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ABC ORDER

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DEFINITION:

A  systematic way to organize a list of words. Words are organized by following the order of letters in the alphabet-beginning with the letter A and ending with the letter Z.  


HOW IT WORKS:
In the English language, the alphabet begins with the letter A and ends with the letter Z. Words in alphabetical order are arranged in this manner:  If we had the following words: 'sat', 'bat', 'mat', 'rat, 'cat', we would put them in order by starting  with the word that begins with the letter 'A'. If there is not a word that begins with the letter 'A' we would go on the next letter in the alphabet 'B' and so on. Our list of words in alphabetical order looks like this:  bat, cat, mat, rat, sat.

HOW IT'S USED IN EVERYDAY LIFE:

Throughout life, you will need to know the alphabet and alphabetical order to complete many tasks. Everyday tasks such as looking for a name in a  telephone directory  requires using alphabetical order to make the names easier to find. 

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Everybody get ready

Let’s come to order

A-B- C-D- E-F- G-H- I-J- K-L- M-N- O-P- Q-R- S-T- U-V- W-X- Y-Z

alphabetical

A-B- C-D- E-F- G-H- I-J- K-L- M-N- O-P- Q-R- S-T- U-V- W-X- Y-Z

alphabetical

Hey you know what it is

It's the alphabet

Gotta know your alphabets first 'fore you make a word,

Before you write a word, before you read

Now pay attention to the order when you see it

Like when you classify or put in order by a word yeah you gotta

Know the alphabet first

Now pay attention

I’m gonna show you how it goes

Here’s the scenario

Letters are symbols for your game

Were gonna put 'em in order by name

So, what goes first, what comes next, then last? It’s the alphabet jam.

A comes before B, B comes before C, C comes before D and so

on.

Now come on, let's do it! Here’s a list of names, let's run through 'em

Johnny-Mary- Annie-Jane- Marsha-Tito- Kevin-Kate- Tina-Bobby-

Eric-Frank- Martha

Put their names in alphabetical order

What goes first, what comes next, then last?

It's the alphabet  jam.

Go Annie-Bobby- Eric-Frank- Jane-Johnny- Kate-Kevin- Marcia-

Martha-Mary-Tina-Tito

It's the alphabet jam. Lets go!

A-B- C-D- E-F- G-H- I-J- K-L- M-N- O-P- Q-R- S-T- U-V- W-X- Y-Z

alphabetical, alphabetical, alphabetical

So what do you do when the letters are the same?

Ya know when the words begin with the same letters?

Hmm... Okay (what do we do?)

Like 'night,' 'nice,' 'knife'

What these words have in common is the 'NI'

So what goes first, what comes next, then last? Time to listen up class.

'K' comes before 'N' so' knife' goes first.

Hope you knew how to spell that word.

Now 'night' and 'nice' both start with 'NI' but 'C' comes before the

letter 'G' so 'next' is 'nice' then last is 'night'

What’s the order? Knife-Nice- Night

You’re getting good at this

You wanna try it again?

Here, put the games in order, lets begin.

Soccer-Golf- Tennis-Football- Wrestling-Dodgeball- Video-

Basketball

This can be your activity, Yep!

And I’m bout to take it out with the alphabet. GO!

A-B- C-D- E-F- G-H- I-J- K-L- M-N- O-P- Q-R- S-T- U-V- W-X- Y-Z

alphabetical, alphabetical, alphabetical

Now before I go, let's check your alphabetical game list.

See how you did

One time we have right here

Basketball-Dodgeball- Football-Golf- Soccer-Tennis- Video-

Wrestling

Ya got that? Good. And I knew that you would get it in order.

A-B- C-D- E-F- G-H- I-J- K-L- M-N- O-P- Q-R- S-T- U-V- W-X- Y-Z

alphabetical

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