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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Author’s Purpose Sorting Activity
Use this Text Type Sort activity to engage students in understanding the different features and purpose of imaginative, informative and persuasive texts.
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Heat Sources Sorting Activity
Explore various sources of heat and how they are produced with this printable Heat Energy Sorting activity.
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Life Cycle of a Fly Worksheet - Cut and Paste
Sequence the life cycle of a fly with a cut-and-paste Life Cycle of a Fly Worksheet.
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Base Word Sorting Activity
Use this Base Word Sorting activity to help students sort words based on their root words.
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Rhyming Sort Cookies Activity Mats
Use this cookie tray rhyming sort to explore the auditory component of rhyming words to develop phonemic awareness in your students.
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Alliteration Sorting by Beginning Sound Activity
Explore beginning sounds and alliteration with this engaging and age-appropriate picture sort activity, perfect for your phonics and early literacy lessons.
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Fiction and Nonfiction Sorting Cards
Explore fiction and nonfiction book features with this sorting activity.
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Sentence Building Cards and Mat
Use these Sentence Building Cards with Mat to explore the main features of a simple sentence with your Prep students.
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Narrative Elements Fairy Tale Sorting Activity
Explore narrative elements with this fairy tale sorting activity in the shape of a castle.
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Verb or Not Sorting Activity
Allow students the opportunity to show their verb awareness with this verb or not a verb lolly sorting activity.
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Understanding Mass True or False Sorting Activity
Practise the understanding of mass as a measurement with this printable mass sorting activity.
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Consonant Blends Beehive Sorting Activity
Explore common consonant blends with a bee-themed sorting activity perfect for lower primary phonics lessons.
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Unit Fraction Sort
Explore different images of unit fractions with your students in this unit fraction sorting activity with fraction word and fraction heading cards.
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Day and Night Sorting Activity
Help your prep students understand and apply the concepts of day and night with this fun sorting activity.
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Rhetorical Questions Sorting Activity
Explore rhetorical question examples with your students using this set of 28 sorting cards perfect for literacy groups
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3-Digit Number Form Sorting Activity
Engage with different forms of 3-digit numbers with this sorting activity.
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Vowel Teams Sorting Activity (OA, OW and OE)
Decode words with the OA, OW and OE vowel teams using 18 picture cards with sorting mats.
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Self-Esteem Heart Activity
Help students boost their self-esteem with this lovely heart-themed activity
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Persuasive Devices Sorting Activity
Explore persuasive devices with your students using this set of sorting cards.
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Plant Life Cycle Sorting Activity
Help your students identify the stages in a plant’s life cycle with a sorting activity..
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Asking for Help Sorting Activity
Explore whether a question is an 'ask now' question 'wait' question with this sorting activity.
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Real-World 3D Objects - Sorting Activity
Practise identifying and sorting three-dimensional objects with this set of 24 sorting cards.
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Building Words with Suffixes Sorting Activity
Build words by matching the root word to suffixes and recording the new words on the answer sheet.
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Vowel Sorting Activity - Short and Long Vowels
Supplement your phonics lessons with an apple-themed vowel sound sorting activity.
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Rules Around Us - Sorting Activity
Identify rules at home, in school and around the community with a sorting activity.
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Final 'E' Sorting Activity
Practise final 'e' conventions with this set of 18 sorting cards.
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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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What's in a Colour? Sorting Activity
A fun sorting activity for students to explore interpretation of colour in visual art.
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Word Family Sorting Activity – Set 4
A sorting activity to practice word families.
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Word Family Sorting Activity – Set 2
A word family sorting activity.
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Word Family Sorting Activity – Set 1
A sorting activity to practise identifying word families.
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Line and Feelings Sorting Activity - Year 3 to Year 6
A fun sorting activity for students to explore interpretation of line in visual art.