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Cloze: Adjectives All About Me! elem/upper elem

"I like to wear __ clothes. My ears are __ and __." Complete the sentences with adjectives.

From "breakfast" to "whispered". This word unscramble enhances the book "Mother's Day Mess" by Karen Gray Ruelle.

From "camel" to "gazelle".

A big Christmas ornament with prompts for kids to draw various Christmas-related pictures. These would make a cute Christmas tree bulletin board, or cut out and use as a shapebook.

Practice "connecting words" with these vocabulary word strips.

A hundred useful early reader nouns. From "ball" to "way". These vocabulary building word strips are great for word walls.

Handwriting Practice Using abctools

The Handwriting Templates tool, in the abctools collection, makes it easy to create customized handwriting pages. After choosing a font family and clicking on the template of your choice, you will arrive at the "Choose Handwriting Worksheet Editing" page. There are a number of opportunities to customize handwriting worksheets from this page. Step 2, however, "Customize the Text", allows you to put your own letter or words to the document.

Ideas for using Handwriting Templates and other abctools:

For younger students use the outline or dotted template options. Students can trace the letters with their pencils or fingers.
Laminate handwriting worksheets after they are printed. Students can trace with their fingers or use washable markers. Reuse the worksheets anytime.

Read this tip on the abcteach blog.