Below is a list of some of the many free materials recently added to abcteach.

New Materials

• Board Game: Race to 100 (primary)
  Roll the die and race around the board. This is a good 100th day tie-in.


• Board Game: Valentine's Hearts (primary)
  Roll the dice and move around the candy-heart covered board.


• Sign: Year of the Boar
  Color sign for Chinese year of the boar (starts February 18, 2007).


• Story Starter: Year of the Boar
  Use the picture to help you think of a story for the year of the boar (starts February 18, 2007).


• Book Report Form: Beatrix Potter (primary/elem)
  Form for writing a book report on any Beatrix Potter book.


• Book: Squirrel Nutkin (elem)
  The four pages of activities in this packet review facts, prompt deeper understanding of the book, explore the book in terms of the world of Beatrix Potter, and encourage creativity with drawing prompts.


• Poetry Prompts: Beatrix Potter (elem)
  Three clearly-described prompts for alliteration, similes, an acrostic, and a a free-form poem, all with a Beatrix Potter theme.


• Tally and Graph: Beatrix Potter books
  Use the tally sheet to interview people about their favorite Beatrix Potter book (books are listed); then use the bar graph to compare popularities.


• Tally and Graph: Beatrix Potter books read
  Use the tally sheet to interview people about which Beatrix Potter books they have read (books are listed); then use the bar graph to compare popularities.


• Venn diagram: Beatrix Potter books
  Use this Venn diagram to compare two books by Beatrix Potter.


• Comprehension: Butterflies (elementary)
  Fact-filled text about butterflies, with comprehension questions.


• Comprehension: Cougar (primary)
  A very easy reading comprehension about cougars. This is one of a complete set on "big cats" from our member site.


• Crossword: Hour of the Olympics
  Featuring vocabulary from Mary Pope Osborne's 16th Magic Tree House book (this crossword can be used without the book). Comprehension questions for this book are available on our member site.


• Desk Tag: D'Nealian Cursive (b&w)
  


• Desk Tag: D'Nealian Cursive (color)
  


• Desk Tag: D'Nealian Manuscript (b&w)
  


• Desk Tag: D'Nealian Manuscript (color)
  


• Desk Tag: Zaner Bloser Manuscript (b&w)
  


• Desk Tag: Zaner Bloser Cursive (b&w)
  


• Desk Tag: Zaner Bloser Cursive (color)
  


• Desk Tag: Zaner Bloser Manuscript (color)
  


• Graphic Organizer: Comparison Chart
  Use this form to compare two different things or concepts by listing similarities and differences.


• Paper Bag Puppet: Animal - Owl (elem)
  Make paper bag puppets with this simple owl pattern.


• Sorting: Hearts (b&w)
  


• Sorting: Hearts (color)
  


• Unscramble the Words: Hour of the Olympics
  Featuring vocabulary from Mary Pope Osborne's 16th Magic Tree House book (this word scramble can be used without the book). Comprehension questions for this book are available on our member site.


• Word Search: Hour of the Olympics
  Featuring vocabulary from Mary Pope Osborne's 16th Magic Tree House book (this word search can be used without the book). Comprehension questions for this book are available on our member site.


• Word Search: Pronouns (upper elem)
  Subjective, possessive, objective, demonstrative and interrogative pronouns.


• Word Sort: Vowels- Spelling Long U (primary/elem) 2
  Long U spelled as in FOOD or as in FLUTE? Sort the identical sounds into the correct spelling columns.


• Worksheet: Beginning Sounds Long A
  Circle the pictures with the LONG A beginning sound. Teacher expectations should match student ability/vocabulary. acorn, ace, alien, apron, ape.


• Worksheet: Beginning Sounds Short A
  Circle the pictures with the SHORT A beginning sound. Teacher expectations should match student ability/vocabulary. ant, apple, alphabet, ambulance, alligator, antelope.

Seasonal Materials

• Holidays, Months, and Seasons >> Holidays >> Chinese New Year
• Holidays, Months, and Seasons >> Holidays >> Presidents' Day
• Holidays, Months, and Seasons >> Holidays >> Valentine's Day
• Holidays, Months, and Seasons >> Months >> February >> Black History Month
• Holidays, Months, and Seasons >> Months >> March >> Reading Month
• Holidays, Months, and Seasons >> Months >> March >> Women's History Month

Recommended Materials

• How to Write a Four Star Extended Response
  [member-created with abctools] Directions for writing an extended response on starred border paper.


• Rules: Unlocking a Math Extended Response
  [ member-created with abctools] Directions for writing an extended response on key border paper.


• Testing Practice: Language Arts (Level 1)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 9 page document tests knowledge of punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, alphabetization, spelling, and more. These are approximately the skills tested in first grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Math (Level 1)
  This series of practice tests replicates the style of many standardized tests. Levels 1 and 2 use bubbles, so you may want to print our "Testing Practice Answer Sheet". Use these tests to ascertain your students' knowledge of shapes, counting, addition, patterns, graph-reading and more, or to help them understand this testing style. Six pages of tests.

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New Member Material

• Animals of South America B&W
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• Animals of South America Color
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• Art Project: Cubism (upper elem)
  Students are introduced to some of the basic elements of Cubism and then directed towards their own Cubist creation. The complication level of the project should correspond to student ability and interest.


• Basic Words: -air Phonics: Chair B&W
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• Basic Words: -air Phonics: Chair Color
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• Basic Words: -air Phonics: Hair B&W
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• Basic Words: -air Phonics: Hair Color
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• Basic Words: -air Phonics: Pair B&W
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• Basic Words: -air Phonics: Pair Color
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• Basic Words: -air Phonics: Stair B&W
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• Basic Words: -air Phonics: Stair Color
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• Basic Words: -ear Phonics: Bear B&W
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• Basic Words: -ear Phonics: Bear Color
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• Basic Words: -ear Phonics: Pear B&W
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• Basic Words: -ear Phonics: Pear Color
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• Basic Words: -ear Phonics: Tear B&W
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• Basic Words: -ear Phonics: Tear Color
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• Basic Words: -one Phonics: Bone B&W
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• Basic Words: -one Phonics: Bone Color
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• Basic Words: -one Phonics: Cone B&W
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• Basic Words: -one Phonics: Cone Color
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• Basic Words: -one Phonics: Phone B&W
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• Basic Words: -one Phonics: Phone Color
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• Basic Words: -uck Phonics: Duck B&W
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• Basic Words: -uck Phonics: Duck Color
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• Basic Words: -uck Phonics: Truck B&W
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• Basic Words: -uck Phonics: Truck Color
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• Basic Words: Banana B&W Labeled
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• Basic Words: Banana B&W Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Banana Color Labeled
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• Basic Words: Banana Color Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Bear B&W Labeled
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• Basic Words: Bear B&W Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Bear Color Labeled
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• Basic Words: Bear Color Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Bone B&W Labeled
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• Basic Words: Bone B&W Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Bone Color Labeled
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• Basic Words: Bone Color Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Chair B&W Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Chair Color Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Cone B&W Labeled
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• Basic Words: Cone B&W Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Cone Color Labeled
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• Basic Words: Cone Color Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Duck B&W Labeled
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• Basic Words: Duck B&W Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Duck Color Labeled
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• Basic Words: Duck Color Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Hair B&W Labeled
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• Basic Words: Hair B&W Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Hair Color Labeled
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• Basic Words: Hair Color Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Pair B&W Labeled
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• Basic Words: Pair B&W Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Pair Color Labeled
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• Basic Words: Pair Color Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Pear B&W Labeled
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• Basic Words: Pear B&W Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Pear Color Labeled
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• Basic Words: Pear Color Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Phone B&W Labeled
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• Basic Words: Phone B&W Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Phone Color Labeled
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• Basic Words: Phone Color Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Stair B&W Labeled
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• Basic Words: Stair B&W Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Stair Color Labeled
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• Basic Words: Stair Color Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Tear B&W Labeled
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• Basic Words: Tear B&W Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Tear Color Labeled
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• Basic Words: Tear Color Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Truck B&W Labeled
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• Basic Words: Truck B&W Unlabeled
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• Basic Words: Truck Color Labeled
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• Basic Words: Truck Color Unlabeled
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• Comprehension: Mardi Gras (middle school)
  A reading comprehension about this festive season.


• Craft: Stick Planter (elem)
  A simple craft using craft sticks and a milk carton to make a planter. This is a cute gift idea.


• Cut and Paste: Valentine Hearts (pre-k)
  Color, cut, and paste different sized hearts onto each other in order from largest to smallest. This is a fun Valentine project and good practice with understanding sizes.


• Cut and Paste: Valentine Hearts (pre-k)
  Color the hearts, cut them out, and paste them in order from smallest to largest.


• French: Clown Color by Number
  Color the clown according to the numbers. Colorier le clown selon les numéros.


• French: Clown Color by Number Word
  Color the clown according to the words. Colorier le clown selon les mots.


• French: Telling Time Dominoes
  Dominoes--practice using expressions for telling time. Dominos--renforcer les expressions pour dire l'heure.


• French: Clothing picture sentences
  Picture sentences with exercises,clothing. Phrases illustrées avec des exercises, v6etements.


• French: Dot-to-dot
  Follow the number words to connect the dots. Suivre les mots qui représentent les chiffres pour connecter les points.


• French: Winter clothing rebus
  Winter clothing rebus with exercises. Rebus pour les vêtements d'hiver avec des exercises.


• Frogs: Green & Black Poison Dart Frog B&W
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• Frogs: Green & Black Poison Dart Frog Color 1
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• Frogs: Green & Black Poison Dart Frog Color 2
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• Frogs: Pasco Poison Dart Frog B&W
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• Frogs: Pasco Poison Dart Frog Color 1
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• Frogs: Pasco Poison Dart Frog Color 2
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• Frogs: Strawberry Poison Dart Frog B&W
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• Frogs: Strawberry Poison Dart Frog Color 1
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• Frogs: Strawberry Poison Dart Frog Color 2
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• Frogs: Yellow Banded Poison Dart Frog Color 2
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• German: Bookmarks - Weather
  20 weather-themed bookmarks with color illustrations; English word above and German word below.


• German: Card Game - Weather
  "Hast du eine SONNE Karte?" Match the weather vocabulary cards in pairs in this vocabulary-building variation of Go Fish.


• German: Chart - Weather
  20 weather-related vocabulary words presented on a color chart. Useful for study or as a bulletin board decoration. In German/English, German only and unlabeled for review practice.


• German: Crossword - Weather
  1 ACROSS: Air in movement.


• German: Flashcards - Weather
  Picture cards with vocabulary words in German (sun, rain...) AND flashcards with German and English. Twenty words in all.


• German: Glyph - August
  "Wenn du Ferien magst, male den Buchstaben ‚A’ rot an." This lesson combines color vocabulary, August vocabulary, and following directions.


• German: Glyph - December
  "Wenn du den Winter magst, male den Buchstaben ‚D’ rot an." This lesson combines color vocabulary, December vocabulary, and following directions.


• German: Glyph - Fall
  "Wenn du den Herbst magst, male die Blätter rot an." This lesson combines color vocabulary, fall vocabulary, and following directions.


• German: Glyph - February
  "Wenn du jemand liebst, male den Buchstaben ‚F’ rot an." This lesson combines color vocabulary, February vocabulary, and following directions.


• German: Glyph - January
  "Wenn du Eis laufen kannst, male den Buchstaben ‚J’ rot an." This lesson combines color vocabulary, January vocabulary, and following directions.


• German: Glyph - July
  "Wenn du Feuerwerke magst, male den Buchstaben ‚J’ rot an." This lesson combines color vocabulary, July vocabulary, and following directions.


• German: Glyph - June
  "Wenn du den Sommer magst, male den Buchstaben ‚J’ rot an." This lesson combines color vocabulary, June vocabulary, and following directions.


• German: Glyph - March
  Wenn du Hasen magst, male den Buchstaben ‚M’ rot an. This lesson combines color vocabulary, March vocabulary, and following directions.


• German: Glyph - November
  "Wenn du Nebel magst, male den Buchstaben ‚N’ rot an." This lesson combines color vocabulary, November vocabulary, and following directions.


• German: Glyph - October
  "Wenn du Halloween feierst, male den Buchstaben ‚O’ rot an." This lesson combines color vocabulary, October vocabulary, and following directions.


• German: Glyph - September
  "Wenn du schöne Ferien hattest, male den Buchstaben ‚S’ rot an." This lesson combines color vocabulary, September vocabulary, and following directions.


• German: Glyph - Summer
  "Wenn du den Sommer magst, male die Blätter grün an." This lesson combines color vocabulary, summer vocabulary, and following directions.


• German: Matching - Weather
  Two matching exercises: match German vocabulary words with color illustrations, and match German vocabulary words with their English counterparts. With answers.


• German: Picture Sentences - Weather
  "Das Wetter ist heiß." Choose the sentence that best matches the picture.


• German: Unscramble the Words - Weather
  From EIS to WOLKE - unscramble the weather-related vocabulary words.


• German: Word Search
  Find the words, from EIS to WOLKE - in this lightning-storm-shaped puzzle.


• German: Word Wall - Weather
  Twenty basic weather vocabulary words from EIS to WOLKE.


• Jaguar B&W
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• Jaguar Color 1
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• Jaguar Color 2
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• Math Activity: 100th Day Shapes (primary)
  Color the shapes the correct colors, then count the shapes and make a bar graph to show your results. This is a great 100th day activity.


• Polygon06 0/6 B&W
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• Polygon06 1/6 B&W
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• Polygon06 2/6 B&W
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• Polygon06 3/6 B&W
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• Polygon06 4/6 B&W
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• Polygon06 5/6 B&W
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• Polygon06 6/6 B&W
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• Polygon07 0/7 B&W
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• Polygon07 1/7 B&W
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• Polygon07 2/7 B&W
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• Polygon07 3/7 B&W
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• Polygon07 4/7 B&W
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• Polygon07 5/7 B&W
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• Polygon07 6/7 B&W
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• Polygon07 7/7 B&W
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• Polygon08 0/8 B&W
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• Polygon08 1/8 B&W
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• Polygon08 2/8 B&W
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• Polygon08 3/8 B&W
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• Polygon08 4/8 B&W
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• Polygon08 5/8 B&W
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• Polygon08 6/8 B&W
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• Polygon08 7/8 B&W
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• Polygon08 8/8 B&W
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• Sorting: circles (b&w)
  


• Sorting: circles (color)
  


• Sorting: flowers (b&w)
  


• Sorting: flowers (color)
  


• Sorting: Hearts (b&w)
  


• Sorting: shapes (whole set) b&w
  Whole set for one easy download


• Sorting: shapes (whole set) color
  Whole set for one easy download


• Sorting: squares (b&w)
  


• Sorting: squares (color)
  


• Sorting: triangle (b&w)
  


• Sorting: triangles (color)
  


• Spanish 5AP: Un crucigrama - Características Personales #1 (Secundaria-Avanzado)
  Lista de vocabulario para nivel avanzado de español (nivel 5AP). Características Personales #1. Vocabulary list for advanced Spanish (level 5AP). Personal Characteristics #1.


• Testing Practice: Answer Sheets
  3 different "fill in the bubble" type answer sheets to use in conjunction with the Testing Practice pages.


• Testing Practice: Language Arts (Level 3)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 13 page document tests language arts skills such as spelling, parts of speech, capitalization, alphabetizing, and more. These are approximately the skills tested in third grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Language Arts (Level 1)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 9 page document tests knowledge of punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, alphabetization, spelling, and more. These are approximately the skills tested in first grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Language Arts (Level 2)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 11 page document tests knowledge of grammar, spelling, punctuation, parts of speech, pronouns, alphabetization, and more. These are approximately the skills tested in second grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Language Arts (Level 4)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 13 page document tests knowledge of spelling, parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation, and more. These are approximately the skills tested in fourth grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Math (Level 1)
  This series of practice tests replicates the style of many standardized tests. Levels 1 and 2 use bubbles, so you may want to print our "Testing Practice Answer Sheet". Use these tests to ascertain your students' knowledge of shapes, counting, addition, patterns, graph-reading and more, or to help them understand this testing style. Six pages of tests.


• Testing Practice: Math (level 2)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 6 page document tests math skills such as addition, place value, subtraction, multiplication, patterns, shapes, and more. These are approximately the skills tested in second grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Math (Level 2)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 9 page document tests math skills such as addition and subtraction, chart- and graph-reading, place value and more. These are approximately the skills tested in second grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Math (level 3)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 6 page document tests math skills such as place value, addition, subtraction, rounding, multiplication, division and more. These are approximately the skills tested in third grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Math (Level 3)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 8 page document tests math skills such as patterns, rounding, symmetry, division, probability, area, graph reading, congruence, estimation, shapes and more. These are approximately the skills tested in third grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Math (Level 4)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 10 page document tests math skills such as addition, multiplication, percentages, shapes, division, probability, graph-reading, area, perimeter, units of measurement, place value and more. These are approximately the skills tested in fourth grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Math (level 4)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 6 page document tests math skills such as addition, multiplication, estimation, congruence, division, even/odd numbers, perimeter, units of measurement, place value and more. These are approximately the skills tested in fourth grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Nonsense Words (blends)
  Similar to DIBELS; students demonstrate early literacy skills by reading nonsense words aloud.


• Testing Practice: Nonsense Words (digraphs)
  Similar to DIBELS; students demonstrate early literacy skills by reading nonsense words aloud.


• Testing Practice: Nonsense Words (long vowels 1)
  Similar to DIBELS; students demonstrate early literacy skills by reading nonsense words aloud.


• Testing Practice: Nonsense Words (short vowels)
  Similar to DIBELS; students demonstrate early literacy skills by reading nonsense words aloud.


• Testing Practice: Reading (primary)
  Eleven one-page reading comprehensions, formatted like a standardized test. Great testing practice! This is approximately a skill tested in first grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Reading (Level 1)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 11 page document tests reading skills. These are approximately skills tested in first grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Reading (Level 2)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 10 page document tests reading skills. These are approximately the skills tested in second grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Reading (Level 3)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 11 page document tests reading skills. These are approximately skills tested in third grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Reading (Level 4)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 11 page document tests reading comprehension, prefixes and suffixes, and more. these are approximately skills tested in fourth grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Reading Comprehension (Level 5)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 11 page document tests reading comprehension. This is approximately a skill tested in fifth grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Testing Practice: Synonyms and Antonyms (level 1)
  Formatted like a standardized test, this 1 page document tests knowledge of synonyms and antonyms. This is approximately a skill tested in first grade, although state standards vary widely.


• Valentine Doves 1 B&W
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• Valentine Doves 1 Color
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• Valentine Doves 1 Grayscale
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• Valentine Doves 2 B&W
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• Valentine Doves 2 Color
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• Valentine Doves 2 Grayscale
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• Word Crypto: Antonym theme (elem)
  Fill in the missing letters to spell the opposite of each provided word; then use the letters to decode the secret message! Vocabulary fun. This easier version provides a word bank.


• Word Crypto: Antonym theme (elem/ upper elem)
  Fill in the missing letters for the opposite of each word; then use the letters to decode the secret message! Vocabulary fun.


• Worksheet: Beginning Sounds Long A
  Circle the pictures with the LONG A beginning sound. Teacher expectations should match student ability/vocabulary. acorn, ace, alien, apron, ape.


• Worksheet: Beginning Sounds Long E
  Circle the pictures with the LONG E beginning sound. Teacher expectations should match student ability/vocabulary. eagle, eel, eraser, ear


• Worksheet: Beginning Sounds Long I
  Circle the pictures with the LONG I beginning sound. Teacher expectations should match student ability/vocabulary. Ice cream, iris, ivy, iron, icicle, island.


• Worksheet: Beginning Sounds Long O
  Circle the pictures with the LONG O beginning sound. Teacher expectations should match student ability/vocabulary. oboe, orangutan, old, oval, opossum.


• Worksheet: Beginning Sounds Long U
  Circle the pictures with the LONG U beginning sound. Teacher expectations should match student ability/vocabulary. ukelele, unicorn, university, utensils.


• Worksheet: Beginning Sounds Short A
  Circle the pictures with the SHORT A beginning sound. Teacher expectations should match student ability/vocabulary. ant, apple, alphabet, ambulance, alligator, antelope.


• Worksheet: Beginning Sounds Short E
  Circle the pictures with the SHORT E beginning sound. Teacher expectations should match student ability/vocabulary. egg, elephant, elk, extinguisher, eggplant.


• Worksheet: Beginning Sounds Short I
  Circle the pictures with the SHORT I beginning sound. Teacher expectations should match student ability/vocabulary. inch, iguana, ink, infant, igloo.


• Worksheet: Beginning Sounds Short O
  Circle the pictures with the SHORT O beginning sound. Teacher expectations should match student ability/vocabulary. otter, ostrich, olive, ox, octopus.


• Worksheet: Beginning Sounds Short U
  Circle the pictures with the SHORT U beginning sound. Teacher expectations should match student ability/vocabulary. umbrella, up, umpire, usher.