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Sorting words and meanings

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Sorting words and meanings

An AR classroom game for Grade 6. Learners can aim with their hands at the camera or play by tapping the screen.

This set has 4 rounds in an interactive sorting activity.

Curriculum indicatorต 1.1 ป.6/4

A look before you play

Sample questions

A few real prompts from the game to help you choose an activity for your class.

  1. Sort the words into groups.

    Sort into

    • counted
    • uncountable
    • idea
    • information
    • problem
    • advice
    Read the explanation

    Countable nouns take an s; uncountable ones need a unit of measure.

  2. Sort the words into groups.

    Sort into

    • positive
    • negative
    • kind
    • rude
    • helpful
    • selfish
    Read the explanation

    Separate words that feel positive from ones that feel negative.

  3. Sort the phrasal verbs into groups.

    Sort into

    • switching on or putting on
    • switching off or taking off
    • turn on
    • turn off
    • put on
    • take off
    Read the explanation

    Separate the phrasal verbs into opposite pairs.

Before you play

Game teaching guide

What children will practise

Practise sorting words and meanings met in reading (ต 1.1 ป.6/4): countable versus uncountable (information, advice), positive versus negative character words, opposite phrasal verbs, and direct versus reported speech.

What's in the worksheet

4 sorting questions - idea and problem are countable; information and advice are not - kind and helpful are positive; rude and selfish are negative - turn on and put on versus turn off and take off - She said, "I am here." versus She said she was there.

How to use it in class

Use before reading a story with dialogue, 5 minutes in solo mode. - For item 2, have pupils use the words to describe characters in the story - If item 4 goes wrong, point to the quotation marks first, then the change from am to was - If advice trips them in item 1, teach a piece of advice Play it linked to a class and the results go into the mark book.

Common sticking points

- Item 1: putting information and advice with countables because Thai counts ข้อมูลหลายข้อ and คำแนะนำสองข้อ; English adds no s - Item 3: sorting only by on or off works here, but check pupils know put on and take off mean wearing and removing - Item 4: calling She said she was there. direct because it contains said