Words Their Way™ for Alphabetic Spellers Activity Sheets - 3rd Edition

Would you like to scaffold and reinforce your students in word work and make deeper connections to spelling patterns? This 80-page word study activity sheet resource includes all 60 sorts to complement the ‘Alphabetic Spellers’ (red book) from the Words their Way™ program. In fact, this resource fits nicely into whatever spelling program you are using.

These worksheets or what I like to call activity sheets, can be used in small group lessons, or even in large groups. The activities are straightforward and allow for the gradual release model to allow students to work independently.

Each sort includes 1-2 worksheets for students to practice their weekly word sorts, along with a 1-2 page assessment you can use.

✔The kinds of activities in this resource include:

• cut and paste
• fill in the blank sentence work
• matching pictures to words
• circling
• word searches
• sorting with pictures and words
• spelling words
• identifying letters

Students can store their sheets in a duotang or you can glue them into a notebook after sorting or writing the words.

**For use to complement the 3rd edition Red Alphabetic Words Their Way™ program published in 2018.

✔Contents:

→Unit 1: Picture sorts for all beginning consonants (Sorts 1-11) 

→Unit 2: Same-vowel word families with words and pictures (Sorts 12-18)

Including: at, an, ad, ap, ag, op, ot, og, et, eg, en, ug, ut, un, ip, ig, ill

→Unit 3: Digraphs and blends with words and picture sorts (Sorts 19-32)

Including: sh, ch, th, wh, st, sp, sk, sm, sc, sn, sw, pl, bl, sl, cl, fl, gl, cr, fr, br, fr, pr, tr, dr, qu, tw

→Unit 4: Mixed vowel word families (Sorts 33-39)

Including: at, ot, it, an, in, un, ad, ed, ab, ob, ag, eg, ig, og , ug, ill, ell, all, ack, ick, ock, uck, ish, ash, ush

→Unit 5: Picture and word sorts for short vowels in CVC words (Sorts 40-52)

Including: easy CVC words, initial digraphs, initial blends, final digraphs (sk, st, sp), final blends (ft, pt, lf, lp, lt)

→Unit 6: Preconsonantal Nasals (Sorts 53-57)

Including: mysterious n and m, words ending in: ng, mp, nt, mk and nd

→Unit 7: Introduction to r-influenced vowels and contractions(Sorts 58-60)

Including: or, ar, and various contractions

→These activity sheets are just one component of this Word Study Program. Also available is the Word Study home sorts, as well as digital activities which are great for either distance learning or for more practice during literacy centers or daily 5. Check out these other word study links:

✔Home Sorts

✔Digital Activities

✔OR get all 3 in the Alphabetic Speller BUNDLE, which includes all 3 resources - Home Sorts, Activity Sheets and Digital Activities.

Words are not exactly the same as in the Words Their Way™ program. Other words have been chosen to help students scaffold their learning with each sort. This program compliments the Words Their Way™ program, it does not replace it.

→→→Still unsure - check out the comprehensive program overview Word Study freebie to try out all aspects of this resource and the whole Word Study product.

→Check out these customer reviews:

“I was able to use this and assign students work in their google classroom and written with all of your resources. Thanks so much for making differentiation easy!” Jessica L.

“I LOVE how this aligns with Words Their Way.  Thank you so much for making worksheets available that go along with my students' word study!” Cara P.

“I love using these with my students to supplement their phonics work!” Brianna C.

“Solid product. Helps me quickly and easily differentiate my word study groups.” Brooke C.

“Students are able to make a deeper connection using this activity.” Rhonda B.

**NEW** Self-checking Word Study Games

Check these self-checking word work games to reinforce spelling patterns, which are highly engaging for students. There is a range of games to play for each main group of sorts. There are at least one or more games for each sort. Students can navigate between games with ease. These games are designed to reinforce each spelling pattern using a variety of words from the Words their Way™ sorts.

https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Words-Their-Way-BUNDLE-of-Self-Checking-Word-Study-Games-for-3rd-Edition-6029177?aref=45qbnz28

Looking for more word study resources? Check out:

➡️Word Study for Word Pattern spellers (yellow)

➡️Word Study for Affixes & Suffixes (green)

➡️Word Study for Derivational Relations (blue)

➡️Available in activity sheets, home sorts and activity sheets. Grab them individually or by color by type of activity or get the whole lot in a mega super saver bundle.

These materials were prepared by Mummabell and have neither been developed, reviewed, nor endorsed by Pearson Publishing Company, publisher of the original Words their Way™ work on which this material compliments.

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