AN Word Family Sorting Activities

This AN Word Family Sorting Activity is a great resource for your students to practise recognising AN words and pictures in isolation. This sorting activity includes three different sorts for students to categorise AN family words in an engaging literacy centre.

Sorts Included in this Literacy Resource

• Sort words that are included in the AN family from words that are not included in the AN family.

• Sort pictures that represent words in the AN family from pictures that represent words not in the AN family.

• Sort between real and nonsense AN words.

The teacher can easily differentiate these sorting activities for students who need more or less support to be successful in completing these sorts.

How to Use:

• The teacher can create a file folder sorting activity

• The teacher can add magnets to the picture pieces and create a baking tray sorting activity

• The teacher can place the cards and mats in a box for a simple sorting activity

To assemble file folder activities, position the two sorting mats on each side of a file folder. Use the word and image cards for sorting onto the mats. Adding hook and loop fasteners to both the cards and mats ensures the cards remain positioned once sorted. For the baking tray sorting, attach magnets to each card's back. Lay the mats next to each other on the tray, and the magnets will secure the cards to the mats. These methods provide an interactive literacy station that will captivate your Foundation and Year 1 students as they learn and practise AN family words.

Ways to Use:

• Early Finishers

• Independent Work

• Small Group Activity

• Literacy Centre

• Morning Work

These sorting activities require minimal preparation. The teacher needs to just print each of the pages on card stock, cut the picture sorting cards, and then laminate them if so desired to create a reusable literacy activity.