Grade 1 Alphabetical Order Worksheets
Alphabetical order looks like a filing skill and is really a letter-by-letter comparison skill. The groups here are chosen so that several words share a first letter, which forces the child past the first letter and into the second and third.
Grade 1 Standard L.1.2
Grade 1 Alphabetical Order
Name:Date:Score:
- 1fishstarplaybellrain
- 2birdshipsandtreerain
- 3bellmilkrainlampcake
- 4rainlampgiftcakeship
- 5duckbirdhandshipfrog
- 6starbookgiftlampnest
- 7frogducksockgiftcorn
- 8bellfishlampfrogmilk
- 9frogduckcakehandplay
- 10seedbirdstarbelllamp
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Answer key (10 answers)
- 1. bell, fish, play, rain, star
- 2. bird, rain, sand, ship, tree
- 3. bell, cake, lamp, milk, rain
- 4. cake, gift, lamp, rain, ship
- 5. bird, duck, frog, hand, ship
- 6. book, gift, lamp, nest, star
- 7. corn, duck, frog, gift, sock
- 8. bell, fish, frog, lamp, milk
- 9. cake, duck, frog, hand, play
- 10. bell, bird, lamp, seed, star
What to watch for when you grade this sheet
- Sorting by first letter only and leaving words that share one in any order.
- Losing the thread partway through a group of five.
- Treating a longer word as later in the alphabet because it is longer.
One thing that helps
When two words share a first letter, cover that letter with a finger and compare what is left. It makes the comparison concrete instead of abstract.