Words Their Way Word Sorts for Derivational Relations Spellers: Pearson New International Edition

Unit III: The Suffix -ion

Sort 14 Adding —ion to Base Words, No Spelling Change

Sort 15  Adding —ion and —ian, no spelling change

Sort 16  Adding —ion; e-drop and Spelling Change

Sort 17  Adding —ation, -cation, and —ition

Assessment for Sorts 14 - 17

Unit IV:  Spelling-Meaning Patterns

Sort 18  Consonant Alternation

Sort 19 Vowel Alternation — Long to Short

Sort 20 Vowel Alternation — Long to Short/Schwa

Sort 21 Adding Suffixe -ity: Vowel Alternation, Schwa to Short

Sort 22 Vowel Alternation, Long, Short, and Schwa

Sort 23 Adding -ion: Vowel Alternation — Spelling Change

Sort 24 Multiple Vowel Alternations

Assessment for  Sorts 18 - 24

Unit V:  Greek and Latin Elements I

Sort 25 Greek Number Prefixes  mono- , uni-, bi-, tri-)

Sort 26 More Number Prefixes

Sort 27  Greek and Latin Elements: Size (micro-, mega-, super- hyper-)

Sort 28  Greek Roots (tle, phon, photo, graph)

Sort 29 More Greek Roots (geo, therm, scope, meter, logy)

Sort 30 Latin Roots  (spect, port, form)

Sort 31 Latin Roots  (dic, aud, vis) 

Sort 32 Latin Roots  (gress, rupt, tract, mot)

Sort 33 Latin Roots  (fract, flect.flex, ject, mist./mit)

Sort 34 Latin Roots  (man, scrib/script, cred, fac)

Assessment for  Sorts 25 - 34

Unit VI:  Greek and Latin Elements II

Sort 35  Latin Roots  (duc/duct, sequ/sec, flu, ver/vert)

Sort 36  Latin Roots ( bene, mal) and Prefixes (ante-, post-)

Sort 37 Greek and Latin Elements: Amount (magni, min, poly, omni)

Sort 38 Greek and Latin Elements: Body (cap, corp, dent/don’t, ped/pod)

Sort 39 Greek and Latin Elements: (terr, astr/aster, hydra/hydro, bio)

Sort 40 Latin Roots (gen, mort, bio)

Sort 41 Latin Roots (ven/vent, junct, spir, sec/sect)

Sort 42 Latin Roots (jud, leg, mod, biblio)

Assessment for Sorts 35 - 42

Unit VII:  Greek and Latin Elements III

Sort 43  Latin and Latin Roots (voc, ling/lang, mem, psych)

Sort 44 Greek and Latin Roots (path, sens/sent, med/medi, sol)

Sort 45  Prefixes (intra-, inter-, intro-, circum-)

Sort 46  Latin Roots  (press, pur/purg, fus, pend)

Sort 47  Latin Roots  (pos, loc, sist, sta/stat/stit)

Sort 48  Latin Roots  (ced/cess/ceed, ten/tend, lit)

Sort 49  Predictable Spelling Changes in Word Roots (ceive/cept, tain/ten, nounce/nun)

Assessemnt for Sorts 43 -  49 

Unit VIII: Advanced Spelling-Meaning Patterns

Sort 50 Suffixes (-ent/-ence, -ant/-ance)

Sort 51 Suffixes (-ent/-ence/-ency, -ant/-ance/-ancy)

Sort 52 Suffixes  (--able, -ible)

Sort 53 Adding  -able (e-drop and y to i)

Sort 54 Accent and Doubling

Sort 55 Words from French

Assessment for Sorts 50 — 54

Unit IX: Prefix Assimilation

Sort 56 Prefix Assimilation: in-

Sort 57 Prefix Assimilation: com-

Sort 58 Prefix Assimilation: sub-

Sort 59 Prefix Assimilation: ex- and —ob

Sort 60 Prefix Assimilation: ad-

Assessment for Sorts 56 - 60   

Appendices

Blank Template

Word Work at Home

Word Sort Corpus