26 Using Alphabet Lists

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Write One Student Handbook

Start-Up Activity

Play an alphabet guessing game in which children take turns pretending to be a letter, “I’m (letter),” and asking, “What letter comes before me and after me?” Then turn to pages 96–97 for the “Alphabet List Poem.” Ask for volunteers to read the poem, one couplet at a time. Point out the alphabet letters.

Then invite students to page through the alphabet word lists on pages 98–123. Ask students to think of other words that they could add to each page. Also note that the key pictures in these lists are the same as the key words in the “Alphabet List Poem.”

Enrichment Activity: Have students create personal word dictionaries and add words that they want to remember, or that you want them to remember.

Think About It

“Not all alphabets are the same. For example, Japanese students must learn a very complicated system of letters and characters.”

State Standards Covered in This Chapter

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.3

96-123

LAFS Covered in This Chapter

LAFS.1.RF.3.3

96-123

TEKS Covered in This Chapter

110.3.b.2.B

96-123

Page 96-123 from Write One Student Handbook

Lesson Plan

Early in the year, introduce the alphabet pages to your students. Start with pages 96-97, reading the poem aloud to them. Then have students page through the rest of the material, from pages 98-123. Ask them to find a favorite picture in those pages and tell why it is a favorite. Ask them to find a favorite word in those pages and tell why it is a favorite. Ask them to find a word that they do not know, and help them sound it out. Let them know they should turn to these pages whenever they want to explore favorite words and words they want to know.

Classroom Applications

Whole Group

Explain the format for vowel pages and consonant pages. Vowel pages have two key words—first a short- and then a long-vowel word. Each key word is followed by a short list of words using the same vowel sound. Most consonant pages have one key word, followed by a list of words that begin with the same letter and sound.

Individual

Assign students to keep their own personal dictionaries using pages 88-139 in their Write One SkillsBooks. Ask students to write new words on the correct pages of their dictionaries and review their new words each time that they add more. Help them take pride in gathering as many interesting words as they can and using those words correctly in their writing.

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