Self-assessment: To check your finished alphabetized list, use Color Switchers to write over the first letter of each word. Children can also make alphabet strips for individual use. As you sort through a list of words beginning with different letters, write over each letter of the alphabet with an over color as you find words beginning with that initial letter.Ĭhildren with special needs may especially benefit from singing the alphabet song while pointing to or holding up manipulatives for each letter. Students identify and color-code key letters in words as they compare and arrange words into an alphabetical list.Īt first, write the alphabet at the top of the page using an under color. Students write and rewrite words using correct spellings. Students organize lists of words alphabetically. Add them in order to your alphabetized list. Order the words by looking at the first letter that is different in each word. If words start with the same two or more letters, write over the similar beginning letters in each word. Write them in order on your alphabetized list.
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Figure out the order of this group of words. If more than one word begins with the same letter, use a different Color Switchers color to write over the second letter in each of the words.
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If only one word begins with the letter, write it in your alphabetized list with a Color Switchers marker. Search! Look for words that start with each letter of the alphabet, beginning with words that start with a, then b, and so on.