Once upon a time, Little I woke up and stretched. It was the last day of alphabet school! He saw his friends playing and ran to join them. But oh no! Little I’s dot was missing!
“Where is your dot?” asked Little A. Little I looked everywhere, but it was gone. “Don’t worry,” said Little W, “we’ll help you find a new dot!”
The school bell rang, and it was time to make words. Little I’s friends had lots of ideas for a new dot. Little A suggested an acorn, Little B brought a balloon, and Little C had a clock. Little D dashed over with a donut, and Little E offered an egg. They tried a flower, a gumball, and even a hula hoop!
But nothing felt right. When school ended, Little I saw his dad. “I lost my dot,” he said. “No, Little I,” his dad smiled, “you left it on your pillow. But now that you’re growing up, maybe you don’t need it anymore.”
Little I stretched his arms and pointed his feet. “Dad, I look just like you! I can start a sentence now!”
One day, Little A was chatting with a frog, a duck, and a dog. Then, Little B came by and said, “There are more consonants than vowels, so we’re better!”
Little A replied, “You’ll miss us when we’re gone.” And poof! Little A disappeared. The dog said, “Burk,” the duck said, “Cook,” and the frog said, “Croc.”
Then Little E left too, and things got even sillier. The horse could only say “N,” and the birds sang “TW.” The consonants laughed until they saw a tractor coming!
Without vowels, they couldn’t warn anyone. But you helped by turning into an O, and the tractor stopped just in time. Everyone learned that vowels and consonants need each other to make words!
One day, the Punctuation family came to Alphabet City. Exclamation Point was excited, Question Mark was curious, Period kept things in order, and Comma paused a lot.
At school, the letters were confused. “Who are you?” they asked. “We’re the Punctuation family,” they replied. “We help make sentences fun and clear!”
But Comma felt left out and sneaked away. Without him, the letters got all jumbled up! Exclamation Point, Question Mark, and Period helped fix the mess, and Comma learned he was important too.
Little E was quiet but very important. One day, he didn’t come to school, and the letters couldn’t make words like “cake” or “rose.”
When Little E returned, he helped make the words work again. Everyone cheered, “Little E, you’re our hero!”
Little E was happy. He didn’t need a cape to be a hero; he just needed to be himself!
Alphabet Treasure Hunt: Go on a treasure hunt around your home or classroom to find objects that start with each letter of the alphabet. For example, find an apple for “A,” a book for “B,” and a cup for “C.” Once you find an object, try to create a short story using the object and the letter it represents. This will help you remember the letters and their sounds!
Vowel and Consonant Sorting Game: Gather a collection of letter cards or magnetic letters. Sort them into two groups: vowels and consonants. As you sort, say the sound each letter makes. Then, try to create simple words using both vowels and consonants. Notice how vowels help the words sound complete!
Punctuation Playtime: Create a simple sentence using letter cards or write it on a piece of paper. Use different punctuation marks like a period, question mark, and exclamation point to change the sentence’s meaning. For example, “I see a cat.” “I see a cat?” “I see a cat!” Discuss how each punctuation mark changes how we read the sentence and what it means.
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Little I, who lost his dot, sat up, stretched, and rubbed his eyes. It was the last day of alphabet school. He saw his letter friends on the playground and hurried to join them.
“Where is your dot?” asked Little A. Little I looked around, but his dot was gone.
“What will you do without your dot?” asked Little W. Little H handed her a handkerchief. All the letters crowded around Little I. “Don’t worry,” they said, “we’ll help you find a new dot!”
The school bell rang, and it was time to make words. The little letters scrambled into school, but Little I’s friends didn’t forget their plan. When they got to the classroom, they looked around.
“How about this acorn?” suggested Little A. Little B burst forward with a balloon. “Try on this clock,” cried Little C. Little D dashed over with a donut. “An egg is exactly what you need,” exclaimed Little E. Little F followed with a flower, and Little G giggled when he found a gumball.
Little H handed over a hula hoop. Little J joked, “How about a jumping bean?” Little K knew the answer. Little L lit the line with a lightbulb. Little M made her way over with a marble. Little N nodded to a music note. Little O opted for an oyster shell. Little P presented a pretzel. Little Q questioned, “How about this quarter?” Little R raced over with a ring. Little S scared him with a spider. Little T thought a thumbtack would do. Little U urged him to carry an umbrella. Little V ventured forward with a valentine. Little W walked over with a wheel. Little X’s extra special idea was a xylophone mallet. Little Y yelled, “Where’s this yo-yo?” Little Z zoomed over with a zero.
Little I tried them all on, but nothing felt right. When school ended, all the little letters went out to where their parents were gathered. Little I saw his father and sniffed back tears. “I lost my dot,” he said.
“No, Little I,” his dad smiled. “You didn’t lose your dot; you left it on your pillow this morning.”
Little I was relieved. “But since today is the last day of school and you’ve grown up, I’m not sure you need it anymore. What do you think? Do you really think I’m ready to be a big I?”
Capital I nodded. “Stretch out your arms and point your feet.” Little I did, and when he saw his shadow on the ground, he smiled. “Dad, I look just like you! I can start a sentence now!”
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The letter A sat by a frog and chatted with a duck and dog until the letter B swept by with a wicked twinkle in his eye. “There are five vowels in your group, but 21 in our grand troop. I’m a more important letter; consonants are so much better!”
Little A knew it only took one hand to count the members in her band, but consonants needed all the toes and fingers plus a nose. The letter B bragged, “Our group is number one!”
Little A replied, “You’ll regret it when all the vowels are gone.” Then, poof! Like that, A disappeared.
That’s when things got a little weird. Instead of barking, the dog said, “Burk, Burk, Burk.” The duck couldn’t quack; she could only “cook, cook, cook.” The frog couldn’t croak; he could only “Croc.”
The horse laughed, “Who needs the A?” But then E said, “I’m going too; you’re being rude!” So E took off.
Things went awry, and all the horse could say was “N, N.” The birds sang “TW” instead of “tweet,” and the sheep just “BL” instead of “bleat.” Mean old B just whooped and roared, while C through Z laughed in accord.
Young I spun her dot and soared off like an astronaut. Turning back, she waved goodbye, and the horse just hung his head to cry.
The pig could only mutter, and the cow cracked up beside the bunny. They thought it was all too funny, so they sat and watched the fun as A, E, I left one by one. But wouldn’t you know, the next to go would be the cow’s lone vowel.
“Oh,” was all that she could say when O decided not to stay. The pigeons too, they couldn’t “coup.”
Rooster, distressed, said, “The consonants were so absorbed in laughing that they all ignored a tractor speeding toward their crowd.”
Only you and B observed the tractor as it swung and swerved, snoozing and snoring away. Gaining speed to B’s dismay, he tried to shout in fear, but “St” was all the world could hear.
When he tried to scream, “Watch out!” was all that he could spout. Determined, B jumped to his feet and vaulted to the tractor’s seat.
This was a test B couldn’t flunk. He pushed the horn, but no one heard. B turned to you with a plea prepared, but vowel-less words wouldn’t flow.
Calmly, you held up your hand. You could make B understand that yes, their group was small, but with no vowels, words would stall.
So up you jumped, strong and high, reaching straight up toward the sky. You bent your arms above your head and turned into an O. When you did that, the horn could sound.
The warning shook the ground, and the tractor woke with the alert and stopped in time. No one was hurt.
You turned toward the consonants, nodded with confidence, and off you marched to make things right and help the letters reunite.
Once A, E, I, O, U came back, the dog could bark, the duck could quack, the frog could croak, the birds could tweet, the horse could neigh, the sheep could bleat, the pig could oink, the cow could moo, and the tractor honked.
What about the rooster? He too could “cock-a-doodle-doo.”
Sheepishly, the letters shrugged. The consonants and vowels hugged. B said, “Sorry, now we see the alphabet’s family.”
Then a steady voice said, “Wait! I have one thing that I must state. At times I feel left out,” said Y, “but you need me to say goodbye.”
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The day punctuation came to town, a new family moved to Alphabet City. The punctuation family led the way to their first day at a new school.
“Let’s hurry!” exclaimed Exclamation Point. “I can’t wait to get there. We are going to have so much fun!”
Exclamation Point was always excited about something. Question Mark wondered what it would be like. “Do you think everyone will be nice? Are we going the right way? Should we ask for directions?”
Period followed, bringing the line to a close. “Let’s go! I’ll tell you when to stop.”
Comma kept pausing, “Wait for me, please!”
When they walked into school, Exclamation Point rushed forward. “Hi, everyone!”
The little letters stared. “Who are you?” they asked. “You don’t look like letters.”
“We’re not letters,” Exclamation Point explained. “We’re the punctuation family.”
The letters were confused. “Punctuation? Who?”
“I’m Exclamation Point, and this is Question Mark, Comma, and Period. We’re different from letters, but we love being around words.”
The punctuations joined the class, and the letters worked to make words. Exclamation Point, Question Mark, and Period joined in the fun.
Exclamation Point added excitement to words. “Wow!”
Question Mark asked a lot of questions. “Who?”
Period brought each sentence to a tidy end. Comma tried not to get stepped on and fit in wherever he could.
As the day wore on, Comma began to feel smaller and smaller. “The letters love making words, but I just get in the way and keep them apart,” he whispered to himself. “No one wants me here.”
When no one was looking, Comma snuck out the door. Inside the classroom, Exclamation Point was creating a great deal of excitement.
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The letters were cheering and hurrying to make words. “Shouldn’t we quiet down?” Question Mark asked, but no one heard her over the noise.
The letters kept making words faster and faster until they all became jumbled. Period hurried to stop them, but the letters tripped over her and collided with a thundering crash.
The letters fell one after another until they tumbled through the door, spilling into the hall. Comma stared in shock at the pile of letters and words all tangled.
Exclamation Point, Question Mark, and Period ran into the hallway. They saw the heap of letters and then they saw Comma.
“What are you doing out here?” Question Mark asked.
“I didn’t think anyone wanted me around,” Comma said. “I just slow everything down.”
“Without you, things become a disaster,” Exclamation Point said, pointing to the pile of letters and words.
Period nodded. “Slowing things down is your job, and words need you. Didn’t you know? When we’re with words, we all have a job to do.”
“I add excitement,” Exclamation Point burst out.
“I have a question,” Question Mark asked.
“And I put a stop to me,” Period said. “We’re the punctuation family, and we all work together to help letters and the words they make.”
The punctuations helped the letters back into the classroom. When the letters began making words again, Comma stood right in the middle.
The letters looked confused. “What are you doing?”
“It’s my job,” Comma said. “From now on, I’ll help keep things in order.”
“How?” the letters asked.
It was Comma’s turn to explain. “We all work together. Words need punctuation, and punctuation needs words.”
**[Laughter]**
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The mighty silent E knew he was important. After all, he came from a long line of E’s. At home, he loved to wear his blue cape and dream of the day he would come to the rescue. He knew he had the power to be a hero; he just needed a chance to prove it.
At school, Little E’s belief in himself didn’t count for much. The other little letters rarely paid him any attention, probably because he didn’t have much to say. But Little E liked being quiet. He worked hard quietly, studying words and sounds.
Until one day, Little E didn’t show up to class. The little letters didn’t even notice he was gone. After all, Little E was so quiet he was easy to overlook.
But when Miss Capital T had the little letters join into groups and make words, things didn’t go so well.
Little C, Little A, and Little K joined together to make a word for a type of dessert, but no matter how they arranged themselves, they couldn’t make the word work.
Little R, Little O, and Little S were having the same problem. “We’re trying to make the word for a type of flower,” they said, “but no matter how hard we try, it just doesn’t sound right.”
“Tell me about it,” said Little K. Little I and Little T were trying to become a word that could fly.
Little G, Little A, and Little M all started to cry. “No one will ever play with this word!”
Little T, Little A, Little B, and Little L scrambled around and around until they gave up.
Little S, Little K, Little A, and Little T cried out, “It’s just not working!”
Little Z, Little O, and Little N looked confused too. “What is going on? Why can’t we make the right words today?”
Miss Capital T joined the little letters. “Oh, we are missing someone important.”
The little letters all looked around. Suddenly, they noticed their friend Little E was gone.
“What will we do?” the little letters asked. “We can’t make these words without him!”
Then Little E walked into the classroom. “Sorry I’m late,” he whispered. “I had a sore throat, so my mom took me to see the throat doctor.”
The little letters cheered, “Little E, you’re here at last! We’ve tried, but we can’t make these words without you!”
Little E smiled. He dreamed about this moment and knew what to do. This was a job for the mighty silent E.
He ran to the end of each row of letters. Suddenly, C, A, C became “cake.” R, A became “rose.” W, K became “kite.” G, A, M became “game.” T, A, B became “table.”
“Wow!” the little letters exclaimed. “How did you do that?”
Little E replied, “You make no sound, but you change sounds around.”
But as usual, Little E was silent. He just smiled with his friends all around him. Little E felt happier than he ever had. His dreams had come true; he had saved the day, and he hadn’t even needed his cape.
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