25 no-prep word sorts to help students master the tricky sounds of soft and hard C and G — building decoding accuracy, fluency, and phoneme-grapheme awareness!

This set includes 5 focused phonics skills comparing soft vs. hard C and soft vs. hard G, along with mixed review sets. With 5 engaging sort types per skill, you’ll get 25 printable activities perfect for phonics intervention, small groups, or independent work.

All words are fully decodable and chosen to align with Science of Reading instruction in K-2 classrooms.

If your students confuse cat and cent, or game and giraffe, these sorts provide the structured, repeated exposure they need — with no prep for you!

✨ What’s Included:

• 5 soft/hard sound phonics skills covering:
  • 🔤 Soft vs. Hard Consonant Sounds (e.g., hard c vs. soft c, hard g vs. soft g)
  • 🌀 Mixed review sets (c and g combined for contrast and practice)

🖐️ 5 Sort Types for Every Skill:

• Picture Sort – Sort by sound using images only (includes picture key!)
• Word Sort – Decode and sort printed soft/hard C/G words
• Written Word Sort – Read, sort, write, and re-read (with fluency prompt)
• Word Hunt & Sort – Find soft and hard sound words “in the wild” and sort them
• Listen & Write Sort – Dictation sort using a teacher script
  

🖨️ That’s 25 no-prep, printable sorts — just print and teach!

💡 Flexible Use:

Use one sort each day of the week to reinforce a single skill

OR use the different formats to differentiate across student needs

Perfect for:

✅ Word Work

✅ Phonics Intervention

✅ Centers & Small Groups

✅ Homework & Take-Home Practice

✅ Assessments (encoding, dictation, and more)

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📂 Includes a clickable Table of Contents so you can quickly find and print what you need.

🎯 Fully aligned to the Science of Reading, with focus on sound-spelling rules, pattern identification, and decoding flexibility.

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These Soft & Hard C/G Word Sorts help your students confidently distinguish between commonly confused sounds — one sort at a time!