ABC Strips: The Easy Way to Alphabetize – Kindergarten Alphabetize the easy way with ABC Strips from Handwriting Without Tears®. The ABC Strip shows letters in beginning, middle, and end groups. It also shows bold vowels a e i o u y in ABC order.
Materials
• Word list to alphabetize • 1 ABC Strip per student (See pages 2 and 3 for ABC Strips printout and double line paper.) ABC Strip sample
abcdefgh
ijklmnopq
rstuvwxyz
Directions Step 1 Start with a word list. Underline first letter of each word on the list and on ABC Strip.
Step 2 Use the underlined letters on the ABC Strip to make a first letter list in ABC order.
Step 3 Finish each word. Your words are now in alphabetical order!
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
1. a 2. h 3. m 4. p 5. s
1. at 2. hat 3. mat 4. pat 5. sat
pat sat at mat hat
Word Lists
Got a list to alphabetize? ABC Strips work with any spelling curriculum, workbook, paper, or list. Need a list? Try one below. Rhyming Lists with long vowel sounds : A E I O U 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
ate late rate date plate
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
bee me we he she
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fly buy try why my
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no go blow so mow
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
you blue new few glue
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
save click key avatar mouse
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
text cut open tab audio
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
open close save undo app
Technology Word Lists 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
paste undo app space font
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plug audio zoom shift link
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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
i j k l m n o p q
r s t u v w x y z
i j k l m n o p q
r s t u v w x y z
i j k l m n o p q
r s t u v w x y z
i j k l m n o p q
r s t u v w x y z
i j k l m n o p q
r s t u v w x y z
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