Alphabetical order

Alphabetical order

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This task is about using the alphabet to put words in order.
An assortment of letters
chin         cheese         carol         cabin         crazy
 
a)
Write the words from the box above in alphabetical (A-B-C) order on the lines below.
 
 
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b) Circle the word that would come first if these words were put in alphabetical (A-B-C) order.
 
prison        proof         primary         prune         printer
 
c)
The words fault fasten fatten and farewell are to be put into a list in alphabetical order (A-B-C).
Write the word that will come straight after fashion in the space below.
 
fashion
d)
The word list below is supposed to be in alphabetical order.
Circle the letter of the sentence below that best tells about the list.
  
octopus         sofa        undone         yoghurt          walnut
 
(A) The words in the list are in the right order.
(B) The word "octopus" is not in the right place.
(C) 'Sofa' and "undone" are not in the right places.
(D) "Yoghurt" and "walnut" are not in the right places.
(E) "Undone" and "yoghurt" are not in the right places.

 

Task administration: 
This task can be completed with pencil and paper.
Level:
2
Curriculum info: 
English, Making meaning, Reading
Key Competencies: 
Using language, symbols, and texts
Keywords: 
alphabetical order, sequencing, information skills
Description of task: 
Students select answers that demonstrate their understanding of alphabetical order.
Curriculum Links: 
Links to the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading:
This resource helps to identify students’ ability to:
  • recognise structural features
as described in the Literacy Learning Progressions for Reading at: http://www.literacyprogressions.tki.org.nz/The-Structure-of-the-Progressions.
Learning Progression Frameworks
This resource can provide evidence of learning associated with
Making sense of text: processing system, set 3
Making sense of text: vocabulary knowledge, sets 3-4
within the Reading Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Read more about the Learning Progressions Frameworks.
Answers/responses: 
  

Y5 (03/2003)

a)

cabin, carol, cheese, chin, crazy

very easy

b)

primary

easy

c)

 fasten

moderate

d)

D

moderate