Next Generation Sunshine State Standards:
- CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RF.2.4 Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
12) Apply content-based ESOL approaches to instruction.
This a vocabulary comprehension strategy used to familiarize students with the vocabulary of a new topic of a book. Teacher give students a list of vocabulary words or concepts from the reading material. Students categorize the different words into topics.
How to use concept sort:
- If you are teaching a concept such as rough/smooth, gather 10-15 objects or pictures that have rough and smooth surfaces. If you are teaching vocabulary relevant to the book, gather 10-15 words from the book.
- While working individually, in small groups, or as a whole class, have the students sort all of the words, objects, and pictures into categories.
- Discuss the categories within the groups. Describe why certain objects or things, where placed within certain groups.
Watch concept sorts in action
Video: http://bcove.me/zz4movkq
The following example introduces students to a book about discovering plants:
- Introduce and discuss the following pre-selected terms:
flowers leaves water gardens weeds forests air trees sunlight soil roots stems - Then, ask students to sort the terms according to the following categories OR ask the students to sort the cards in a way that is meaningful to them and follow up to check their understanding of the concepts.
- Types of plants
- Parts of a plant
- Where plants grow
- What plants need to grow
Children's books to use with this strategy
Redwoods
Picture book/science/fantasy
The subway transforms as a boy reads about the redwood forests, allowing him to explore the forest firsthand. Fantasy and fact combine for an unusual look at environment and ecologies.
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