Speed Sort
1. Read quickly through all sorting chips.
2. Place each exemplar in a different column.
3. Sort words as quickly as you can. Use a timer to time yourself.
4. Record your time on your SWSH Paper.
5. Write the words on your SWSH Paper.
2. Place each exemplar in a different column.
3. Sort words as quickly as you can. Use a timer to time yourself.
4. Record your time on your SWSH Paper.
5. Write the words on your SWSH Paper.
Word Hunt
1. Write exemplars on a separate piece of paper.
2. Hunt in books to find as many words as you can that fit into your categories.
3. Write them underneath each exemplar.
2. Hunt in books to find as many words as you can that fit into your categories.
3. Write them underneath each exemplar.
Draw and Label
1. Draw and label pictures for each word.
Writing Sort
1. Read quickly through all sorting chips.
2. Put chips in a stack.
3. Write exemplars on a separate piece of paper.
4. Draw one chip from the top of the stack.
5. Write the word under the correct exemplar.
6. Discard the chip in another pile.
7. Continue drawing anew chip, writing, and discarding until all chips have been used.
2. Put chips in a stack.
3. Write exemplars on a separate piece of paper.
4. Draw one chip from the top of the stack.
5. Write the word under the correct exemplar.
6. Discard the chip in another pile.
7. Continue drawing anew chip, writing, and discarding until all chips have been used.
Brainstorming
1. Write exemplars on a separate piece of paper.
2. Think of as many words as you can that fit into your categories.
3. Write them underneath the correct exemplar.
2. Think of as many words as you can that fit into your categories.
3. Write them underneath the correct exemplar.
No Peeking Writing Sort
1. Read quickly through all sorting chips.
2. Put chips in a stack.
3. Write exemplars on a separate piece of paper.
4. Have a partner draw a chip and tell you the word.
5. Write the word under the correct exemplar as you spell it aloud.
6. Discard the chip in another pile.
7. Continue until all chips have been used.
2. Put chips in a stack.
3. Write exemplars on a separate piece of paper.
4. Have a partner draw a chip and tell you the word.
5. Write the word under the correct exemplar as you spell it aloud.
6. Discard the chip in another pile.
7. Continue until all chips have been used.