Pronoun Sort — He She They
Sort people words by the pronoun that replaces them: he, she or they.
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How to run it
Say a sentence with the pronoun after each sort rather than just the word. He is running is the target; he on its own is a label. Once sorting is reliable, tell a short story and pause where a pronoun belongs — the boy ran, then ___ fell — which requires the student to supply it in connected speech. Eight minutes covers the nine.
Cueing ladder
Start at the top. Add support one step at a time.
- IndependentPresent the item and wait 5 seconds of quiet before helping.Log as correct
- HintStress the part of the sentence that changes, or point to the word ending.Log as cued
- Sentence starterSay the first half of the sentence and let the student finish it.Log as cued
- ModelSay the correct form in the whole sentence; the student repeats it.Log as cued
Adjust it
Give a sentence starter every time, and do fewer cards.
Ask for a new sentence of the student's own with the same form, with no card to lean on.
Matching IEP goal
Given sentence cards, Student will produce subject and object pronouns in sentences in 8 of 10 opportunities across 3 consecutive sessions, given no more than an indirect cue.
Send it home through the parent portal →About this activity
Nine words sorted into three pronouns: boy, man and king go with he; girl, woman and queen go with she; children, friends and twins go with they. The set is small and clear, which is right for the age — the difficulty at this stage is not the concept but remembering to use the pronoun at all.
What to listen for
Listen for pronouns in the student's own talk. A student who sorts perfectly and repeats the noun every time in conversation — the boy ran and the boy fell — has the knowledge and not the use, which is the actual target. Watch they, which here refers to plural groups; a student who uses they for a single person is doing something different and worth understanding rather than correcting reflexively.
Carrying it home
Pronouns are constant in ordinary talk. When a child repeats a name, recasting with the pronoun — yes, he did — supplies the model without stopping the conversation.
What's in this activity
- he
- she
- they
Questions
- What ages is this for?
- Kindergarten through third grade, for early pronoun use.
- Do I need an account?
- No, all nine items play free in the browser.
- My student knows the pronouns but never uses them. What now?
- That is the common pattern and it is a use problem rather than a knowledge one. Working in connected speech — stories with pauses where a pronoun belongs — does more than more sorting.
Use this board with your caseload
With a free account, every correct, cued and incorrect mark is saved to the student and scored against their IEP goal, with the data written up for you. Assign it as home practice through the parent portal.
Track progress freeFree for SLPs. No card, no trial clock.