Alphabetical

Order
When putting words into alphabetical order we need to
look at the first letter of each word to see which one
comes first in the alphabet.

dog cat rabbit

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 pizza burger fries

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 hat dress shoes

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Class: _ _ _ _ _ _
ABC Order
PYP / G2

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1. Arrange each list of words in alphabetical order.
bad - can - sat
1

if - will - has
2

wag - fix - help

3

job - fog - not

4

hut - tub - bun

5

1
What happens when all the words start with the same
letter?

fish frog fox

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 We order according to the second letter.

fish frog fox

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 Look at the second letter of each word.
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hit - has - hut
1

wag - why - went

2

help - him - has

3

fog - fix - fan

4

tub - tell - tug

5

see - six - sat

6

2
What happens when the first and second letters are the
same?

bee bed beg

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 We order according to the third letter.

bee bed beg

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 Look at the third letter of each word.
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has - hat - had
1

tug - tub - tux

2

why - when - what

3

dig - did- dip

4

hit - hid - his

5

web - wet - wed

6

3
 We order according to the third letter.

bee bed beg

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 Homework:

Sort the following Short Vowel words in ABC

order in your Spelling Copybook:

tap, hat, sat, vet, men, bed, dog, fog, boss,

mug, tug, sun, sit, dig, and skin

Note: We will have a Wonders selection and vocabulary quiz tomorrow.

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