Writing Sorts for PLCs and Professional Development
$9.00
Make planning your next reading PD a breeze with this bundle of pre-made sorting activities! These hands on activities are perfect for balanced literacy professional development. Engage your teachers in real discussions about the writing process, expository and narrative characteristics for different grade levels, editing vs. revision, and more with these card sorting activities! Answer keys are included for each sort.
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Description
Make planning your next reading PD a breeze with these pre-made sorting activities! These hands on activities are perfect for professional development in the area of literacy. Engage your teachers in real discussions about the writing process, expository and narrative characteristics for different grade levels, editing vs. revision, and more with these card sorting activities! Answer keys are included for each sort.
As an instructional coach and a PD provider, I use sorts in every workshop that I provide because they give teachers…
- something to do with their hands
- an opportunity to discuss with their colleagues
- time to make meaning
- a purpose for accessing background knowledge
- the opportunity to develop a common language with their colleagues
Included in this resource…
- A two-page guide for the learning facilitator
- Eleven sorting or matching activities
Expository Rubric Sort for Kinder (picture writing)
- Six trait cards: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions
- 16 characteristics cards for sorting
Expository Rubric Sort for K-2
- Six trait cards: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions
- 18 characteristics cards for sorting
Expository Rubric Sort for 3-5
- Six trait cards: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions
- 20 characteristics cards for sorting
Narrative Rubric Sort for Kindergarten (picture writing)
- Six trait cards: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions
- 16 characteristics cards for sorting
Narrative Rubric Sort for K-2
- Six trait cards: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions
- 20 characteristics cards for sorting
Narrative Rubric Sort for 3-5
- Six trait cards: ideas, organization, voice, word choice, sentence fluency, and conventions
- 20 characteristics cards for sorting
Reading Like a Reader vs. Reading Like a Writer Sort
- Reading Like a Reader/Writer/Both title cards
- purpose cards for sorting
- 18 characteristics/thought process cards for sorting
Revision vs. Editing Sort
- Revision/Editing title cards
- 15 skills/strategies cards for sorting
- 8 test-like question cards for sorting
Writer’s Workshop Vocabulary Match
- 12 terms about Writer’s Workshop such as minilesson, status of the class, rituals and routines, writing conferences, etc.
- definition cards for matching
Writing Genres Sort
- Narrative/Expository/Both title cards
- purpose cards for sorting
- 16 characteristics cards for sorting
Writing Process Sort
- 6 steps in the writing process: prewriting, drafting, revising, conferencing, editing, publishing
- 24 characteristics and detail cards for sorting
