Word sorts 2nd grade

A teacher's how to guide to using Words Their Way, an assessment-based, differentiated, leveled, hands-on approach to spelling and word work.

If you’re looking for some Vowel Team Word Sorts, you’re in the right place! My first grader and I have been working through vowel pairs since Christmas. I created these simple sorts for her to review the vowel teams we’ve worked on. Did you know we have even more Vowel Team Printables? Yep, we do! ... Read More about Vowel Team Word Sorts – Cut & Sort

Learn about an easy routine for decoding multisyllabic words in 2nd grade text. Free tools included!

I am thrilled with the response to this little WTW series. Though I want to stress, you do not have to USE Words Their Way to meet the needs of your students. You just need to match the level of speller to the correct stage. Just throwing that out there! I know not all schools are lucky enough to have the program, but we can all easily differentiate spelling. That said; I want to share my schedule and types of sorts I use. I am very set when it comes to what sorts are done when. I think I…

I fell in a trap this year. I didn't make every minute meaningful for my students. I followed the crowd even when I knew it wasn't working. It was easier for me. Although I was very aware of the ch

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Boy was it a cold start back after winter break. I can take a few days of this weather, but I'm just about over it. Of course the cold did not slow us down in class. We made the most out of the 3 days and 5 hours that we had this week. (Monday was an admin. day and Thursday was a delayed start.) My goals for this week were to introduce our January math and literacy centers (all 21 of them), to do a little Daily 5 retraining, to launch Rocket Math (addition fact drills), to teach all about Y…

These days have a similar routine. After the whole group part of our Word Study time, students will meet with their word study partner. I assigned partners so that each partner pair is in the same word study group and are therefore working with the same sort each week. Students will begin by sitting back-to-back with their partner and sorting independently. After sorting, they sit next to each other and take turns reading each word in their sort. After completing this, partners will work on…

Tips for teaching effective word study strategies to help students with spelling. Word study focuses on phonics and word patterns.

I'm joining Carolyn at Kindergarten: Holding Hands and Sticking Together who is hosting her first ever linky to share favorite funny school stories. What a fun idea! I've been teaching for thirteen years. Most of my time has been with little kids in first. Little kids have some very interesting stories from home. With my daughter starting kindergarten next year, I shutter to think what she will be saying. Anyhow, the story I want to share is not one told to me by one of my firsties. It is…