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

• Booklet: Signs of Spring (primary)
  How do you know it's spring? It is no hocus-pocus. Heather knows spring's here when she sees her first crocus.


• Acrostic Form: April Fool's Day
  


• Card: Happy April Fool's Day (color)
  


• Color and Write: April Fool's Day (elem)
  Color the picture of the jester's head and write a story with the suggested vocabulary words in the word bank.


• Poster: Happy April Fool's Day
  


• Writing Paper: Jester (elem)
  A picture of a jester's head with wide lines underneath for writing a story. Good for April Fool's Day.


• Writing Paper: Jester (primary)
  A picture of a jester's head with very wide lines underneath for writing a story. Good for April Fool's Day.


• Worksheet: Absolute Adjectives (middle school)
  "I got a more absolute workout at the gym than I had ever had before." A list of absolute adjectives is followed with sentences for students to re-write using appropriate adjectives.


• Grammar Posters: Comparative & Superlative Adjectives
  Posters for comparative and superlative adjectives.


• Report Form: Field Trip - Circus (elementary)
  Simple questions about a field trip to a circus.


• Report Form: Field Trip - Circus (primary)
  Simple questions about a field trip to a circus.


• Report Form: Field Trip - Ice Rink (elem)
  Simple questions about a field trip to an ice skating rink.


• Report Form: Field Trip - Ice Rink (primary)
  Simple questions about a field trip to an ice skating rink.


• Experiment: Plants - Changing Color (elem/upper elem)
  In this hands-on science project, students will learn how leaves change color in the fall.


• Experiment: Plants - Food Producers (elem/upper elem)
  In this hands-on science project, students understand how plants produce their own food.


• Experiment: Plants - Turgor Pressure (elem/upper elem)
  In this hands-on science experiment, students understand turgor pressure and osmosis.


• Learning Center: Plants - Collage (elem)
  Use pieces of plants to make a collage.


• Learning Center: Plants - Leaf Relief (elem)
  Make a relief by pressing leaves into modeling clay or dough.


• Worksheet: Spelling - Accept or Except?
  


• Worksheet: Spelling - Capital or Captiol?
  


• Worksheet: Spelling - Lose or Loose?
  


• Worksheet: Spelling - Who's or Whose?
  


• ABC Order: Family (number)
  [created with abctools] Number the words in alphabetical order, from AUNT to UNCLE.


• ABC Order: Family (number, sets of four)
  [created with abctools] Number the words in each group in alphabetical order, from AUNT to UNCLE.


• ABC Order: Family (write on lines)
  [created with abctools] Write the words in alphabetical order, from AUNT to UNCLE.


• ABC Order: Family (write, sets of four)
  [created with abctools] Write the words in each group in alphabetical order, from AUNT to UNCLE.


• Circle and Spell: Family
  [created with abctools] Circle the correct spelling of each word, from AUNT to UNCLE.


• Circle and Spell: Family (in boxes)
  [created with abctools] Circle the correct spelling of the word in each box, from AUNT to UNCLE.


• Circle and Spell: Family (with word bank)
  [created with abctools] Circle the correct spelling of each word, from AUNT to UNCLE. With a word bank to help.


• Missing Letters: Family (letter bank)
  [created with abctools] Use the letters in the box to complete each word, from AUNT to UNCLE.


• Missing Letters: Family (vowels)
  [created with abctools] Use the vowels in the box to complete each word, from AUNT to UNCLE.


• Spelling List: Family
  [created with abctools] Two matching columns and a test page of 12 family-themed words, from AUNT to UNCLE.


• Unscramble the Words: Family Words
  [created with abctools] Unscramble the 12 family-themed words, from AUNT to UNCLE.


• Word Search: Family Words (alligator shape)
  [created with abctools] Find the 12 family-themed words, from AUNT to UNCLE, in this alligator-shaped word search.


• Word Search: Family Words (butterfly shape)
  [created with abctools] Find the 12 family-themed words, from AUNT to UNCLE, in this butterfly-shaped word search.


• Word Search: Family Words (penguin shape)
  [created with abctools] Find the 12 family-themed words, from AUNT to UNCLE, in this penguin-shaped word search.


• Word Search: Family Words (whale shape)
  [created with abctools] Find the 12 family-themed words, from AUNT to UNCLE, in this whale-shaped word search.


• Clip Art: 35 Star American Flag (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Atom (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Australia Map (coloring page) Blank
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Australia Map (coloring page) Labeled
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Australia Map (coloring page) Unlabeled
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Baby Griffin (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Baby Pegasus (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Apron B&W (poster)
  Easy-to-print poster version.


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Apron Color (poster)
  Easy-to-print poster version.


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Berry (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Berry B&W (poster)
  Easy-to-print poster version.


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Berry Color (poster)
  Easy-to-print poster version.


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Blueberry (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Blueberry B&W (poster)
  Easy-to-print poster version.


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Blueberry Color (poster)
  Easy-to-print poster version.


• Clip Art: Flags: Afghanistan (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Bahrain (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Simple Exercise: Bend and Stretch (coloring page)
  coloring page

Seasonal Materials

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

• Bookmark: Five Finger Test (color)
  "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: Reading is fun! (color)
  


• Border Paper: Spring Blossoms (primary/elem)
  Wide-lined writing paper with very pretty, full-color blossoms in the surrounding border.


• Bulletin Board Trim: Reading is fun! (small)
  Scalloped edge, full color.


• Chart: Signs of Spring (elem)
  This form helps to develop scientific skills of observation and data collection... as well as to enjoy the early signs of spring.


• Color and Write: Tulip (primary)
  A picture of a tulip to color and wide lines to write a short story about tulips and spring.


• Craft: Handprint Butterfly
  


• Fiction: Pat’s St. Patrick’s Day Surprise (upper elem)
  "Pat loved to pinch any kids who were not wearing green." A fictional reading comprehension about a St. Patrick’s Day adventure.


• Game Board: Coins (20 spaces; color version)
  Folder game board with U.S. coins and a pot of gold, suitable for St. Patrick's Day.


• Incentive Chart: St. Patrick's theme
  Place a sticker or color each St.Patrick's Day item for each skill completed.


• Learning Center: Spring - Flower Rubbings
  Follow the directions to make flower rubbings.


• Learning Center: St. Patrick’s Day - Cut and Paste
  Follow the directions to make a “lucky clover” picture.


• Matching: Irish Symbols Words (preschool/primary)
  Print two copies of these eleven St. Patrick's Day words (Ireland, shamrock, cross, flag) for a matching game of words, or match these words to the picture cards.


• Paper Bag Puppet: People - Leprechauns
  Four leprechauns and accessories (including a harp, shamrock, and pot of gold) - perfect for St. Patrick's Day.


• Shapebook: Spring Poems (primary/elem)
  [member-created with abctools] Trace and cut out. This butterfly shapebook has prompts for students to write poems about spring.


• Writing Paper: Bookworm (primary/elem)
  Wide-spaced lines with a cute illustration of a bookworm leaning against a stack of books.

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