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

• Classroom Newsletter: Summer theme (b/w)
  


• Classroom Newsletter: Summer theme (color)
  


• Color and Write: Chinese Lantern (elem)
  A Chinese lantern to color and lines to write.


• Color and Write: Great Wall of China (elem)
  A picture of the Great Wall to color and lines to write.


• Worksheet: Reporting Disaster (upper elem/middle)
  "Use at least two news or reference sources to answer the questions below." This worksheet guides students in finding facts about a disaster. Good for opening class discussion in social studies, current events, etc.


• Comprehension: Polar Bears (primary)
  A very simple reading comprehension about polar bears.


• Comprehension: Sloths (primary/elem)
  A very short reading comprehension about sloths.


• Comprehension: Whales (primary/elem)
  A simple reading comprehension about whales.


• Word Family Booklet: "oke" words
  Word family booklet for the word family "oke" with pictures to color.


• Worksheet: Decoding the Table of Contents (elem)
  "Which chapters appear to be named after characters?" Students use skills of decoding and predicting to learn about a book via the table of contents (featured table of contents: A Wrinkle in Time).


• Worksheet: Decoding the Table of Contents (upper elem)
  "Based on the chapter titles, what type of book is this? Why do you think so?" Students use skills of decoding and predicting to learn about a book via the table of contents (featured table of contents: A Wrinkle in Time).


• Worksheet: Table of Contents and Math (elem)
  "On what page does the third chapter start?" Students apply math skills to a table of contents (featured table of contents: A Wrinkle in Time)


• Worksheet: Table of Contents and Math (upper elem/middle)
  "What is the average length of a chapter (use the nearest whole number)?" Students apply math skills to a table of contents (featured table of contents: A Wrinkle in Time).


• Comprehension: Immigration in the United States (elem/upper elem)
  An introduction to immigration to the United States is followed by one page comprehensions (with short answer questions for each page) for emigrants by continent.


• Book: Freckle Juice (elem)
  Multiple choice and short and long answer comprehension questions, vocabulary work, a writing prompt, and a creative drawing prompt to review Judy Blume's popular story about wanting to look different.


• Book: Muggie Maggie (elem)
  Multiple choice and short and long answer comprehension questions, vocabulary work, a writing prompt, and a creative drawing prompt to review Beverly Cleary's sympathetic look at a girl who does not want to learn cursive writing.


• Book: The Cricket in Times Square (elem)
  Multiple choice and short and long answer comprehension questions, vocabulary work, a writing prompt, and a creative drawing prompt to review George Selden's beloved story of a singing cricket's adventures in New York.


• Color and Write Prompt: Sun (elem)
  A picture to color and lines to write a short text with theme words from a word bank.


• Color and Write Prompt: Tree (elem)
  A picture to color and lines to write a short text with theme words from a word bank.


• Color and Write Prompt: Tulip (elem)
  A picture of a tulip to color and lines to write a short text with words from a word bank.


• Color and Write Prompt: Volcano (elem)
  A picture of a volcano to color and lines to write a short text with words from a word bank.


• Color and Write: Sun (elem)
  A sun to color and lines to write a short story about summer and the sun.


• Color and Write: Sun (primary)
  A picture of the sun to color and wide lines to write a short story about the sun or summer.


• Color and Write: Tree (elem)
  A picture to color and lines to write about trees.


• Color and Write: Tree (primary)
  A picture to color and wide lines to write about trees.


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


• Color and Write: Volcano (elem)
  A picture of a volcano to color and lines to write a short text about it.


• Color and Write: Volcano (primary)
  A picture of a volcano to color and wide lines to write a short text about it.

Seasonal Materials

• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Memorial Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> June
• Holiday/Seasonal >> End of School Year Activities

• Biography Form: Soldier/ Memorial Day
  Choose a soldier and use these targeted questions to write a biography for Memorial Day.


• Color and Write: Memorial Day (elem)
  A picture to color and lines to write about Memorial Day.


• Word Search: June
  From "fathers" to "vacation".


• Writing Prompt: My Journal - June (elementary)
  A slightly easier version of our June journal prompts. Graphics, larger print, wider-spaced lines, simplified questions. Writing prompts designed to get even the most reluctant writers producing thoughtful reflections.

Recommended Materials

• Book Units >> Beyond the Covers: Independent and Guided Reading >> Chronicles of Narnia

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