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Digital Extension of Word Sorts, aka e Sorts

Digital Extension of Word Sorts, aka e Sorts. By personally involving students in the word sort process, they will interact and learn more. . Basic Layout of 5 Day Lesson Plan. Day 1: Digital Experience Story Day 2: Create the eSort Day 3: Add to the eSort Day 4: Review and Personalize

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Digital Extension of Word Sorts, aka e Sorts

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  1. Digital Extension of Word Sorts, aka eSorts By personally involving students in the word sort process, they will interact and learn more.

  2. Basic Layout of 5 Day Lesson Plan • Day 1: Digital Experience Story • Day 2: Create the eSort • Day 3: Add to the eSort • Day 4: Review and Personalize • Day 5: Share at the Author’s Computer Chair

  3. Day 1: Digital Experience Story • To make sure the word sorting is meaningful for the student, the process begins with a “personal literacy event,” or a brief narrative story, which the students dictate to a tutor who transcribes. • This is made more interesting visually by adding clipart, digital photos, and visual designs. The suggested program to use was Powerpoint because of its simplicity, though other programs like Presi could be functional alternatives.

  4. Day 1 Adjustments • For older students or those who are more autonomous, they could type their own story. If they typed it in a program like Microsoft Word, there would be available spellcheck and the teacher or tutor could later format it with the graphics. This gives students more independence and opens the project up to more than one student at a time. • This could be completed in a computer lab or using a classroom set of computers.

  5. Day 2: Create the eSort • The student starts by reviewing their regular word study notebook, which has 4 sound-based columns. They explain the sound and spelling patterns of each of the columns. • While the student has explains the rules, the teacher affirms or helps to clarify any confusion. • After any clarification, the teacher opens up a word sort template (in either PPT or child-friendly Inspiration) and fills in the columns with the same rules they’ve been focusing on.

  6. Day 2 Continued • The teacher/tutor adds a picture of the student to their word sort in order to personalize it and also to inform the other students who will be using it whose story it is. • The student then adds the words from their story that follow the rules into their charts with the assistance of the teacher or tutor. • By having to pull out words from their own text, there is more sophisticated reasoning involved than if they were just using a basic word sort list. I love digital word sorts!

  7. Day 3: Add to the eSort • The teacher/tutor and student re-read the story to make sure the sorted words are correct and to ensure that the student understands any tricky rules that may have surfaced. • Next, the student reads other texts that are (somehow) related to their personal story and add words to their personal word sort. • The teacher/tutor checks over the work to confirm the proper placement of each word and understanding of each concept. Personal one-on-one explanation and discussion will help to clarify any confusion.

  8. Day 4: Review and Personalize • The student sorts the words in the story again, helping to increase fluency and practice the spelling patterns of the word sounds. • Students can repeat the word sort or if they are excelling, they can use a speed sort. • The teacher can also take this day to add more clip art, photos, and audio recording of the students reading their stories if there was not enough time during the earlier days of the program. “My mom came and got me…” Clipart Photo Embellishments Digital Photos of Student

  9. Day 5: Share at the Author’s Computer Chair • On the final day, the students get to present their story and eSort to the class. They can do this by having it on a computer or presenting it through the SMARTboard, allowing more interactivity with the entire class. • If one student a week is completing this eSort process, he or she can present to the entire class. • If multiple more independent students are completing this process at the same time, they can present at multiple computer stations while students rotate. • Presenting their information is an award for the students and motivates their literacy endeavors further!

  10. eSort example! example story & chart • Yesterday, my mom worked outside the home. She used a hose to water our pea pods because it was hot. After that, she used a hoe to dig a trench for the water. It was fun to watch the water flow! Miss C’s eSort!

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