Word Study Organization

I have mentioned word study frequently on my blog, and it appears to be an area that shows up often as searches that people do that lead them to this site. I thought some readers would be interested in seeing how my set-up looks.

 

I create all of my whole-group word sorts on sentence strips. I put heading words on a different colored sentence strip with a card on the front that abbreviates the level of word study and sort number (that correlates with the pre-made sort books that I bought). I still have not completed this on every sort yet, but I want to write notes on the back of every title card with any details that I need to remember about the sort. Then I clip each sort with a binder clip. I have a shoe box sized storage box for each category of sorts. This is what my Within Word Patterns (WWP) sort box looks like.

 

My cabinet right next to the area where I meet for small group introductions is where I keep all of the boxes, as well as clipboards for students to do their weekly spell checks.

 

This is the counter right above the cupboard shown in the second photo. I have all of my pre-made sort books as well as an organizer where I keep small pieces of paper and pens to jot down quick notes, markers, extra pieces of cut up sentence strips, paper clips, and binder clips. Then I also have a clipboard with the different groups by grade-level. I always set out the current weeks' sorts as well as the student sort copies and the word study form that I assign to my students each week.

Is there anything else you would like to know about how I implement word study?