Sort the names by number of letters

Which name has the most letters?

A board and its labels per student to compare the names of the class. Pick the activity that suits your class:

  • Columns by number of letters: students glue each name in the column of its number of letters (number and/or dots to count)
  • Short / long: two big zones, ideal for middle section
  • From the shortest to the longest: names are glued in a staircase

Why this workshop?

  • Practise counting and comparing with something meaningful: the names of the class
  • Recognise written names and spot their length
  • Train fine motor skills: cutting and gluing

How to use it

  1. Pick the class and the activity
  2. Set the options: all the names or 8, 12, 16 labels, letter range, number or dots, column colors, name model
  3. Generate the PDF: for each student, a board to complete then the names to cut out (landscape)