1. Once upon a time, in a land far, far away, there was a town called Alphabetropolis, where all the letters of the alphabet lived. Everything was going great…. when the Alphabet Thief came into town and started to steal all the letters and hide them throughout the town. There is only one week before the first day of school, and without all the letters of the alphabet, the students will never be able to learn their ABC’s The Alphabet Thief left us only one clue to find all the letters, each letter can be found near something else that starts with the same first letter. Let’s test how well you all know your ABC’s! Okay, the first letter we are searching for is the first letter in the alphabet. Do you know which letter this is? (Turn page) The Letter A! Correct! Do you think A could be near the Alligators? Let’s check. You found me! Thanks goodness, just in time for me to get back to school. Okay, let’s look for the next letter, B. Where do we think it could be? Maybe near the balloons? Let’s check.

2. Hooray, you found me! Now back to school for me. Great! You found the letter B. The next letter is C. Let’s go look for it. Alright, let’s check by the Cat. Oh thank goodness you found me! I have to get back to school before the first day of classes, but first, I should tell you something. I heard that a few letters are hidden in the town Aquarium. You should check there. Good luck! You heard letter C, let’s go check the Aquarium. (Arrive at the Aquarium). Alright, let’s go check in the marine life exhibit. Look over there, the letter D is with the Dolphin, the letter E is with the Eels, and the letter F is with the Fish! Thanks for finding us. Just in time too! Alright we are doing great. The next letter is G. Let’s check over by the Garage.

3. Hi! Thanks for finding me. I’ve got to get back to school. The next letter we have to find is the letter H. Maybe H is near the highway. Let’s look. Oh you’ve found me. Great job. Now you have got to find the letter I, he hates to be alone. Let’s hurry and find the letter I. Check by the Ice Cream Truck! Oh! You found me, thank goodness I was getting scared being alone. Now go check by the Zoo, I heard J, K, L and M are together there. We should hurry over to the Zoo and find all these letters before they split up. Come on let’s go! (Arrive at Zoo). Look over there; I see the letter J by the Jaguar, the letter K is by the Kangaroo, the letter L is near the Lion and the letter M is with the monkeys.

4. Thank you for finding us, we have just enough time to get back to school now. Alright next letter on our list is N. I heard N was over by the Newspaper Stand. You found me! Thanks. I’ve got to run! We have to find the letter O; do you think O is near the ocean? Let’s go see. Finally, I was getting worried I wouldn’t be found before the first day of school. I hears that the letter P, Q and R are all near the Bird exhibit. Go check there. You heard O; let’s go to the bird exhibit. (Arrive at bird Exhibit) Look over there; I can see all the letters. The P is with the Parrot, the Q is with the Quail and the R is next to the Robin.

5. : Thanks for finding us and just in time for the first day of school too! Okay only 8 letters left, let’s find the letter S. Let’s go check by the Shoe store Hey! Thank goodness you looked by the Shoe store, now I have to run back to the School to help the students learn their ABC’s Okay, let’s go find our next letter; T. We should go check by the Train station You found me! Now I’m going to hop on the train to get back to school. Alright look for the letter U next; we need to find U quick. Let’s go check by the Umbrella store. Hooray! You found me. Now go look in the grocery store. I heard V and W are there.

6. Let’s hurry to the grocery store, only 1 day before school begins! Check over by the vegetables for V and by the watermelon for the W. Thanks for finding us, only one day before school starts too. We are going to have to hustle over to the school now. Bye! Okay, only X, Y and Z are left. Let’s go look for X by the Xylophone in the Band room. You found me. Now you have to hurry and find Y and Z before the day ends, tomorrow is the first day of school. Alright, I heard the letter Y is right next to the Yoyos. Finally found me! Hurry up and find the last letter now, Z. We only have a few hours before school starts

7. Okay, our last letter is Z, so we need to find it quick before school starts. Let’s check by the town Zamboni, the machine that cleans the ice for the hockey games. Thanks, you found me. I was getting cold by this Zamboni too. Now we have all the letters and can teach the students the ABC’s. Oh no, you found all the letters that I hid. Now the students will be able to learn the ABC’s on time. I guess next year I will have to find better hiding places. Mwuahahaha! Great job, we found all the letters of the alphabet in time and the students are going to learn their ABC’s in time. Now, we can practice the ABC’s as a class. Ready… A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J, K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S, T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z!