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Thank you, Your friends at the Teaching & Learning Company ABC Puzzlers by Ann Richmond Fisher illustrated by Shelly Rasche Teaching & Learning Company 1204 Buchanan St., P.O. Box 10 Carthage, IL 62321 TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 iii Table of Contents Letter to Teacher or Parent . . . . . .iv A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46 K . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 N . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66 O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 P . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 Q . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 R . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86 S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 U . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106 W . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116 Y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121 Z . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126 Alphabet Review . . . . . . . . . . .131 Answer Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137 iv TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 Dear Teacher or Parent, ABC Puzzlers is a book youll use every day with young students who are learning letters and letter sounds. As they complete pages in this book, stu- dents will work on letter recognition and sounds, visual discrimination, match- ing, noting details and following directions. Students will color, draw, cut and paste as they do a fun variety of activities including puzzles, dot-to-dots, hidden pictures and mazes. The book contains five pages for each letter of the alphabet. Two of those pages emphasize the shape of the letter as students assemble puzzle pieces, trace the letter or distinguish among similarly shaped letters. The remaining pages for each letter cover the sound of the letter and/or significant objects that begin with that letter. Also, at least one of the five pages gives stu- dents practice in cutting with scissors and pasting things together. Answers appear in the back of the book for a few of the trickier puzzles. This is a functional book that gives your students fun practice in the all- important task of learning their letters. Complete pages can be used for a bulletin board display, to decorate your room for parent conferences, to cover a folder of student work, to send home for review or to include in portfolios of students work. Your class will enjoy the variety of fun activities, and you will enjoy having such a useful book at your fingertips! Sincerely, Ann Richmond Fisher Connect the dots. Start at number 1. 126 TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 Zz 1 2 3 4 5 17 18 19 20 21 16 6 7 15 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Trace and color. TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 127 Zz Z is for zoo and zebra. Help Zach go through the zoo and find the zebra. Color the picture. 128 TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 Zz Z is for zigzag. Color the zigzags. Cut them out. Paste them end to end on a long piece of paper.* TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 129 Zz *Teacher: You may choose to make a classroom zigzag by connecting all of these on a long classroom wall. 130 TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 Zz Z is for ZIP Code. Write your zip code here. Z is for zucchini. Draw a zucchini here. Color it green. Z is for zero. Write the numeral zero. Z is for zipper. Draw something of yours that has a zipper. One shape in each row is written wrong. It could be back- wards or mixed up in some way. Circle the incorrect letter in each row. TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 131 A-Z A G H I K L M O P Q R S T U V W X Y b c d e f g h i j l m n o p q r t u v w x z C D E F J B N Z a k s y Cut out the capital letters at the right of the page. Paste them in the correct spaces on the chart. 132 TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 A-Z A E I M Q U Y B J R V Z C G O S H K N D W F T L P X Cut out the lowercase letters at the right of the page. Paste them in the correct spaces on the chart. TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 133 A-Z a e i m q u f j n v z c k s w d h o g y l b r p t x Draw a line to connect the capital letter to its lowercase letter. 134 TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 A-Z A C B D c d h g k e i l m a f b j F H J L E G I K M Draw a line to connect the capital letter to its lowercase letter. TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 135 A-Z N P O Q p t x n v r z o s u q w y S U W Y R T V X Z In each box below, two letters of the alphabet are missing. When you know what they are, write those two letters in the empty spaces. 136 TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 A-Z C M Z L Q J I S Y K P B T G U H N F V E D A R X s a w l t k u g n x u q p b o z e c d v i h j f r Page 104 Page 105 Long u: ukulele, uniform Short u: upside down, umbrella, undershirt, upstairs Page 113 Row 1: Color the second slice. Row 2: Color the first slice. Row 3: Color the third slice. Row 4: Color the first slice. Row 5: Color the second slice. Page 128 Page 131 Page 136 Top box: The missing letters are O and W. Bottom box: The missing letters are m and y. 140 TLC10030 Copyright Teaching & Learning Company, Carthage, IL 62321 Answer Key A G H I K L M O P Q R S T U V W X Y b c d e f g h i j l m n o p q r t u v w x z C D E F J B N Z a k s y
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