A tremendous timesaver for teachers, this indispensable book contains more than 200 word, picture, and letter sorts, ready to photocopy and use in K-3 classrooms. Provided are engaging categorization activities that span the stages of emergent, letter name, and within word pattern spelling. Also featured are decoding activities, assessment materials, tips from other teachers, recommended links to children's literature, and strategies for working with diverse students, including English-language learners and struggling older readers. An ideal complement to Ganske's bestselling Word Journeys, which presents a comprehensive approach to assessing and building word knowledge, Word Sorts and More can also be used on its own or in conjunction with any phonics, spelling, reading, or writing program.
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"If you’re a K-3 teacher or teacher educator, you’ll want this book by well-known literacy teacher and scholar Kathy Ganske! As the book quickly reveals, Ganske understands children, teachers, classrooms, and literacy teaching and scholarship. A central feature of this book is an emphasis on teachers as professional problem solvers in their work with children. Myriad concrete examples of classroom interactions between teachers and children illustrate how, when, and why teachers might enact the many word study activities presented in this text."--Cynthia H. Brock, PhD, University of Nevada, Reno
"Word Sorts and More is a useful resource for busy primary-grade literacy teachers who want to engage their students in hands-on word study. This practical book offers descriptions and materials for over 200 word sort activities at a variety of developmental levels, and includes lists of suggested children's books to connect the activities to authentic text. Teachers can easily integrate these research-based tasks into an existing curriculum to help their students develop a better understanding of how words work."--Nancy Logan, MA, Littlewood Elementary School, Gainesville, Florida
"This book provides a variety of ideas and strategies to aid the classroom teacher. The read-aloud literature links at each step are helpful components. With all the games and hands-on activities, who knew reading instruction could be this fun! This book is concise and easy to follow, and would be great for use in tandem with any reading curriculum."--Kelly Fairfield, MA, Peoria Public Schools, Illinois
"Many primary-grade classroom teachers have been waiting for a book like this one. The activities presented here help teachers make greater use of the power of sorting or categorizing words to help children internalize the phonological, orthographic, and morphological structure of words. I expect this book will become one of the nation's most widely used primary-grade classroom resources!"--D. Ray Reutzel, PhD, Utah State University
"Word Sorts and More is a valuable addition to the reading teacher’s professional library. It provides fresh new insights into the teaching and learning processes involved in word learning. Kudos and thanks to Kathy Ganske!"--Robert B. Cooter, Jr., EdD, University of Memphis
"Word Sorts and More is a useful resource for busy primary-grade literacy teachers who want to engage their students in hands-on word study. This practical book offers descriptions and materials for over 200 word sort activities at a variety of developmental levels, and includes lists of suggested children's books to connect the activities to authentic text. Teachers can easily integrate these research-based tasks into an existing curriculum to help their students develop a better understanding of how words work."--Nancy Logan, MA, Littlewood Elementary School, Gainesville, Florida
"This book provides a variety of ideas and strategies to aid the classroom teacher. The read-aloud literature links at each step are helpful components. With all the games and hands-on activities, who knew reading instruction could be this fun! This book is concise and easy to follow, and would be great for use in tandem with any reading curriculum."--Kelly Fairfield, MA, Peoria Public Schools, Illinois
"Many primary-grade classroom teachers have been waiting for a book like this one. The activities presented here help teachers make greater use of the power of sorting or categorizing words to help children internalize the phonological, orthographic, and morphological structure of words. I expect this book will become one of the nation's most widely used primary-grade classroom resources!"--D. Ray Reutzel, PhD, Utah State University
"Word Sorts and More is a valuable addition to the reading teacher’s professional library. It provides fresh new insights into the teaching and learning processes involved in word learning. Kudos and thanks to Kathy Ganske!"--Robert B. Cooter, Jr., EdD, University of Memphis
About the Author
Kathy Ganske, PhD, is Professor of the Practice of Literacy and Director of Elementary Education at the Peabody School of Education at Vanderbilt University. Previously, she was a professor at Oberlin College and Rowan University. Dr. Ganske is a former classroom teacher in primary through upper elementary grades in various regions of the country.
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Kathy Ganske, PhD, is Associate Professor of Literacy in the Graduate Teacher Education Program at Oberlin College. She is the author of numerous articles and books on literacy. Prior to her move to Ohio, she was a professor at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. Dr. Ganske is a former classroom teacher of primary through upper-elementary grades and has taught in many regions of the country.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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The BEST SORT book on the Market,
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This review is from: Word Sorts and More: Sound, Pattern, and Meaning Explorations K-3 (Solving Problems in the Teaching of Literacy) (Paperback)
If you are looking for a sort book that gives explicit instructions on when to use pictures and when to use words, this book is for you! The sorts are sequenced in an order that scaffolds instruction. This is the only book you will need. A must have for any teacher K-5 who teaches word study and truly wants to provide the right instruction for every child. The sorts are meant for grades K-3, however, we all know that students do not come to us at the right level. As a fifth grade teacher, I found the book a life-line for my students who had not reached the Syllable Juncture stage, yet.
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This book is a perfect addition Word Journeys. It contains premade word sorts that are easy to copy and use. I love it.
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Though it is by no means a new term to describe the learning of how words work, use of the phrase word study has increased greatly over the past decade. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
word pattern stage, letter name stage, abstract vowels, final digraphs, long vowel patterns, emergent learners, blind sorting, copyright page for details, illustrated treasury, place anthology, sorting mat, word sorts, funniest poems, book for personal use, additional sorts, optional pictures, draw pile, multisyllabic words, previous sort, short vowel words, closed sort, schwa vowel, extension words, pattern sort, syllable counting Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kathy Ganske, The Guilford Press, New York, Integrating Idioms, Literature Links, Initial-Consonant Blends, Complex Consonant Patterns, Odd Man Out, Old Mother Hubbard, Other Common Long Vowel Patterns, San Diego, Black Dog, Mary Smith, Random House, Advanced R-Controlled Vowels, Ecco Press, Initial-Consonant Digraphs, Lowercase Consonants, Alliterative Three, Homophones Set, Literature Link Prelutsky, Meadowbrook Press, Rhyming Three, Uppercase Consonants, Humpty Dumpty New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
Though it is by no means a new term to describe the learning of how words work, use of the phrase word study has increased greatly over the past decade. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
word pattern stage, letter name stage, abstract vowels, final digraphs, long vowel patterns, emergent learners, blind sorting, copyright page for details, illustrated treasury, place anthology, sorting mat, word sorts, funniest poems, book for personal use, additional sorts, optional pictures, draw pile, multisyllabic words, previous sort, short vowel words, closed sort, schwa vowel, extension words, pattern sort, syllable counting Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kathy Ganske, The Guilford Press, New York, Integrating Idioms, Literature Links, Initial-Consonant Blends, Complex Consonant Patterns, Odd Man Out, Old Mother Hubbard, Other Common Long Vowel Patterns, San Diego, Black Dog, Mary Smith, Random House, Advanced R-Controlled Vowels, Ecco Press, Initial-Consonant Digraphs, Lowercase Consonants, Alliterative Three, Homophones Set, Literature Link Prelutsky, Meadowbrook Press, Rhyming Three, Uppercase Consonants, Humpty Dumpty New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Surprise Me!
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- Beginning Sounds: Preschool (Home Learning Tools) by Dalmatian Press on 8 pages
- Mother Goose by Gyo Fujikawa on page 73, and Back Matter
- Word Journeys: Assessment-Guided Phonics, Spelling, and Vocabulary Instruction by Kathy Ganske Phd in Front Matter, and page 4
- Mrs. Wishy-Washy by Joy Cowley on page 97, and Back Matter
- Nuts to You! by Lois Ehlert on page 117, and Back Matter
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