Words Their Way™ for Derivational Relations DIGITAL Activities - 3rd Edition

Want to have your students engaged in your word study block?  This no prep DIGITAL resource compliments the Words their Way™ program, but can also be used without it? This resource is what you have been looking for. It covers the blue book - ‘Derivational Relations’ and is perfect for distance learning, literacy centers, daily 5 , small group, large group and more. 

As more and more classrooms have access to iPads and Chromebooks, doing distance learning or going 1:1 - paper becomes less attractive. I really like the Words their Way™ program, however the one aspect I don’t particularly like is the amount of paper that it consumes. I wanted an alternative to paper without compromising the program. 

This digital version of the word sorts is the result. Instructions for teachers are included in a 16 page PDF file for the +154 activities. This includes all the links for all 65 sorts you will need. This resource complements the 3rd Edition of the Words Their Way™ Derivational Relations teacher manual.

The easiest way to assign the sorts to your groups is within Google Classroom. This makes organization so much easier. You can assign a section of sorts, or just assign the weekly sort. All the students need to do in the activities is to click in the box and type their response or drag a picture and/or word into place. 

This also works without Google Classroom. Simply assign via email or do as a group on the interactive whiteboard. Unfortunately this resource is not preloaded into Seesaw like the other resources, but you most certainly can do that yourself. 

➡️Ideas for classroom use:

Can be used as part of your Literacy centers, use alongside your Words their Way™ program, use in small groups, or homework, or as extra practice. You can add this resource right into your weekly schedule of activities. Even if you don’t use Words their Way™, you can certainly use this resource for your word work activities in your classroom.

Each sort comprises 2 slides of reinforcement activities. As well, each pattern unit comes with a 2 slide assessment piece. There are over 154 google slides of activities for the sorts.

✔Contents:

→Unit 1: Suffixes and Prefixes (Sorts 1-5)

Including: comparative suffixes -er, est, suffixes - y, ly, ment, less, ness and prefixes - un, in, dis, mis, pre, fore, post, after, re

→Unit 2: Derivational Suffixes (Sorts 6-11)

Including: suffixes- ty, ity, ful, ous, ious, er, or, ian, ist, ary, ery, ory, al, ial, ic, en, ize, ify

→Unit 3: The Suffix ion (Sorts 12-15)

Including: adding ion and ian  to base words with and without spelling changes. Also adding ation, cation, ition

→Unit 4: Spelling Meaning Patterns (Sorts 16-18)

Including: consonant alternation, vowel alternation (long to short), or to schwa

→Unit 5: Latin and Greek Word Parts (Sorts 19-22

Including: dict, aud, vis, spect, port, form. Also includes Greek word parts -phon, graph, tele, therm, meter, geo, scope, logy/ology, bio

→Unit 6: Spelling Meaning Patterns 2 (Sorts 23-26)

Including: adding suffix ity, vowel alternation schwa to short, long, adding ion, vowel alternation with spelling change and multiple alternations

→Unit 7: Latin and Greek Word Parts 2 (Sort 27-31)

Including: tract, gress, rupt, mot, fract, flect, flex, ject, mis, mit, man, scrib, script, fac, struct, duc, duct, ver, vert, fer, intra, inter, intro, circum

→Unit 8: Spelling Meaning Patterns 3 (Sort 32-37)

Including: suffixes ent, ence, ant, ance, ent, ence, ency, ant, ance, ancy, able, ible, also prefix assimilation with in, and accent and doubling

→Unit 9: Latin and Greek Words Parts 3 (Sorts 38-47)

Including: bene, mal, ante, post, mono, uni, bi, tri, quadr, quar, quint, pent, oct, dec, cent, micro, mega, super, hyper, poly, equi, omni, magni, min, mini, cap, corp, dent/dont, ped, pod, terr, astr, aster, aer, hydr, cred, mort, gen, sec, sect, ven, vent, junct, spir, jud, biblio, leg, mod

→Unit 10: Latin and Greek Words Parts 4 (Sorts 48-55)

Including: voc, voke, lin, lang, mem, psych, path, sens, sent, med, medi, sol, press, pur, purg, fus, pend, pos, loc, sist, sta, stat, stit, ced, cess, ceed, ten, tend, lit, ceiv, cept, tain, ten, nounce, nunc and Prefixes: de, in, ex, sub, com, pro, en

→Unit 11: Prefix Assimilation (Sorts 56-59)

Including: com, sub, dis, ex, ob, ad

→Unit 12: Miscellaneous Sorts  (Sorts 60-65)

Including: words from French, Greek spelling features, cognates, greek and latin plurals, British and American words and collective nouns

➡️The kinds of activities in this resource include:

• sorting words
• typing words into patterns
• cloze sentences
• missing letters/sounds
• match meanings to words
• adding word endings
• Identifying how words are sorted
• Identifying meanings
• matching definitions
• sentence writing
• paragraph writing
• solving clues

* Activities are different than those in the Practice Worksheet resource*

➡️Why use digital resources?

• paperless classroom - no printing!
• differentiation
• high student engagement and motivation
• improve student writing
• students work directly on their own copy
• Ideas and work saved automatically
• infuse technology into your classroom
• 21st century learning
• access anywhere and offline
• can be used on the Google Drive, MS OneDrive, Microsoft 365, Google Classroom, Canvas, Blackboard, Smartboards, Seesaw and learning management systems

➡️Digital Activities are just one component of this Word Study Program. Also available is the Word Study activity sheets, as well as Home Sorts. Check out these other word study versatile products:

Activity Sheets

Home Sorts

→→OR get all 3 in the Derivational Relations series in a BUNDLE which includes all 3 resources - Home Sorts, Activity Sheets and Digital Activities.

Words are not exactly the same as in the Words Their Way™ program. Other words have been chosen to help students scaffold their learning with each sort. This program compliments the Words Their Way™ program, it does not replace it.

➡️Still unsure - check out the comprehensive program overview Word Study freebie to try out all aspects of this resource and the whole Word Study product. 

➡️Check out these customer reviews:

“Thank you for a great product!  This is so easy to assign to students and I don't have to spend forever at the copy machine!” Heather F.

“Love this product!  I used it to supplement my WTW program and my students thoroughly enjoyed using it.” Teachers Mate

“Love that these require zero prep and are ready to go! Great product!” Allison H.

“This was an amazing product to purchase. The students were engaged and had fun learning. Thank you!” Denise Z.

“This is so helpful to use during distance learning!!!” Hailey M.

“Great resource for building word level foundational skills.” Dawn M.

“Download the PDF, click the link to open in Google Drive, make a copy, and then simply add to your Google Classroom or online learning platform - easy, simple, ready to use!” Colleen C.

➡️**NEW** Self-checking Word Study Games

Check these self-checking word work games to reinforce spelling patterns, which are highly engaging for students. There is a range of games to play for each main group of sorts. There are at least one or more games for each sort. Students can navigate between games with ease. These games are designed to reinforce each spelling pattern using a variety of words from the Words their Way™ sorts.

Looking for more word study resources? Check out:

➡️Word Study for Alphabetic Spellers (red)

➡️Word Study for Within Word Patterns (yellow)

➡️Word Study for Suffixes and Affixes (green)

➡️Available in activity sheets, home sorts and activity sheets. Grab them individually or by color or by activity type or get the whole lot in a MEGA SUPER SAVER BUNDLE.

These materials were prepared by Mummabell and have neither been developed, reviewed, nor endorsed by Pearson Publishing Company, publisher of the original Words their Way™ work on which this material compliments.

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