AG Word Family Sorting Activities

AG word family sorting activity with three card sorts: AG and not-AG pictures, AG and not-AG words, and real words such as bag, wag and rag versus made-up words like kag, vag and qag.
Year groups
Nursery–Reception (Early Years), Years 1–2 (Key Stage 1)
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Updated Aug 31, 2023

Subject
Phonics, Language Development, English
Topic
CVC Words, Real and Nonsense Words
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About this resource

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

Sorts Included in this Literacy Resource

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

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

  • Sort between real and nonsense AG 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 Year 1 and Year 2 pupils as they learn and practise AG 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.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recognise words that belong to the AG family

  • Tell real AG words from nonsense AG words

Skills covered

  • Word family recognition — sorting cards into AG and not-AG columns

  • Decoding — reading each AG-pattern word to decide if it is real

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