Alphabet Soup

Alphabet Soup is an activity in JumpStart 1st Grade (2000).

Description
Sarge will say a word. The player must arrange the letter noodles in the soup to create the word that Sarge says. After clicking and dragging the letters to spell out the word, the player must click on the bell to see if they spelled the word correctly.

Once the player has spelled out several words, they must put those words in alphabetical order. The words can be clicked on and dragged to change the order. Then the player must click on the bell when they think all of the words are in alphabetical order.

Difficulty level differences

 * Level one: The player must spell words that are 3-4 letters long, and alphabetize words whose first letters are different.
 * Level two: The player must spell words that are 4-5 letters long, and alphabetize words whose first letters are different.
 * Level three: The player must spell words that are 5-6 letters long, and alphabetize words whose first letters are the same.

Digital manual description


Object

Help Sarge spell words in the alphabet soup. When you are done, put the words into alphabetical order.


 * Listen to Sarge. He says a word to spell and gives an example of it used in a sentence. Click on a letter to drag it to a new position and then click again to put it into place. When the letters match the word that Sarge said, click the bell to see if it is spelled correctly.
 * Once you spell out all of the words correctly, Sarge will say that it is time to alphabetize them. Click on a whole word and drag it into alphabetical order, then click again to put it into place. When all of the words are in alphabetical order, click the bell to see if they are correctly alphabetized.

Levels


 * For level 1, there are easy words to spell that have 3 or 4 letters. Alphabetize them by the first letter.
 * For level 2, there are medium words to spell that have 4 or 5 letters. Alphabetize them by the first letter.
 * For level 3, there are hard words to spell that have 5 or 6 letters. Alphabetize them by the first and second letters.

Educational Benefits

Your child practices spelling and alphabetizing words.