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• Shapebooks
• Word Unscrambles
• Word Walls
• Word Searches
• Crossword Puzzles
• Math Worksheets
• Sudoku

New Materials

• Alphabet Letter Patterns: Leaves and Pumpkins (b/w)
  


• Bulletin Board Trim: Autumn- Straight -Edge (color)
  


• Bulletin Border Trim: Autumn - Scalloped-Edge (color)
  


• Bingo Cards: Fall
  Set of 20 cards with a fall theme.


• Bingo Cards: Fall - check sheet
  Use this sheet to check which fall-themed words have been called.


• Flashcards: Fall
  Twenty flashcards (four to a page) with a fall theme. Acorns and pumpkins, jackets and rakes, Veteran's Day and Thanksgiving,etc. These make "call out" cards for our fall bingo set.


• Shapebooks: Popcorn Words
  [member-created using abctools] "Popcorn words" (in a popcorn shape!) for early elementary. Make a booklet or use for a bulletin board or word wall.


• Word Wall: Popcorn Words
  [member-created using abctools]


• Worksheet: Place Value to Millions
  [member-created using abctools]


• Writing Practice: Dessert words
  Practice writing and spelling by copying the dessert-themed words.


• Writing Practice: Drink words
  Practice writing and spelling by copying the drink-themed words.


• Writing Practice: Fruit words
  Practice writing and spelling by copying the fruit-themed words.

Seasonal Materials

• Teaching Extras >> Alphabet Letter Patterns >> Halloween Letters
• Theme Units >> Month to Month >> J. October >> Halloween >> Shape Book and Coloring Pages
• Theme Units >> Month to Month >> J. October >> Halloween >> Reading and Writing
• Theme Units >> Month to Month >> J. October >> Halloween
• Theme Units >> Month to Month >> J. October >> Fire Safety
• Theme Units >> Month to Month >> J. October >> Columbus >> Shape Book/Coloring Pages
• Theme Units >> Month to Month >> J. October >> Columbus

• Coloring Page: Ramadan
  Pretty, woodcut-style drawing of man praying before a mosque.


• Coloring Page: Ramadan - Crescent Moon
  Crescent moon symbol to color, with brief explanation of Ramadan.


• Comprehension: Ramadan (elementary)
  Short comprehension explaining some of the traditions of Ramadan.


• KWL: Ramadan
  Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about Ramadan.


• Report Form: Ramadan
  Full page format for students to write a report on Ramadan.


• Sign: Ramadan
  


• Venn Diagram: Ramadan
  Use this Venn diagram to compare Ramadan to another holiday.


• Crossword: Columbus
  1 DOWN: Queen ___ gave Columbus money for his journey.


• Crossword: Columbus -interactive
  1 DOWN: Queen ___ gave Columbus money for his journey.


• Unscramble the Words: Columbus Day
  From "ships" to "spices".


• Word Search: Columbus
  From "America" to "west"


• Word Search: Columbus Day
  From "Atlantic Ocean" to "west".


• Writing Prompt: Columbus (elem/upper elem)
  "Write about Christopher Columbus and his expeditions." Lined paper with writing prompt and small illustration of Columbus at the top.


• Bookmarks: Halloween
  in color


• Bookmarks: Halloween
  Fun Halloween-themed bookmarks to color.


• Calendar: October (days)
  pumpkin and black cat theme


• Picture Sentences: Fall (primary)
  The farmer is looking at the pumpkin." Choose the sentence that best describes the picture.


• Book: C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (elem/upper elem)
  Reading comprehension questions for each of the seventeen chapters in this book from the children's literature classic series "The Chronicles of Narnia". The complete set is available on our member site. Includes answer sheet.


• Book: C.S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - vocabulary (elem/upper elem)
  Review the more challenging vocabulary in the book, both in context and by dictionary definition. Arranged by chapter. This lesson includes a detailed answer sheet. A complete set of "The Chronicles of Narnia" lessons is available on our member site.

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New Member Material

• Acrostic Form: Ramadan
  


• Activity: Felt Boxes (preschool/primary)
  Felt boxes are great teaching tools. Fun, hands on felt boxes can be adapted to teach a variety of subjects. This project sheet comes with instructions for making your own felt boxes and suggestions for different felt manipulatives to put inside.


• Coloring Page: Ramadan
  Pretty, woodcut-style drawing of man praying before a mosque.


• Coloring Page: Ramadan - Crescent Moon
  Crescent moon symbol to color, with brief explanation of Ramadan.


• Comprehension: Ramadan (upper elem/ middle)
  A short fact-filled reading comprehension explains some of the traditions of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan.


• Grammar Poster: Plural Nouns Rules 2
  Six posters to help teach basic rules for forming plural nouns (mostly from foreign words).


• KWL: Ramadan
  Use this form to organize Know, Want to know, and Learned material about Ramadan.


• Report Form: Ramadan
  Full page format for students to write a report on Ramadan.


• Story Starter: Ramadan (primary/elem)
  Instruction, illustration, word bank and primary lines for writing a story about Ramadan.


• Venn Diagram: Ramadan
  Use this Venn diagram to compare Ramadan to another holiday.


• Worksheet: Commas - with geography
  Brief rules for using commas in geographic names and a full page of practice sentences.


• Worksheet: Commas - with introductory words
  Brief rules for using commas with introductory words and a full page of practice sentences.


• Worksheet: Commas - with names
  Brief rules for using commas with names and a full page of practice sentences.


• Worksheets: Grammar - Subject and Predicate (elem)
  Underline the subject once and the predicate twice. This is a set of three worksheets of increasing difficulty ("The boy played" and "The boy played with a dog" and "The boy played with a dog in the snow")


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


• Cut and Paste: Facial Expressions and Feelings
  Cut out the faces and paste them under the correct word.


• Cut and Paste: Opposites
  


• Bulletin Board: Interactive States (directions)
  Make a bulletin board decoration by cutting out the maps and gluing them into folders. Great for teaching students the shapes of the states. The decoration can be student-assembled.


• Bulletin Board: Interactive States 1
  Maps for states Alaska through Mississippi.


• Bulletin Board: Interactive States 2
  Maps for Montana through Wyoming.


• Dominoes: Magnet Theme
  Dominoes with magnet-themed pictures instead of dots.


• Bicycles B&W
  bicycle illustration


• Bicycles Color
  bicycle illustration


• Bookmarks: French Holidays
  English version of bookmarks with official French holidays. Version anglaise des marque-pages avec les jours fériés.


• Bookmarks: Making Connections
  


• Bookmarks: Making Connections (version 2)
  Smaller version, 6 to a page. "Making Connections - Read and Learn"


• CD 1 B&W
  school supplies illustration


• CD 1 Color
  school supplies illustration


• CD 2 B&W
  school supplies illustration


• CD 2 Color
  school supplies illustration


• CD 3 Color
  school supplies illustration


• Cells: Animal Labeled B&W
  science illustration


• Cells: Animal Labeled Color
  science illustration


• Cells: Animal Labeled Grayscale
  science illustration


• Cells: Animal Unlabeled B&W
  science illustration


• Cells: Animal Unlabeled Color
  science illustration


• Cells: Animal Unlabeled Grayscale
  science illustration


• Cells: Plant Labeled B&W
  science illustration


• Cells: Plant Labeled Color
  science illustration


• Cells: Plant Labeled Grayscale
  science illustration


• Cells: Plant Unlabeled B&W
  science illustration


• Cells: Plant Unlabeled Color
  science illustration


• Cells: Plant Unlabeled Grayscale
  science illustration


• Comprehension: La Chandeleur (upper elem)
  Reading comprehension explaining Chandeleur as a French holiday tradition when people eat crêpes. Recipe included. Texte anglais au sujet de la fête de la Chandeleur où certains Français mangent des crêpes. Recette inclue. Vérification de la compréhension de lecture.


• Comprehension: La Fête des Rois (elem/upper elem)
  Read the Feast of the Kings, a French holiday, and answer the questions. Includes a recipe for a galette. Lire au sujet de la fête des rois en anglais, répondre aux questions. Avec une recette pour la galette des rois.


• French: Nombres et fonctions arithmétiques B/W
  Write arithmetic functions and large numbers. Écrire les fonctions arithmétiques et les nombres supérieurs.


• French: Association, expressions des souhaits
  Matching worksheet for expressions to wish someone a happy... Exercise d'association des souhaits.


• French: Crypto for "er" verbs
  Fill in the correct conjugations of "er" verbs and learn the clues to solve the "crypto". Unscramble. Remplir les conjugaisons des verbes "er" pour apprendre les lettres qu'il faut désembrouiller.


• French: Crypto, verb avoir
  Fill in the correct conjugation of the verb "avoir" and learn the clues to solve the "crypto". Unscramble. Remplir la conjugaison du verbe "avoir" pour apprendre les lettres qu'il faut désembrouiller.


• French: Nombres et fonctions arithmétiques Color
  Write arithmetic functions and large numbers. Écrire les fonctions arithmétiques et les nombres supérieurs.


• French: Number crossword
  Crossword puzzle for numbers 1 to 20. Mots-croisés pour les nombres de 1 à 20.


• French: Posters - "Good Wishes" Expressions
  Posters showing idioms used to wish someone a happy... Affiches des expressions de souhaits.


• French: Vocabulaire de l'ordinateur
  Write the correct computer related word on the graphic to identify the object. Écrire le mot correct lié à l'ordinateur pour identifier l'objet sur l'image.


• Spanish: Computer Terms
  Label the computer and accessories in Spanish. Beginner.


• Spanish: Spanish 1 - Un reportaje sobre un libro (secundaria)
  Reseña un libro que hayas leído con la ayuda de esta forma. Write a book report with the help of this form.


• Spanish: Spanish 1 - Practica los números (secundaria)
  Practica los números con esta cuadrícula. Practice numbers with this graph.


• Spanish: Spanish 1 - Un mapa de la clase (secundaria)
  Practica vocabulario con esta actividad. Practice vocabulary with this activity.


• Spanish: Spanish 1 and 2 - Compara adjetivos y adverbios (secundaria)
  Usa esta actividad para practicar las expresiones comparativas que se usan para comparar adjetivos y adverbios. Use this activity to practice the comparative expressions used to compare adjectives and adverbs.


• Spanish: Spanish 1 y 2 - Frases para empezar composiciones (secundaria)
  Usa estas ideas para escribir composiciones. Use this prompts to write an essay.


• Spanish: Spanish 1 y 2 - Práctica: Pronombres Demostrativos (Secundaria)
  Practica los pronombres demostrativos con esta actividad. Practice demonstrative pronouns with this activity.


• Spanish: Spanish 1 y 2 - Investigando en la Red (secundaria)
  Usa esta forma para hacer una investigación en la red o simplemente usando un ordenador. Use this form to do research on the web or simply using the computer.


• Spanish: "Cristobal Colón" (secundaria)
  Busca información sobre Critobal Colón y escríbela en este librito. Look up information about Christopher Columbus and write it on this booklet. (Elementary)


• Spanish: "Reportaje de Cristobal Colón" (Secundaria)
  ¿Qué escribiría Colón en sus informes? What would Columbus write on his reports?


• Spanish: "Una carta de Cristobal Colón al Rey" (Secundaria)
  Critobal Colón le escribe una carta a los reyes de España. ¿Qué les dirías si fueras él?. Christopher Columbus writes a letter to the Spanish kings. What would you tell them if you were him?


• Spanish: El otoño - Compara hojas. (Elementaria)
  Usa esta forma para comparar hojas otoñales. Use this form to compare fall leaves.


• Spanish: Spanish 1 and 2 - Practica las conjugaciones de -er e -ir con este juego (Secundaria)
  Un juego de dados: los verbos -er e -ir. A dice game: verbs ending in -er and -ir.


• Stick Guy Graphing Color
  misc. illustration


• Stick Guy Graphing Grayscale
  misc. illustration


• Toothbrush 1 B&W
  science illustration


• Toothbrush 1 Color
  science illustration


• Toothbrush 2 B&W
  science illustration


• Toothbrush 2 Color
  science illustration


• Transportation: Airplane Icon B&W
  transportation illustration


• Transportation: Airplane Icon Color
  transportation illustration


• Transportation: Automobile Icon B&W
  transportation illustration


• Transportation: Automobile Icon Color
  transportation Illustration


• Transportation: Bus Icon B&W
  transportation illustration


• Transportation: Bus Icon Color
  transportation illustration


• Transportation: Tram Icon B&W
  transportation illustration


• Transportation: Tram Icon Color
  transportation illustration


• Walking To School B&W
  school time illustration


• Walking To School Color
  school time illustration