AM Word Family Sorting Activities

This AM Word Family Sorting Activity is a great resource for your students to practice recognizing AM words and pictures in isolation. This sorting activity includes three different sorts for students to categorize AM family words in an engaging literacy centre.

Sorts Included in this Literacy Resource

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

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

• Sort between real and nonsense AM 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 cookie 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 cookie 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 kindergartners and Grade 1 students as they learn and practice AM 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.