Word Sort - Real or Silly

This fun and interactive Real or Silly Word Sort is a great way to help young learners practice reading and identifying CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. Students will read a set of short words, then decide if each one is a real word or a made-up (silly) one. Once they've made their choices, they’ll cut out the words and paste them into the correct column.

This hands-on activity makes phonics practice engaging and effective, encouraging students to sound out each word and build early decoding skills.

Ways to Use:

• Morning work or early finisher activity

• Literacy centers or phonics stations

• Homework or take-home review

• Small group or one-on-one instruction

Benefits:

• Encourages careful reading and decoding

• Supports word recognition and vocabulary development

• Easy to prep and fun to complete

• Adds variety to your phonics lessons

Perfect for Pre-K, Kindergarten, or 1st Grade classrooms, this resource helps students build strong reading foundations while having fun sorting silly and real words!

Enjoy!