Alphabetizing with original stories
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A lesson plan for grades K–1 English Language Arts
Students brainstorm word lists for each letter of the alphabet and construct sentences to include in an illustrated alphabet book. This lesson provides leveled instruction in alphabetization for basic, intermediate, and advanced students and alternative activities for each diverse ability level. Readwritethink provides several suggestions for extension activities and methods for assessment.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
English Language Arts (2004)
Grade 1
- Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.
- Objective 5.03: Write all upper and lower case letters of the alphabet, using correct letter formation.
Kindergarten
- Goal 1: The learner will develop and apply enabling strategies to read and write.
- Objective 1.03: Demonstrate decoding and word recognition strategies and skills:
- recognize and name upper and lower case letters of the alphabet.
- recognize some words by sight including a few common words, own name, and environmental print such as signs, labels, and trademarks.
- recognize most beginning consonant letter-sound associations in one-syllable words.
- Objective 1.03: Demonstrate decoding and word recognition strategies and skills:
- Goal 5: The learner will apply grammar and language conventions to communicate effectively.
- Objective 5.01: Develop spelling strategies and skills by:
- representing spoken language with temporary and/or conventional spelling.
- writing most letters of the alphabet.
- analyzing sounds in a word and writing dominant consonant letters.
- Objective 5.01: Develop spelling strategies and skills by:
