The abcteach Newsletter

This newsletter features links to some of the great new materials on our member site. Look around abcteach: you are sure to find something for every subject, age, and interest!

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New Materials

• Alphabet Letter Patterns: Reading theme
  The letters of the alphabet, presented in black outline, filled with outlines of books. Six letters to a page. Great for bulletin boards, desk decorations, and more.


• Alphabet Letter Patterns: Reading theme
  The letters of the alphabet, presented in black outline, filled with outlines of books. Four letters to a page. Great for bulletin boards, desk decorations, and more.


• Bookmarks: Five-Finger Test (b/w)
  "Read one page of a book. Raise one finger for each word on the page that you don’t know." Simple instructions for categorizing books by difficulty, from "easy to read" to "too hard". Four bookmarks per page.


• Bookmarks: Kids Reading (b/w)
  Four bookmarks with a picture of a boy and girl reading with the word READ.


• Bookmarks: Reading is fun! (b/w)
  


• Behavior Poster: Table Manners
  This poster lists some basic table manners.


• Behavior Poster: Table Manners - Excuse Yourself
  Explanation for "Excuse yourself and go to the restroom for anything that wouldn’t be appropriate at the table."


• Behavior Poster: Table Manners - Feedback
  Explanation for "Only make positive comments about the food" and "Praise at least one thing at every meal."


• Behavior Poster: Table Manners - Follow Your Host
  Explanation for "Follow your host."


• Behavior Poster: Table Manners - Utensils
  Overview explanation for "Use the right utensils."


• Fiction: Missed Manners (upper elem/middle)
  "Even when they’re vanquishing bad guys, secret agents always have impeccable manners." A fictional story about secret agent training (with real table manners), followed by multiple choice, short answer and essay questions.


• Experiment: Plants - Beans & Soil (elem/upper elem)
  In this "hands on science" experiment, students compare growth between beans planted in soil and beans planted without soil in order to understand the importance of soil nutrients to plant growth.


• Experiment: Plants - Transpiration (elem/upper elem)
  This "hands-on science" lesson helps students address the question of what plants do with all the water they absorb. This lesson includes a reading comprehension.


• Dominoes: Letter Xx (b/w)
  Play any "double six" domino game with these Letter X word/picture dominoes.


• Dominoes: Letter Xx (color)
  Play any "double six" domino game with these Letter X word/picture dominoes.


• Dominoes: Letter Yy (b/w)
  Play any "double six" domino game with these Letter Y word/picture dominoes.


• Dominoes: Letter Yy (color)
  Play any "double six" domino game with these Letter Y word/picture dominoes.


• Booklet: Food and Nutrition (primary)
  When Pat's class studied food he thought it was neat to learn all the things that his friends liked to eat.


• Signs: The Continents - Maps (set)
  The set of our maps of each continent, all in one large download.


• How to Write an Essay - 8 steps
  The five paragraph essay process is broken into 8 steps, from brainstorming to checking against a rubric, and then students "follow" a student going through those steps to help understand how they work in practice.


• Puzzle: Color - Purple
  Review things that are purple with an 8-10 piece puzzle, a 4 piece puzzle, and a guide for putting them together. Directions included.


• Puzzle: Color - White
  Review things that are white with an 8-10 piece puzzle, a 4 piece puzzle, and a guide for putting them together. Directions included.


• Puzzle: Color - Yellow
  Review things that are yellow with an 8-10 piece puzzle, a 4 piece puzzle, and a guide for putting them together. Directions included.


• Rebus: Music Class (b/w)
  


• Rebus: Music Class (color)
  


• Worksheet: Spelling - Bored or Board?
  


• Worksheet: Spelling - Scene or Seen?
  


• Worksheet: Spelling - Weather or Whether?
  


• Writing Prompts: Calendar Journal - January
  Each square has a prompt, most of which are specific to a day in January. Adaptable to elem-middle school.


• Writing Prompts: Calendar Journal - April
  Each square has a prompt, most of which are specific to a day in April. Adaptable to elem-middle school.


• Writing Prompts: Calendar Journal - June
  Each square has a prompt, most of which are specific to a day in June. Adaptable to elem-middle school.


• ESL: Bookmarks, One-syllable Comparative Words
  Grammar reference bookmarks for comparative and superlative forms of one-syllable words.


• ESL: Bookmarks, Three-syllable and Irregular Comparative Words
  Grammar reference bookmarks for comparative and superlative forms of three-syllable and irregular words.


• ESL: Bookmarks, Two-syllable Comparative Words
  Grammar reference bookmarks for comparative and superlative forms of two-syllable words.


• ESL: Crossword, Comparative and Superlative Words
  Practice forming comparative and superlative words by solving the puzzle. Choose with or without word bank.


• ESL: Poster, One-syllable Comparative Words
  Grammar reference poster for comparative and superlative forms of one-syllable words.


• ESL: Poster, Three-syllable and Irregular Comparative Words
  Grammar reference poster for comparative and superlative forms of three-syllable and irregular words


• ESL: Poster, Two-syllable Comparative Words
  Grammar reference poster for comparative and superlative forms of two-syllable words.


• Word Search: Winter
  From "boots" to "sweater".

Seasonal Materials

• Holiday/Seasonal >> Seasonal >> Spring
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> March >> Women's History Month
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> March >> Reading Month
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> March
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> St. Patrick's Day

• Biography: Harriet Tubman (upper elem/middle)
  A reading comprehension to introduce America's famous Underground Railroad conductor.


• Biography: Helen Keller (elem/upper elem)
  An informative biography of Helen Keller, followed by math-based and reading-based comprehension questions and a short essay question. Helen Keller was born June 27th.


• Comprehension: Tall Tale - Annie Oakley (upper elem/middle)
  Read an Annie Oakley tall tale (based on "Annie Got Her Gun!") and answer the multiple choice questions, then read a true story about Oakley with short answer comprehension questions. Sort fact from fiction in a review worksheet. Think and write about the values reflected in these tall tales. Finally: Write your own Annie Oakley tall tale. A great unit and a fun "women's history month" tie-in.


• Color and Write Prompt: Leprechaun (elem)
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with theme words from a word bank.


• Coloring Page: St. Patrick's Day (primary)
  Are you lucky? St. Patrick's Day theme coloring pages with dotted letter practice and word wall.


• Craft: Hanging Shamrocks
  Simple craft with shamrocks to color and decorate. Can be used with "Making a Tree" craft.


• Craft: Leprechaun Snacks (primary/elem)
  Make a cute container to store a pot o' gold or other snacks.


• Crossword: Spring
  1 DOWN: Small blossoms of a tree or plant.


• Border Paper: Leaves (b/w)
  Border paper with realistic leaves in the border, with a lined space in the center. Great for a unit on trees, nature, etc., and in spring, summer, or fall (color the leaves the appropriate colors).


• Comprehension: Vernal Equinox (elem)
  This reading comprehension explains the whys and whens of the vernal equinox. This lesson is appropriate for both hemispheres.


• Craft: Spring Daisy (preschool/primary)
  This pattern for making spring daisies comes with simple instructions and a variety of suggestions for use.


• Poster: Spring Forward
  "Tick tock, tick tock, don't forget to change your clock!" March 8th, 2009 in the U.S.


• Fiction: Lucky Leprechaun (elementary)
  Lucky Leprechaun wants to go to the St. Patrick's Day Parade. But first, he has to get his chores done. Will he make it?


• Fiction: Spring Forward, Fall Back (upper elem)
  "Patrick thought the only good thing about Daylight Saving Time was that people got to sleep an hour longer the night it ended." This short fiction is followed by multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions.

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