![]() What makes a landform hollow? Students will surprise you with their reasoning. You can tell that hollow is the one in the example. I always try to have one category that requires a lot of thinking. For example, for vocabulary words about landforms, I might have the categories land, air, water, and hollow. If I don’t use Hogwarts houses, I can use any categories that seem appropriate. It’s hysterical to listen to a student consider if a rectangle is hard working or resourceful.Īccording to the Sorting Hat, Slytherins will do anything to get their way, so sometimes that’s the deciding factor for a powerful word! Slytherin: ambition, cunning, leadership, and resourcefulness.Hufflepuff: hard work, patience, justice, and loyalty.Ravenclaw: intelligence, creativity, learning, and wit.Gryffindor: courage, bravery, nerve, and chivalry.Each house has attributes, so students have to consider which house’s attributes the word is most like. Sometimes I like to call it sombrero seleccionador (Spanish for “sorting hat”). You can find lots of directions for how to make one online, or you can just use a Halloween-type witch’s hat. Although it’s pricey, it’s worth the money to me because I use it so much. You can use any hat, but you can actually buy a Harry Potter Sorting Hat. I typically would put the categories up on the board and have students use little magnets to stick the words to the board under the category they chose. ![]() You can either choose the categories for them (a “closed sort”) or they can come up with their own categories (“open sort”). ![]()
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