STAGE ONE: How do I remember
The alphabet has a standard order. You have memorized it from beginning to end. Now break it up and memorize it in chunks.
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
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
CHUNK
Break the alphabet into four parts.
Play with one set at a time.
Order them, play with them, make anagrams of them, make games with them, draw with them, make puzzles with them, quiz your neighbors and have them quiz you using them, until you know which letters are in each part by heart.
COLORIZE THEM
Make sets of letters that have the four sections broken into four different colors.
MAKE UP ACRONYMS WITH THEM
All
Boys
Can
Dunk
donuts Every
Friday
Gangsters
Hope
for Inky
Jet
Kettles
Like
Mine
Not
One
Pigeon
has Quick
Ringing
Sounds
To
Understand
Vultures
Wear
Xtra
Yucky
Zippers
MEMORIZE THEM IN CHUNKS
Have a contest for each section of the alphabet
How many things that can be placed in a envelope can you find for each section of the alphabet.
Sort things
by
letters.
Sort books by letters (author, title, or
In the library, find a book by an author from each letter of the alphabet. (Be sure to tell the librarian what you are doing.)
Play
lots of alphabet games. Games
STAGE TWO:
How
do I look up words using alphabetical order?