Identifying Base Words and Sorting

The video tutorial guides students through a word sorting activity. It begins with setting up word sort cards into headers and other words. The teacher explains the concept of base words and demonstrates how to identify them in various examples. Students are instructed to underline base words in their cards. The tutorial then covers plural endings, explaining when to use 's' or 'es'. Students sort their words into categories based on these endings. Finally, they check their sorted words against the teacher's example and write them in their spelling packet.

What is the first step in the word sort activity?

• Write the sort in the spelling packet

• Sort words into categories

• Underline the base words

• Make two piles of word sort cards

Which of the following is a base word in the example 'wishing'?

• wished

• wishes

• wishing

• wish

What should you do after identifying the base words in your list?

• Sort them into categories

• Underline them

• Add plural endings

• Write them in the spelling packet

What are the two types of plural endings discussed?

• ed and s

• ing and es

• s and es

• ed and ing

Where should the headers be placed during the sorting activity?

• On the floor

• On top of your desk

• In a separate pile

• In the spelling packet

In the word 'classes', what is the base word?

• clas

• classes

• class

• clase

What should you do after sorting your words into categories?

• Check your sort against the example

• Write them in the spelling packet

• Underline the base words

• Add more words to the list