Learning About the Alphabet Pack

Includes 114 printable alphabet pages in all.  All the resources consistently use the same illustration and word for each letter of the alphabet. All letters, from A to Z, are covered.

Each letter is shown in uppercase and lowercase next to a black-and-white drawing with its word printed underneath, from apple, bat and car all the way to x-ray, yo-yo and zipper. Because the pictures match from one resource to the next, children see the same picture for a letter whether they’re looking at the desk chart, the wall chart, the cards or the book. The charts and cards come in both color and black-and-white versions. Click each title below to go to that page and download it.

• Student Alphabet Chart
  Reproduce this card as a writing reference for students, or for daily review. “Reading” the alphabet card is a common strategy used before conducting a guided reading group: “A, a, apple… /A/ /a/ apple, B, b, bat… /B/ /b/ bat, C, c, car… /C/ /c/ car,” etc.
  
• Alphabet Chart Pages
  Assemble to make poster-sized chart (approximately 22″ x 30″)  Mount the pages on poster board, and laminate for durability. It can be used for whole group instruction like the Student Alphabet Chart is used for small group. My class would chant and read the Alphabet Chart every day. Students can take turns being the “pointer.”
• ABC Cards
  These pages can be laminated for display in the classroom, or for use as full-size flashcards. Students could also create an ABC coloring book, but there are many possible uses… you decide! The ABC Cards pictured at the right were mounted on construction paper and laminated. The consonants are on black construction paper, and vowels are on red construction paper.
• Alphabet Mini-Book
  Print and reproduce for students to use at home or school.
• Alphabet Full-Sized Book
  Another version of the alphabet book with full-sized pages is included for use as a teacher’s example, or for individual students.

Ways to use it

• Daily chant: Point to each letter on the big chart and chant “A, a, apple” together. Let a different student be the pointer each day.
• Writing reference: Keep a student chart in each writing folder or tape one to desks so children can find letters and sounds on their own.
• Alphabet wall: Mount the ABC cards above the board or along a wall for a classroom alphabet line.
• Matching game: Print two sets of the cards and have children match letters to letters, or letters to pictures.
• Take-home book: Send the mini-book home so families can read the alphabet with their child using the same pictures used at school.