WordsWort Plus 1 to 26 Bob Albrect & George Firedrke MtBckpcks@ol.co Copyrigt 2004 (c) by Bob Albrect Grb your fvorite dictionry nd ply te ge of WordsWort. As you ply, you'll lern bout peruttions of words clled reverses, plindroes, seordnilps, nd ngrs. WordsWort Plus 1 to 26 is one of te ges in our syste of word nd t ges beginning t first grde nd spirling up, up, nd wy. Tis unit is excerpted fro 20-pge WordsWort Plus unit tt s word lists, glossry, lots of tecer support, nd ore tn 50 ctivities, including cllenging investigtions. Most of te ply in WordsWort is tinking: knowing words, lerning ore words, nd devising strtegies for finding nswers. People re well equipped to do tis type of ply. Soe of te ply is ore undne: looking up letter scores nd dding te to get te WordsWort of word. First grde students igt strt wit bse-10 blocks s teir WordsWort clcultor, nd ten ove on to entl t nd pper nd pencil t s teir ddition skills iprove by plying WordsWort. WordsWorts of 2-Letter Words Assign letter score to ec letter in te lpbet, troug z, s follows: j = 10 k = 11 l = 12 = 13 n = 14 o = 15 p = 16 q = 17 r = 18 s = 19 t = 20 u = 21 v = 22 w = 23 x = 24 y = 25 z = 26 Te WordsWort of word is te su of te letter scores of te word's letters. Here re te WordsWorts of te 2-letter words nd : Te letter score of te letter is 1. Te letter score of te letter is 8. 1 8 = 9 Te WordsWort of te word is 1 8 = 9. Te WordsWort of te word is 8 1 = 9. 8 1 = 9 Te words nd re reverses of ec oter. Te word is te reverse of wic, of course, is te reverse of. If two different dictionry words re reverses of ec oter, tey re seordnilps. Reverse to get. Addition is couttive opertion, so 1 8 = 8 1. Word pirs tt re seordnilps ve te se letters nd te se letter scores, so tey ve te se WordsWort. WordsWort Plus 1 to 26 1 11/15/2004
WordsWorts of 3-Letter Words On to 3-letter words. Here gin is te ndy tble of letter scores. j = 10 k = 11 l = 12 = 13 n = 14 o = 15 p = 16 q = 17 r = 18 s = 19 t = 20 u = 21 v = 22 w = 23 x = 24 y = 25 z = 26 We'll clculte te WordsWorts of soe 3-letter words: Te WordsWort of dd is 4 1 4 = 6. Te WordsWort of o is 13 15 13 = 41. Te WordsWort of ct is 3 1 20 = 24. d 4 1 d 4 = dd 6 Te word dd is plindroe. It reds te se left to rigt or rigt to left, forwrd or bckwrd. Te reverse of dd is dd. Te word o is lso plindroe. Te reverse of o is o. Reverse o to get o. o o o o o You cn rrnge te letters of ct to get ct, so tese words re ngrs of ec oter. Addition is couttive opertion, so ct nd ct ve te se WordsWort: Arrnge ct to get ct. ct c t c t ct WordsWort of ct nd ct: 3 1 20 = 1 3 20 = 24. Te words lp, lp, nd pl re ngrs. Two of tese, lp nd pl, re lso seordnilps. Te tree words ve te se letters nd te se WordsWort. WordsWort of lp, lp, nd pl: 1 12 16 = 12 1 16 = 16 1 12 = 29. Students wo re just beginning to lern ddition igt use bse-10 blocks s WordsWort clcultor. Word Bse-10 blocks WordsWort WordsWort d 5 i 17 e 18 to 35 At te end of tis unit, you'll find two seets of WordsWort Letter Score Tiles, one wit lowercse letters nd one wit uppercse letters. Copy pge on stiff pper, cut out te tiles, nd use te to ply WordsWort. WordsWort Plus 1 to 26 2 11/15/2004
Mke word lists tt ve te rigt stuff for your students. For first grde students, it igt be ndy to ve list of words constructed fro te first nine letters, troug i, wic ve letter scores 1 troug 9. We perused Te Officil Scrbble Plyers Dictionry nd selected words ving two to four letters using only te letters troug i. Two-letter words: d,, be, f,, e, if Tree-letter words: ce, dd, g, ge,, id, b, bd, bg, b, bed, bee, beg, bib, bid, big, cb, cd, ci, db, dd, deb, did, die, dig, ebb, egg, fd, fee, fid, fie, fig, gb, gg, gee, gig, d, g,, e, ic, id, ice Four-letter words: ce, cid, ide, bbe, bde, bed, beef, bide, cfe, cge, cede, cd, cic, dd, ded, def, deed, dice, died, ec, edge, egd, fce, fde, feed, fief, fife, gff, gibe, ed, ide, ig, iced, ide We found seordnilps, plindroes, nd ngrs in te bove list of words. Seordnilps:, ; bd, db; bg, gb; bed, deb Plindroes:, bib, dd, did, gg, gig,, e, deed Angrs:, ; dd, dd; bd, db; bg, gb; ci, ic; bde, bed; cfe, fce; def, fde, dice, iced; fief, fife For ore words, peruse your fvorite dictionries, or our fvorite dictionries: Merri-Webster's Collegite Dictionry, 11t Edition. Copyrigt (c) 2003. ISBN: 0877798095. Te Officil Scrbble Plyers Dictionry, Tird Edition. Copyrigt (c) 1996. ISBN: 0877799156. Te Internet version of Merri-Webster's Collegite Dictionry. Merri-Webster Online Dictionry (ttp://www.-w.co/). All 2-letter nd 3-letter words in Te Officil Scrbble Plyers Dictionry re listed t MidZine Scrbble All 2-Letter Words ttp://www.soworld.co/indzine/news/proprietry/scrbble/fetures/ll2s.tl MidZine Scrbble All 3-Letter Words ttp://www.soworld.co/indzine/news/proprietry/scrbble/fetures/ll3s.tl As first WordsWort ctivity, we suggest WordsWort Plus 1 to 26. You'll find plyseet for tis ctivity on pge 4 of tis unit. Big pyoff for seordnilps, plindroes, nd ngrs! You get two or ore words for one WordsWort clcultion. How bout using tis ctivity for oeply insted of oework? Get te prents involved. Cllenge tes of students to find, sy, ore tn 200 words tt ve WordsWorts 1 to 26. WordsWort Plus 1 to 26 3 11/15/2004
WordsWort Plus 1 to 26 For ec nturl nuber fro 1 to 26, find words (te ore te better) tt ve WordsWort equl to te nuber. Your words y ve 1 letter, 2 letters, 3 letters, or ore letters. j = 10 k = 11 l = 12 = 13 n = 14 o = 15 p = 16 q = 17 r = 18 s = 19 t = 20 u = 21 v = 22 w = 23 x = 24 y = 25 z = 26 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 WordsWort Plus 1 to 26 4 11/15/2004
WordsWort Letter Score Tiles = 1 b = 2 c = 3 d = 4 e = 5 f = 6 g = 7 = 8 i = 9 j = 10 k = 11 l = 12 = 13 n = 14 o = 15 p = 16 q = 17 r = 18 s = 19 t = 20 u = 21 v = 22 w = 23 x = 24 y = 25 z = 26 WordsWort Plus 1 to 26 5 11/15/2004
WordsWort Letter Score Tiles A = 1 B = 2 C = 3 D = 4 E = 5 F = 6 G = 7 H = 8 I = 9 J = 10 K = 11 L = 12 M = 13 N = 14 O = 15 P = 16 Q = 17 R = 18 S = 19 T = 20 U = 21 V = 22 W = 23 X = 24 Y = 25 Z = 26 WordsWort Plus 1 to 26 6 11/15/2004