EDI- Alphabetical OrderStandard:

Writing Conventions

1.9 Arrange words in alphabetic order

Day 1

•Alphabetical Order

Learning Objective

•Today we will arrange words in alphabetical order (ABC order)

•“arrange” means to put a specific place

•Tell your partner what you will do today.

•What are we going to do today?

Activating Prior Knowledge

•Have you ever had to number your paper from 1-10?

•Why did you put 1 first and 10 last?

•Was 5 in the middle? Why?

Concept Development

•Arranging words in alphabetical order is when you put words in order of the alphabet.

•Example:

cat, dog, elephant, goat, monkey, turtle

Examples Non-Examples

1. apple 1. cat 2. cat 2. dog

3. dog 3. elephant

4. elephant 4. apple 5. frog 5. frog

Concept Development

LOOK AT THE FIRST LETTER FIRST!!

seal, bell, flag, colors, united, eagle

What letter comes first? s, b, f, c, s, or e?

b…of course so the word “bell” would go first.

1. bell

Concept Development

seal, bell, flag, colors, united, eagle

What word would come next?

c comes after b…so colors would be next

1. bell

2. colors

Concept Development

seal, bell, flag, colors, united, eagle

If you sing your alphabet song, you will see that e comes next, then f, then s, and last, u.

1. bell2.

colors

3. eagle4. flag5. seal6.

united

Tell your partner how to arrange words in alphabetical order.

Why do you need to know ABC order?

You need to know this because

when you want to find

something in the dictionary, all the words

are arranged in alphabetical

order.

Independent Practice

Arrange these words in alphabetical order

1. thought, make, board, caught, never, used

2. blueberry, strawberry, apple, fruit, orange, kiwi

3. quicksand, lipstick, matchbox, applesauce, cupcake

Day Two

Learning Objective

• Today we will arrange words in alphabetical order (ABC order)

• “arrange” means to put a specific place

• Tell your partner what you will do today.

• What are we going to do today?

Concept Development

•Arranging words in alphabetical order is when you put words in order of the alphabet.

•Example:

cat, dog, elephant, goat, monkey, turtle

Concept Development

LOOK AT THE FIRST LETTER FIRST!!

sell, sail, scale, sold, store, should

What letter comes first? Wait…they all start with s.

If all the words start with the same letter, then you have to look at second letter.

Concept Development

LOOK AT THE SECOND LETTER NOW!!

sell, sail, scale, sold, store, should

What letter comes first? e, a, c, o, t, or h

“a” comes first.

1. sail

Concept Development

LOOK AT THE SECOND LETTER NOW!!

sell, sail, scale, sold, store, should

What letter comes next? e, c, o, t, or h• “c” comes next• Then, “e”• Then, “h”• The last 2 are “o” and “t”

1. sail2. scale3. sell4. should5. sold6. store

Check for Understanding

•Tell your partner what you do when all your words start with the same

letter.

•What letter do you look at next?

Independent Practice

Put these words in alphabetical order

1. dog, dive, drain, dug, desk2. green, ghost, game, gum, giant

3. run, rip, rabbit, rose, read

Day 3 Alphabetize to the 3rd letter

When the first two letters are the same, you need to look at the third letter.

thought, think, thank, their

“a” comes first in the alphabet so thank is first

1. thank

When the first two letters are the same, you need to look at the third letter.

thought, think, thank, their

“e” comes next so their is next“i” follows with think

“o” is last with thought

1. thank2. their3. think4. thoug

ht

Independent Practice

1. should, shade, shield, shed2. kind, kitty, kid, kiwi

3. deduct, deck, defend, destiny4. promise, printer, prevent, practice