Sorting Activities for Teachers
This collection of sorting activities covers a wide range of Numeracy, Literacy, Science, Social Studies, Geography, History, Health, Physical Education, Technology and The Arts topics. These sorting activities help consolidate your students' understanding by encouraging them to identify, sort and group different items into alike categories. This collection of sorting activities can be used for whole class, group or independent tasks.
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Informative Paragraphs Sequencing Activity
Teach your students about information report paragraph structure with this hands-on sequencing activity.
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Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Sorting Activity
Practise reading and identifying simple, compound and complex sentences with this sorting activity.
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Living & Non-Living Things - Picture Sort
Sort biotic vs. abiotic things and discuss their characteristics with a hands-on living vs. nonliving picture sort.
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Introduction to Hardware and Software Sorting Activity
Guide students in understanding the difference between hardware and software with this cut and sort activity.
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Simple Sentence Building Activity - Caterpillar
Use this simple sentence building activity in the form of a caterpillar to have students identify the parts of a simple sentence.
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Solids, Liquids and Gases – Sorting Activity
Use a hands-on States of Matter sorting activity to help students identify solids, liquids and gases.
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Fraction Decimal Percent Activity
Download this fraction decimal percent activity to give your students hands-on practice matching fraction, decimal and percent equivalents.
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Natural vs. Man-Made Features - Sorting Activity
A sorting activity to help students identify the natural and human features of environments.
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Rounding Large Numbers Worksheet Set
Share this rounding large numbers worksheet set with your students so they can cut-and-paste their way to understanding rounding.
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Positional Language Hands-On Activity Mats
Engage students with positional language using these fun hands-on activity mats, where they follow instructions to place pictures within five different scenes.
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Comparing Capacity Year 1 and Foundation Activity
Share this comparing capacity year 1 and foundation activity with your students to introduce them to early measurement concepts.
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Modal Language Sorting Activity
Explore examples of modal language with your students using this set of 24 sorting cards perfect for your persuasive writing unit.
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Things That Stretch, Bend and Twist – Sorting Activity
Introduce your students to physical changes in materials with a stretch, bend and twist material sorting activity.
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Push and Pull Toy Sorting Activity
Explore types of forces and practise classification skills with a printable Push and Pull Toy Sorting Activity.
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Big Problem or Little Problem? – Sorting Activity
Use our Big Problem vs. Little Problem activity cards and worksheets to help your students learn to manage peer relationships in the classroom.
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Probability of Everyday Events Sort
Share this probability of everyday events sort with your students to give them hands on practice identifying the likelihood of common events.
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Common Nouns and Proper Nouns - Sorting Task
A sorting task to help students learn the difference between common nouns and proper nouns.
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Making Predictions With Pictures Prompt Cards
Encourage early reading comprehension by using Making Predictions with Pictures Prompt Cards to help students develop critical thinking and inference skills through visual storytelling
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Classifying Angles – Sorting Activity
Help students recognise different types of angles in everyday life with this hands-on sorting activity.
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Often and Sometimes Food Sorting Activity
A sorting activity to help students recognise healthy and unhealthy foods.
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Affix Puzzle Activity - Prefixes and Suffixes
Build words with affixes with a pack of printable word-building puzzles.
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Fact and Opinion Sorting Activity
Use this fact and opinion sort to teach your students the difference between statements of fact and statements of opinion.
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Comparing Fractions – Sorting Activity
Strengthen fraction comparison skills by sorting cards according to the inequality symbol that makes each statement true.
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Selecting Units of Mass – Sorting Activity
A sorting activity to help students identify objects that should be measured in grams, kilograms and tonnes.
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Sequencing Activities — Numbers 1-9 Sausage Dog
Use our sequencing activities like this sausage dog to help your students practise ordering the numbers 1 - 9.
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Time Sort - Morning, Afternoon & Evening Activity
Help your students learn about different times of day (morning, afternoon, and evening) with a Times of Day Sorting activity.
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Responsibilities of Australia's Three Levels of Government - Sorting Activity
Explore the roles and responsibilities of Australia's three levels of government with this hands-on sorting activity.
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Animals and Their Habitats - Sorting Activity
Discover the habitats that are home to Earth’s wildlife with a printable animal habitat sorting activity.
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Old vs New Communication Devices - Sorting Activity
A fun sorting activity for students to identify old and new communication devices.
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Food Choices Sorting Activity - Lunchbox
A sorting activity to help students recognise healthy and unhealthy foods.
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Fiction and Nonfiction Sorting Cards
Explore fiction and nonfiction book features with this sorting activity.
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Story Structure Sentence Strips
Explore sentences that form the beginning, middle and end of 5 short stories with this sorting activity for younger year levels.