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!

New Desk Tag Tool!

Use our new Desk Tag Tool to quickly create desk tags or word strips. This tool has also been added to our Word List Tool so you can make word strips from re-usable word lists. Take a look at the Desk Tag Tutorial to learn more.

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New Materials

• Comprehension: Carving Old Jack (elem/ upper elem)
  Directions for pumpkin carving, followed by comprehension questions.


• Bookmarks: Flanders Fields
  Four bookmarks with the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae.


• Bookmarks: In Flanders Fields (wider version)
  Three wider bookmarks with the text of the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae.


• Poster: Geometric Transformations
  Poster showing rotation, reflection, and translation in geometry.


• Poster: Quadrilaterals
  Poster shows and describes square, rhombus, rectangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, and irregular quadrilateral.


• Rules and Practice: Geometric Transformations
  Rules and practice for understanding rotation, reflection, and translation in geometry.


• Rules and Practice: Quadrilaterals
  Rules and practice for identifying square, rhombus, rectangle, parallelogram, trapezoid, and irregular quadrilateral.


• Book: Over Sea, Under Stone (upper elem/middle)
  Vocabulary, short answer, and essay questions to review the first book in Susan Cooper's popular "Dark Is Rising" series.


• Bookmarks: Shakespeare's Tragedies - monologues (middle/high school)
  Bookmarks with four well-known monologues from Shakespeare. Handy for memorization and reference.


• Bookmarks: Shakespeare's Tragedies - quotes (middle/high school)
  Three bookmark sets, each with four well-known quotes, all from Shakespeare's tragedies. Handy for memorization and reference.


• Worksheets: Shakespeare's Tragedies - quotes (middle school/high school)
  Identify the origin of seven quotes; rephrase them in plain English; choose one and write an essay on its use in a modern context.


• Comprehension: U.S. Landmarks- Empire State Building (elem/upper elem)
  Factual information about one of America's most famous landmarks, the Empire State Building, followed by multiple choice questions.


• Comprehension: U.S. Landmarks- Space Needle (elem/upper elem)
  Factual information about one of America's most famous landmarks, the Space Needle, followed by multiple choice questions.


• Comprehension: U.S. Landmarks- White House (elem/upper elem)
  Factual information about one of America's most famous landmarks, the White House, followed by multiple choice questions.


• Photograph: At the Doctor's - Questions
  Photograph with questions to prompt speech and fluency.


• Photograph: Birthday Party - Questions
  Photograph with questions to prompt speech and fluency.


• Photograph: Cell Phones - Questions
  Photograph with questions to prompt speech and fluency.


• Photograph: Firefighters - Questions
  Photograph with questions to prompt speech and fluency.


• Photograph: Fishing - Questions
  Photograph with questions to prompt speech and fluency.


• Photograph: Kitchen - Questions
  Photograph with questions to prompt speech and fluency.


• Poster: Long Vowels
  Poster with pictures of words with each of the long vowel sounds.


• Poster: Long Vowels (initial sounds)
  Poster with pictures of words with each of the initial long vowel sounds.


• Poster: Short Vowels
  Poster with pictures of words with each of the short vowel sounds.


• Poster: Short Vowels (initial sounds)
  Poster with pictures of words with each of the initial short vowel sounds.


• Clip Art: Ambulance (coloring page)
  coloring page


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


• Clip Art: Bottled Water (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Buildings: Airport Terminal and Control Tower (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Buildings: Recycling Center (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Buildings: Village Block (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Cartoon Horse: Foal (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Cartoon School Scene: Sports: Baseball 04 (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Cartoon School Scene: Sports: Baseball 05 (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Fire Truck (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Hot Chocolate (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Police Car (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Recycling Truck (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Small Airplane (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Trophy: First Place (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Trophy: Second Place (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Trophy: Third Place (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Comprehension: Landmarks - Grand Canyon (elementary/ upper elementary)
  Factual information about the history of the Grand Canyon, followed by multiple choice comprehension questions.

Seasonal Materials

• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> October
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> October >> Fire Safety
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> October >> Italian Heritage Month
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Columbus Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Halloween

• Posters: Stay Healthy
  Three "STAY HEALTHY" posters: Wash Your Hands, Cover Your Sneeze, and Keep Your Distance.


• Biography: Frida Kahlo (upper elem)
  A brief biography of the tragic Mexican painter in the format of a reading comprehension, followed by multiple choice questions.


• Badges: Fire Safety
  I know how to stop, drop and roll. I know how to call for help.


• Color and Write: Occupations - Firefighter (primary)
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with theme words from a Word Bank.


• Comprehension: Water and Electric Safety (elem)
  A simple reading comprehension presents and reviews the rules of water and electric safety.


• Biograhy: Leonardo da Vinci (elem/ upper elem)
  This reading comprehension is a fact-filled biography of the Renaissance man.


• Fiction: Summer in Sicily (upper elem/ middle)
  A realistic fiction reading comprehension of a girl's visit to her ancestral home in Sicily.


• Biography: Christopher Columbus (elem)
  Biography of the legendary explorer, with comprehension questions.


• Poetry Prompt: Columbus
  "In 1492,... " write your version


• Bingo Cards: Halloween (b/w)
  Set of twenty bingo cards for Halloween, from CANDY to VAMPIRE.


• Color and Write: Halloween - Tree with Decorations
  Fall tree surrounded by pumpkin bag decorations; small on a lined writing page, large on the coloring page.


• Early Readers: "I see...." (Halloween Theme)
  Use these pages to make a Halloween booklet that kids can read!


• Experiment: Pumpkin Seed (elementary)
  Pumpkin seed fun with 6 pages for learning centers or group projects.


• Fiction: Marta's First Halloween (elementary/ upper elem)
  A Halloween-themed reading comprehension about a little girl's first Halloween...and a scary surprise!


• Fiction: Trick or Treat! (elementary/ upper elem)
  "Let's break a window," Mike said. A realistic fiction story about Halloween trick or treating... and knowing what's right.


• Large Poster: Happy Halloween
  To use this colorful four-page poster: print the pages, fold the edges, then glue or tape together along the edges. Laminate the poster for longer use.


• Maze: Halloween 4 (harder)
  Help the spider find his web.


• Poster: Fall Back
  "Tick tock, tick tock, don't forget to change your clock!" November 1st, 2009 in the U.S.


• Sequencing: Carving a Pumpkin (primary)
  six pages, use for sequencing


• Writing Prompts: My Journal - October (middle school)
  Writing prompts for holidays and other special occasions in October, with narrow lines for writing.


• Writing Prompts: My Journal - October (primary)
  20 simple prompts for holidays and other special occasions in October, with wide divided lines to write and space to draw.


• Writing Prompts: My Journal - October (upper elem/middle school)
  Writing prompts for holidays and other special occasions in October. UNLINED.

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