| Guide:
Teach your child to put words in alphabetical order. Use the first two
printables for this (ABC's 1 and ABC's 2). Cut out the words. Print
a Sorting Cards Worksheet to use for the first few lessons.
- Lesson One: Choose several of the word cards of the first
lesson. Pick short one syllable words and only one word from each
letter of the alphabet. Suggested words: ant, boy, cat, day,
for, girl, here, ink, key, leg, mile, pile. This is only 12 words. You
can choose more or less depending on your student. It may be a good
idea to compile two sets of words.
Lay the sorting cards worksheet in front of your child. Show your
child the alphabetic going across the top of the sheet. You can tell
you child that the letters are in alphabetical order. Tell your child
that he is going to put some words in alphabetical order. Take the
first pile of word cards and mix them up again. Show your child that
he must first find the first card--- which would normally be a
card that has a word that starts with an a. In future lessons
you should occasionally give your child word card sets that have no
cards with an a word.
Your child should place the first card in the first block of the
worksheet, then the next one in the next block and so on...
How you use the worksheet is up to you... The main purpose of the
worksheet is: Displaying the alphabet for your child as a reminder and
having a place for your child to lay his cards.
- Future Lessons: Every several lessons, increase the
difficulty. The next step in difficulty would be to use the cards,
ant, are, about, away in the same lesson. Your child would have to alphabetize
to the second letter. You should explain this the first 3 or more
times that your child has to alphabetize to the second letter. After
alphabetizing to the second letter for five or more lessons , then
move into alphabetizing to the third letter. When you get to
alphabetizing to the 4th letter, then take some of the words form the
D-Words: deck, decide, decline, decree, decry, decade, dense,
denial, dental, and these words from the P-Words: pea, pear,
peach, peace, peak, peal, peanut, pearl, peel, peep, and peeve.
Your child will have to place groups words in order based on the 4th
letter. This mastering of alphabetizing is what you are after. Your
child needs a firm understanding of how words are ordered in reference
books.
- Using the Blank Cards Printable: It is common practice with
some that a child puts his spelling words in alphabetical order. You
can use the blank printable for this purpose. The blank cards
printable has 20 squares on which you or your child can write spelling
words, then cut them out and arrange them in alphabetical order.
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