Sort

Drag items into categories; justify the sort.

23 tools

Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Sort

Who Said That?

Speech bubbles from a story float down; drag each to the character who said it or to the narrator.

Grade 1 · English Language Arts · Sort

Word Zoo

Sort word animals into habitats: nouns live in the meadow, verbs in the river, adjectives in the trees.

Grade 2 · English Language Arts · Sort

PIE Sort

Sort texts by purpose: Persuade, Inform or Entertain. Pies get eaten when sorted right.

Grade 3 · English Language Arts · Sort

Structure Spotter

Paragraphs about volcanoes, frogs and bridges; sort each by structure (sequence, cause-effect, compare).

Grade 6 · English Language Arts · Sort

Source Sorter

Sort sources by credibility and practice quoting vs paraphrasing; the tool builds the citation.

Grade 6 · English Language Arts · Sort

Word Thermometer

Arrange near-synonyms from cool to hot (thrifty, frugal, stingy, cheap) and see how word choice changes tone.

Grade 9 · English Language Arts · Sort

Rhetoric Spotter

Sort speech lines by ethos, pathos, logos and devices like anaphora; then hear the speech with the devices...

Grades 6-8 · English Learners · Sort

Perspective Frames

Sort statements by speaker and use comparison language frames to explain differences.

Kindergarten · Computer Science · Sort

Secret Keeper

Sort information into "OK to share" and "keep private" with a friendly robot guide.

Grades 6-8 · Careers and Finance · Sort

Career Match Quiz

Answer questions about interests and strengths; see matching careers and what they involve.

Kindergarten · Math · Sort

Toy Box Sort

Dump a toy box and sort by color, shape or size; the tool counts each pile and builds a tiny picture graph.

Grade 3 · Math · Sort

Shape Family Tree

Sort quadrilaterals into a family tree; argue whether a square belongs with rectangles.

Grade 6 · Math · Sort

Question Lab

Sort questions as statistical or not ("How tall am I?" vs "How tall are 6th graders?") and design your own survey.

Grade 8 · Math · Sort

Story Graphs

Match stories ("I ran, then stopped for water") to the graphs that tell them, then draw your own.

Grade 2 · Science · Sort

Melt or Not?

Sort changes into "can go back" (melting ice, freezing juice) and "can't go back" (baking a cake, burning paper).

Grade 3 · Science · Sort

Life Cycle Wheel

Spin life cycle wheels for frogs, butterflies, beans and chickens; place each stage and compare the cycles.

Grade 9 · Science · Sort

Mitosis Mixer

Sort scrambled microscope images into the stages of mitosis; then see stem cells specialize.

Kindergarten · Social Studies · Sort

Then and Now Flip

Old and new pictures (phones, schools, toys); the class decides which is then and which is now.

Kindergarten · Social Studies · Sort

Backpack Pack

Pack a backpack for a camping trip; sort needs vs wants with a limited number of slots.

Grade 2 · Social Studies · Sort

Three Towns

Sort homes, jobs and transport into city, suburb and countryside; compare daily life in each.

Grade 5 · Social Studies · Sort

Rights Match

Sort real-life scenarios into the Bill of Rights amendment that protects them.

Grade 7 · Social Studies · Sort

Columbian Exchange

Sort plants, animals and diseases by where they came from; see how the world's diets and populations changed.

Grade 12 · Social Studies · Sort

Federal or State?

Sort powers (print money, issue licenses, run schools) into federal, state or shared.