Alphabetical Order

Learning Objective.Learning Objective. We will be able to order words

alphabetically to the 3rd and 4th letter.

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Use the alphabet above to order the words below:

As all the words start with different letters, we can order by the first letter.

pig cat snake

How did you do?

The order should be:

cat

pig

snake

Easy? Ok. What happens when all the words start with the SAME letter?

You order the words alphabetically according to the SECOND letter.

fish frog fox

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fish

fox

frog

How did you do?

When the first and second letter are the SAME - we order according to the THIRD letter.

boy book bowl

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book

bowl

boy

How did you do?

And now the CHALLENGE….

Challenge. How quickly can you order these words:

boot apple dog

book bone

The solution

applebonebookbootdog