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Category Cards on Game Night

First graders play a word-card game and sort words into body parts, shapes, things that go and feelings.

Grade 1ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.1.5.a

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  • Single worksheet
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  • 1 Common Core standard
  • Printable answer key
  • 9 questions
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Details

Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 1
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students sort words into categories such as body parts, shapes, things that go and feelings.
  • Students explain what the words in a category have in common.

How to use

Read the game-night paragraph aloud and name the four groups together. Then students sort the cards and answer the questions on their own.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.1.5.a

Sort words into categories, such as colors or clothing, to understand what each category means.

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Category Cards on Game Night

Put each word card in the group where it belongs.

Sort the cards

Put each word card in the group where it belongs.

It is game night! Tomas and his grandma play a card game. Each card has one word on it. You put each card in the group where it belongs. The groups are Body Parts, Shapes, Things That Go and Feelings.
1.
Tomas sorts these cards. Put each word in its group.
kneesquaretrianglenosecircleelbow
Body PartsShapes
2.
Grandma sorts these cards. Put each word in its group.
planehappysadtruckboatmad
Things That GoFeelings
3.
Grandma reads a card: "Find all the shapes!" Circle every shape word.

squarefootvanovalsadcircle

Name the group

Think about what the words in each group have in common.

4.
Write the missing word.

A knee, a nose and an elbow are all parts of your  .

5.
Match each group to what it means.
  1. Feelings
  2. Body Parts
  3. Things That Go
  1. A. ways to get from place to place
  2. B. words for how you feel inside
  3. C. parts of you, from head to toe
6.
Use the word bank to finish each sentence. Write one word in each blank. One word is not used.
Word bank: hand · oval · scared · jet

Happy, sad and   are feelings.
Bus, van and   are things that go.
Nose, chin and   are body parts.

Which group?

Decide where each card goes.

7.
Tomas made a Body Parts group: chin, cheek, truck, toes. Which card is in the wrong group?
  • A. chin
  • B. cheek
  • C. truck
  • D. toes
8.
Grandma wants one more card for the Things That Go group. Which card should she pick?
  • A. ship
  • B. sad
  • C. chin
  • D. oval
9.
Tomas picks the card tired. Which group does it go in? Write why.

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