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ABC Puzzlers

by Ann Richmond Fisher

illustrated by Shelly Rasche

Teaching & Learning Company

1204 Buchanan St., P.O. Box 10
Carthage, IL 62321
 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
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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
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 Dear Teacher or Parent,
ABC Puzzlers is a book you’ll 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

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Zz Connect the dots. Start at number 1.
1 2 3 4

21
5
20 18
19

6
17

16
7

15
8 9
10

14 11
13 12
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 Trace and color.
Zz

Zz
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Zz Z is for zoo and zebra. Help Zach go through the zoo and
find the zebra. Color the picture.

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 Z is for zigzag. Color the zigzags. Cut them out. Paste them
Zz
end to end on a long piece of paper.*

*Teacher: You may choose to make a classroom zigzag by connecting all of these on a long classroom
wall.

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Zz
Z is for ZIP Code. Write your zip Z is for zucchini.Draw a zucchini
code here. here. Color it green.

Z is for zero. Write the numeral zero. Z is for zipper. Draw something of
yours that has a zipper.

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 One shape in each row is written wrong. It could be back-
A-Z
wards or mixed up in some way. Circle the incorrect letter in
each row.

A B C D E F
G H I K L
M NO P Q R S Z J
T U VWX Y
b c d ke f g
a

h i j l m
n o p q r s
y
t u v w x z
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A-Z Cut out the capital letters at the right of the page.
Paste them in the correct spaces on the chart.

A B C K
E G H N
I J L D
M O P W
Q R S F
U V X T
Y Z
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 Cut out the lowercase letters at the right of the page.
A-Z
Paste them in the correct spaces on the chart.

a c d o
e f h g
i j k y
m n p l
q s t b
u v w x r
z
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A-Z Draw a line to connect the capital letter to its lowercase letter.

A B c
g
C d
D k
E h
F e
G a
I H i f
K J l b
M L m j
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 Draw a line to connect the capital letter to its lowercase letter.
A-Z

N p
O n
P t
Q v
R x
S r
T u
V U z q
X W o w
Z Y s y
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A-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.

C I B U H

J
M S N Q
D
Z Y
P F

E
G

K
L

A
X T V
R

s g p z e
u

a n c k
x

w
h d
q
i
o

j
l

r b v
t
f

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Answer Key
Page 104 Page 128

Page 105 Page 131

Long u: ukulele, uniform
Short u: upside down, umbrella,
undershirt, upstairs
A B C D E F
G H I K L
Page 113
M NO P Q R S J
Row 1: Color the second slice. Z
Row 2:
Row 3:
Color the first slice.
Color the third slice.
T U VWX Y
b c d ke f g
a

Row 4: Color the first slice.

Row 5: Color the second slice.
h i j l m
n o p q ry s
t u v w x z
Page 136
Top box: The missing letters are O
and W.
Bottom box: The missing letters are m
and y.

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