorting

Narrative Rubric Sort for K-2

• Six trait cards: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions
• 20 characteristics cards for sorting

Narrative Rubric Sort for 3-5

• Six trait cards: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions
• 20 characteristics cards for sorting

Reading Like a Reader vs. Reading Like a Writer Sort

• Reading Like a Reader/Writer/Both title cards
• purpose cards for sorting
• 18 characteristics/thought process cards for sorting

Revision vs. Editing Sort

• Revision/Editing title cards
• 15 skills/strategies cards for sorting
• 8 test-like question cards for sorting

Writer's Workshop Vocabulary Match

• 12 terms about Writer's Workshop such as minilesson, status of the class, rituals and routines, writing conferences, etc.
• definition cards for matching

Writing Genres Sort

• Narrative/Expository/Both title cards
• purpose cards for sorting
• 16 characteristics cards for sorting

Writing Process Sort

• 6 steps in the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, conferencing, editing, publishing
• 24 characteristics and detail cards for sorting

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4 Word Study Sorts Includes...

• A two-page guide for the learning facilitator
• Four sorting or matching activities

Phonics Vocabulary Sort

• 11 phonics terms cards (consonant, vowel, syllable, digraph, blend, etc.)
• definitions cards
• example cards

Phonics vs. Phonemic Awareness Sort

• Phonics/Phonemic Awareness title cards
• 2 Purpose cards for sorting
• 7 Activity cards for sorting

Syllable Types Matching Activity

• 5 syllable type cards: open, closed, Vce, r-controlled, and final stable syllable
• definition cards
• example cards (2 for each syllable type)

Spelling Patterns Match

• 5 spelling patterns for sorting
• definition cards
• example cards (2 for each spelling pattern)

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