Real or Rubbish Word Sort Mats
The Real or Rubbish Word Sort mats are a terrific literacy rotation that requires your students to use their decoding skills to determine which words are real and which words are nonsense words. It is part of our larger ‘Decoding Detectives’ unit.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to read decodable and authentic texts fluently using phonic knowledge and to monitor meaning using context and grammar.
- We are learning to use vowel sounds, consonant blends and digraphs when writing and reading one- and two-syllable words.
- We are learning to understand that a letter can represent more than one sound, e.g. cat, swan, ball, fast etc. and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound.
- We are learning to read decodable and predictable texts fluently and use strategies to make meaning.
- We are learning to use vowel sounds, consonant digraphs and blends when writing and reading single syllable words.
Curriculum alignment
AC9E1LY04
9
Read decodable and authentic texts using developing phonic knowledge, phrasing and fluency, and monitoring meaning using context and grammatical knowledge
AC9E1LY11
9
Use short vowels, common long vowels, consonant blends and digraphs to write words, and blend these to read one- and two-syllable words
AC9E1LY12
9
Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound
ACELY1659
8.4
Read decodable and predictable texts using developing phrasing, fluency, contextual, semantic, grammatical and phonic knowledge and emerging text processing strategies, for example prediction, monitoring meaning and re-reading
ACELA1458
8.4
Use short vowels, common long vowels, consonant digraphs and consonant blends when writing, and blend these to read single syllable words
ACELA1459
8.4
Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound
EN1-4A
old
Draws on an increasing range of skills and strategies to fluently read, view and comprehend a range of texts on less familiar topics in different media and technologies
EN1-VOCAB-01
new
Understands and effectively uses Tier 1, taught Tier 2 and Tier 3 vocabulary to extend and elaborate ideas
EN1-PHOKW-01
new
Uses initial and extended phonics, including vowel digraphs, trigraphs to decode and encode words when reading and creating texts
EN1-REFLU-01
new
Sustains reading unseen texts with automaticity and prosody and self-corrects errors
EN1-RECOM-01
new
Comprehends independently read texts that require sustained reading by activating background and word knowledge, connecting and understanding sentences and whole text, and monitoring for meaning
EN1-SPELL-01
new
Applies phonological, orthographic and morphological generalisations and strategies when spelling words in a range of writing contexts
VCELY187
Read texts with familiar features and structures using developing phrasing, fluency, phonic, semantic, contextual, and grammatical knowledge and emerging text processing strategies, including prediction, monitoring meaning and rereading
VCELA181
Recognise short vowels, common long vowels and consonant digraphs, and consonant blends
VCELA183
Understand that a letter can represent more than one sound, and that a syllable must contain a vowel sound
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Modifications
There are 3 levels of real and nonsense words to choose from:
- - Teal: common digraphs
- - Yellow: Long vowel sounds
- - Red: multiple digraphs and medial sounds.
Extensions
Students can put the words into a sentence to prove that they are real words.
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