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Alphabet Organizer

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Alphabet Organizer

Grades K – 12
Interactive Type Organizing & Summarizing
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ABOUT THIS INTERACTIVE  

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Alphabet Organizer has numerous applications for classroom instruction. Students have the option to enter one word, more than one word, or a word and related notes for each letter of the alphabet. Elementary students can use the tool to create an alphabet book with words for each letter of the alphabet. The tool can also be used to have students brainstorm and discuss background knowledge on a topic they are beginning to study. At the end of the unit, the chart can be revisited to add new information or to correct erroneous information. Alternatively, the tool can be used for a vocabulary study by having students enter vocabulary words and related notes or definitions. This interactive tool enables students to print an alphabet chart or pages for an alphabet book.

Lesson plans on ReadWriteThink illustrate various examples of how the tool can be used in the classroom; for ideas of how to use it outside the classroom, see Alphabet Organizer in the Parent & Afterschool Resources section.

 

Lessons That Use This Interactive

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Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson

Ferocious Fighting Fish: An Ocean Unit Exploring Beginning Word Sounds

Focus students’ attention on alliteration in this ocean-themed unit. Students explore alliteration in framing texts then compose their own class book to explore figurative language in their own writing.

 

Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson

Our Community: Creating ABC Books as Assessment

Students create alphabet books, which are used as an integrated assessment with science, health, social studies, and any other content area. This lesson plans looks at the theme of community.

 

Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson

Alphabetizing With Original Stories

Students write original stories using alphabetical order, beginning each page with a new letter, and then illustrate their texts in class or at home with their families.

 

Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson

Blast Off! Vocabulary Instruction Using a Virtual Moon Trip

3, 2, 1... Blast off! Students learn new vocabulary by taking a virtual field trip to the moon, read-alouds, creating a picture dictionary, and completing a final writing activity.

 

Grades   K – 2  |  Lesson Plan  |  Unit

A-Z: Learning About the Alphabet Book Genre

Students increase their understanding of alphabet books by participating in a variety of reading and writing activities.

 

Grade   1  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson

Awareness of Alliteration: Enhancing Writing Through Mentor Texts

Through this lesson, primary students strengthen their phonemic awareness while using picture books featuring alliteration as models for their own writing.

 

Related Classroom & Professional Development Resources

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Grades   6 – 8  |  Lesson Plan  |  Standard Lesson

A Prereading Strategy: Using the Vocabulary, Language, Prediction (VLP) Approach

Students learn content area vocabulary and increase reading comprehension using the Vocabulary, Language, Prediction (VLP) approach.

 

Grades   2 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 14

Noah Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828.

After dividing students into small groups, students play a variation of the game Balderdash to celebrate the publication of Webster's dictionary.

 

Grades   K – 1  |  Printout  |  Graphic Organizer

Alphabet Chart

This alphabet chart has many possibilities for helping your students learn and review their letters, sounds, phonemes, and word formations.

 

Related Parent & Afterschool Resources

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Grades   K – 2  |  Activity & Project

Write Summer Alphabet Books

Show children a fun way to practice their ABCs using summer words in an alphabet book.

 

Grades   K – 5  |  Game & Tool

Alphabet Organizer

The Alphabet Organizer lets children create a calendar-style ABC chart or letter pages for an alphabet book.

 

Grades   K – 1  |  Printout  |  Word Play

Uh-Oh! Alphabet Game

This activity helps children learn to recognize letters and their sounds, and to associate sounds and letters with words.

 

Grades   K – 5  |  Podcast Episode

Alphabet Books for All Ages

Find alphabet books to inspire and educate the entire family in this Chatting About Books podcast episode.