Transcript alphabetical order

Alphabetical Order
Learning Objective.
 We will be able to order words
alphabetically to the 3rd and 4th letter.

abcdefghijklm
nopqrstuvwxyz
Use the alphabet above to order the
words below:
 As all the words start with different
letters, we can order by the first letter.

pig
cat
snake
How did you do?

The order should be:
cat
pig
snake
abcdefghijklm
nopqrstuvwxyz
Easy? Ok. What happens when all the
words start with the SAME letter?
 You order the words alphabetically
according to the SECOND letter.
fish
frog
fox

How did you do?
fish
fox
frog
abcdefghijklm
nopqrstuvwxyz

When the first and second letter are the
SAME - we order according to the
THIRD letter.
boy
book
bowl
How did you do?
book
bowl
boy
And now the CHALLENGE….
Challenge.
How quickly can you order
these words:
boot
apple
book
The solution
bone
dog
 apple
 bone
 book
 boot
 dog