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

New Materials

• Board Game: Caterpillar Counting (preschool) -b/w
  Count the flowers on each circle. Match the circle to the section on the caterpillar with the corresponding number.


• Board Game: Caterpillar Counting (preschool) -color
  Match the circle with the flowers to the section on the caterpillar with the corresponding number.


• Board Game: Caterpillar Math Facts (preschool) -b/w
  Match the game pieces to the correct numbers on the caterpillar game board to solve the math facts.


• Board Game: Caterpillar Math Facts (preschool) -color
  Match the game pieces with the correct circles on the caterpillar game board to solve the math facts.


• Board Game: Ladybug Counting (preschool) -b/w
  Count the spots on each ladybug. Match the ladybug to the flower with the corresponding number.


• Board Game: Ladybug Counting (preschool) -color
  Count the spots on each ladybug. Match the ladybug to the flower with the corresponding number.


• Grid Coloring: Daisy
  Follow the directions and color the grid to make the shape of a daisy. Grid coloring is great for developing early map skills.


• Grid Coloring: Tulip
  Follow the directions and color the grid to make the shape of a tulip. Grid coloring is great for developing early map skills.


• Grid Coloring: Umbrella
  Follow the directions and color the grid to make the shape of an umbrella. Grid coloring is great for developing early map skills.


• Bingo Cards: Long and Short A Vowel Sounds
  Set of twenty bingo cards for long and short A vowel sound words.


• Bingo: Long and Short A Vowel Sounds - checklist
  Use this sheet to check which long and short A vowel sound words have been called.


• Flashcards: Long and Short A Vowel Sounds
  Flashcards for many long and short A vowel sound words, with a picture for each word. These flashcards match our bingo cards.


• Pattern Blocks: Small (color)
  Use these pattern blocks to create the suggested pattern block patterns, or create your own design. Print on cardstock or laminate for longer use. The small cards exactly match the pattern block patterns available on abcteach.


• Tangram: Animal
  


• Tangram: Pattern Cards - Abstract
  


• Tangram: People (1)
  


• Incentive Chart: Pizza
  Color or place a sticker on each section of the pizza for each skill completed.


• Incentive Chart: Train
  Color or place a sticker on each section of the train for each skill completed.


• Incentive Chart: Tree
  Color or place a sticker on each leaf of the tree for each skill completed.


• Pattern Blocks: Large (b/w)
  Use these pattern blocks to create the suggested pattern block patterns, or create your own design. Print on cardstock or laminate for longer use.


• Pattern Blocks: Large (color)
  Use these pattern blocks to create the suggested pattern block patterns, or create your own design. Print on cardstock or laminate for longer use.


• Pattern Blocks: Medium (b/w)
  Use these pattern blocks to create the suggested pattern block patterns, or create your own design. Print on cardstock or laminate for longer use.


• Pattern Blocks: Medium (color)
  Use these pattern blocks to create the suggested pattern block patterns, or create your own design. Print on cardstock or laminate for longer use.


• Pattern Blocks: Small (b/w)
  Use these pattern blocks to create the suggested pattern block patterns, or create your own design. Print on cardstock or laminate for longer use. The small cards exactly match the pattern block patterns available on abcteach.


• Chart: State Facts
  State, capital, state flower, state bird, state animal, and the date of statehood, all organized on four pages. Beautiful color pages with each flower, bird, and animal are available on the abcteach member site.


• Color and Write: Emotions Journal (elem/upper elem)
  A small picture to color showing the emotion and space to write WHEN you feel that way. Happy, lonely, shy, jealous, sad, proud, angry, nervous, scared, excited.


• Color and Write: Emotions Journal (primary.elem)
  A large picture to color showing the emotion and space to write WHEN you feel that way. Happy, lonely, shy, jealous, sad, proud, angry, nervous, scared, excited.


• Coloring Page: Barn
  


• Coloring Page: Barn 2
  


• Coloring Page: Duck
  


• Coloring Page: Pig 2
  Simple pig outline.


• Craft: Apple Candle Holder (upper elem)
  Attractive apple candle holder -- great for fall!


• Craft: Bird Feeder (elem)
  Easy-to-make bird feeder.


• Craft: Bubble Painting (elem)
  Instructions on how to make beautiful bubble paintings.


• Craft: Bug Inn (elementary)
  Make a luxurious hotel for those little six-legged guests (don't forget to release them again!)


• Craft: Edible Art (primary)
  Great craft idea for art that nourishes more than your eyes.


• Craft: Edible Art 2 (elem)
  Another idea for nourishing art!


• Craft: Food Color Paintings (elem)
  Make easy and brilliant paintings from food color.


• Craft: Marble Painting (elem)
  Cool idea for abstract art using paints and marbles.


• Craft: Mini Sailboats (elem)
  Make miniature sailboats out of nutshells.


• Craft: Snake Charmer (elem)
  Charm your very own snake with this great project.


• Craft: Tidal Wave (elem)
  Make your own miniature tidal wave in a bottle with this cool project!


• Shapebook: Barn
  Trace and cut out for a shapebook.

Seasonal Materials

• Holidays, Months, and Seasons >> Holidays >> Arbor Day
• Holidays, Months, and Seasons >> Holidays >> Easter
• Holidays, Months, and Seasons >> Holidays >> Earth Day

• Brainstorm: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  This worksheet introduces the concept of "reduce, reuse, recycle". Students then brainstorm household items and decide in which category to place the items.


• Comprehension: Earth Day (upper elem/ middle)
  Fact-filled reading comprehension presents the purpose of Earth Day, the problems facing the Earth, and some actions students can take to prevent those problems.


• Maze: Earth Day 2 (easy)
  Put the apple core in the trash can.


• Writing Prompt: Earth Day (elem/ upper elem)
  Lined paper to respond to a question about the purpose and activities of Earth Day.


• Writing Prompt: Arbor Day (elem)
  "Why are trees important?"


• Writing Prompt: Tree Similes (elem)
  Briefly explains similes and encourages students to write their own on the theme of trees.

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New Member Material

• Alphabet Letter Patterns: Raindrops and Umbrellas (b/w)
  The letters of the alphabet, presented in black outline, filled with rain clouds, raindrops, and umbrellas. Four letters to a page. Great for bulletin boards, desk decorations, and more. These match our April rain calendar headers.


• Alphabet Letter Patterns: Raindrops and Umbrellas (color)
  The letters of the alphabet, presented in black outline, filled with colorful rain clouds, raindrops, and umbrellas. Four letters to a page. Great for bulletin boards, desk decorations, and more. These match our April rain calendar headers.


• Bookmarks: Easter (b/w)
  


• Bookmarks: Easter (color)
  


• Comprehension: Easter (upper elem/middle)
  Explains some of the religious traditions around Easter (including Lent, Palm Sunday, Good Friday,...). Reviews comprehension with true/false and vocabulary questions.


• Craft: "Happy Easter" Bunny
  A more complex craft, with included patterns, in which students make a dimensional paper bunny wall hanging. Also suitable for non-denominational spring season celebration.


• Craft: Edible Ladybugs (upper elementary)
  Bite-sized chocolates are transformed into a garden patch of adorable ladybugs with construction paper and glue.


• Book: Just a Dream (elem/upper elem)
  Rather than focusing on text, this lesson addressses Chris Van Allsburg's use of light and shadow to tell a dystopian fairy tale... but it was surely just a dream. This is a great art appreciation lesson.


• Comprehension: Cathedral State Park (elem)
  A factual reading comprehension about the trees in West Virginia's ancient hemlock forest.


• Comprehension: Cathedral State Park (upper elem/middle)
  A factual reading comprehension about the trees in West Virginia's ancient hemlock forest.


• Maze: Earth Day 1 (easier)
  Put the can into the recycling bin


• Worksheet: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  Introduce students to the "Three Rs" of Earth Day in a clear, simple lesson with easily understood examples and a sorting exercise.


• Bar Graph: Arbor Day
  Use a bar graph to determine the types of trees planted on Arbor Day.


• Comprehension: Arbor Day (primary)
  Arbor Day is the last Friday in April. This great Arbor Day mini-unit features a story, a word search, and more!


• Comprehension: Skeletal System (upper elem/middle)
  Three reading comprehensions (Your Skeleton, Diseases of the Skeleton, Take Care of Your Skeleton) clearly and simply explain how the skeletal system works and how to keep it working.


• Doorhangers: Set of 8
  Eight handy doorhangers for various occasions: please come to conference room; gone to lunch; we're on a field trip today; we'll return at ___ o'clock; meeting in progress, please do not enter; planning period teacher not in; testing, do not disturb; parent teacher conference do not enter.


• Book: The Monster in Harry's Backyard (elem)
  Comprehenison and vocabulary questions to review Karen Gray Ruelle's story of a mysterious backyard monster.


• Desk Tag: Clown
  Foldable desk tag.


• Mini-Unit: The Art of a Page (elem/upper elem)
  A reading comprehension and worksheet on how the way the words look in a book is a kind of art.


• Worksheet: What does not belong? (mixed theme, b/w)
  In each row, circle the item that is different (the odd teddy bear, the odd ant, the odd clock, the odd cat). This worksheet helps develop attention to detail.


• Book: Mr. Putter and Tabby Make a Wish (primary/elem)
  Vocabulary and comprehension exercises for the Cynthia Rylant book.


• Book: Mr. Putter and Tabby Stir the Soup (primary/elem)
  Vocabulary and comprehension exercises for the Cynthia Rylant book.


• Book: Mr. Putter and Tabby Take the Train (primary/elem)
  Vocabulary and comprehension exercises for the Cynthia Rylant book.


• Cartoon Bunny 1 B&W
  cartoon animals illustration


• Cartoon bunny 1 Color 1
  cartoon animals illustration


• Cartoon Bunny 1 Color 2
  cartoon animals illustration


• Cartoon Bunny 2 B&W
  cartoon animals illustration


• Cartoon Bunny 2 Color 1
  cartoon bunny illustration


• Cartoon Bunny 2 Color 2
  cartoon bunny illustration


• Cartoon Bunny 3 B&W
  cartoon animals illustration


• Cartoon Bunny 3 Color 1
  cartoon animals illustration


• Cartoon Bunny 3 Color 2
  cartoon animals illustration


• Cartoon Bunny 4 B&W
  cartoon animals illustration


• Cartoon Bunny 4 Color 1
  cartoon animals illustration


• Cartoon Bunny 4 Color 2
  cartoon animals illustration


• Cartoon Professor Pencil B&W
  cartoon pens and pencils illustration


• Cartoon Professor Pencil Color
  cartoon pens and pencils illustration


• Cartoon Professor Pencil Red Color
  cartoon pens and pencils illustration


• Comprehension: The Holocaust (upper elem/ middle)
  Three pages explore the Holocaust; reading comprehension questions range from multiple choice to short essay and include creating a timeline to track events related to the Holocaust from the end of World War I to the end of the second World War.


• Easter Bunny on Skateboard B&W
  holidays illustration


• Easter Bunny on Skateboard Color
  holidays illustration


• Flower B&W
  seasons illustration


• Flower Color
  seasons illustration


• Flower Grayscale
  seasons illustration


• Flower: Tulip B&W
  seasons illustration


• Flower: Tulip Color
  seasons illustration


• Flower: Tulip Grayscale
  seasons illustration


• French: Elementary Telling Time
  Elementary writing exercise for telling time. Exercice écrit élémentaire pour dire l'heure.


• French: Four Posters--Nasal Sounds
  Individual posters with phonetic symbol and example of four French nasal sounds. Quatre affiches qui montrent les symboles phonétiques et un exemple des sons nasaux.


• French: Sound Discrimination Grid Exercise
  In teams or individually, players must follow the oral instructions of the teacher by writing in grid spaces. If they understand and execute the directions correctly, they will receive a "secret" message. Good practice for numbers and sound discrimination. Les joueurs individuels ou les groupes suivent les instructions orales du professeur en marquant les réponses dans une certaine case de la grille. Les bonnes réponses mènent à un message secret. Renforcer la compréhension des nombres et la discrimination des sons.


• French: Fruit and Vegetable Crypto
  Write the fruit and vegetable vocabulary word, then solve the crypto to find the mystery word. Écrire le mot de vocabulaire pour les fruits et légumes et désembrouiller les lettres coloriées pour trouver le mot secret.


• French: Homophone Crossword
  Do the crossword based on French words that sound alike but are written differently. With or without word bank. Faire les mots croisés autour des homophones. Avec ou sans liste de mots.


• French: Homophone Exercise
  French written homophone exercise. An alternative to the homophone crossword. Exercice écrit sur les homophones. Mêmes mots que les mots croisés homophones.


• French: Nasal Vowel Writing Exercise
  Using "un bon vin blanc" as a guide, write the words with nasal vowels in the proper column. Selon le modèle "un bon vin blanc", écrire les mots dans la colonne avec les mêmes sons.


• French: Odd Man Out Exercise
  Written Exercise. Eliminate the word with the different sound. Special bonus opportunity. Using the homophones of a nonsensical sentence, create a sentence in good French. Exercice écrit. Éliminer le mot qui contient un son différent. Bonus! Traduire une phrase absurde composée d'homophones en bon français.


• French: Phonetic Card Game
  Matching pairs or "Go Fish" type card game to practice pronunciation and discrimination of two commonly confused French nasal sounds-- "on" and "an". Jeu de cartes du genre "Pioche" pour renforcer la prononciation de deux sons nasaux difficiles--"on" et "an".


• French: Phonetic Sound Exercise
  Teacher reads sentence, students determine the number of times a specific sound occurs. Le professeur lit une phrase, les élèves comptent combien de fois ils entendent un certain son.


• French: Poster with Four Nasal Sounds
  Poster showing letter combinations for four nasal sounds. Affiche qui démontre quatre sons nasaux.


• French: Sound Discrimination Bingo
  Bingo game to develop auditory discrimination of French sounds. Jeu de Bingo pour développer la discrimination des sons français.


• French: Three Nasal Sounds Poster
  Poster showing letter combinations for three nasal sounds. Affiche qui démontre trois sons nasaux.


• German: Bookmarks - Chores
  Twelve bookmarks with German chore-related vocabulary words, the English translations and color illustrations.


• German: Cardgame - Chores
  "Hast du eine 'KEHREN' Karte?" Learn German vocabulary related to chores and work around the house with this card game, similar to 'Go Fish'.


• German: Chart - Chores
  Chart of German chore-related vocabulary words, with color illustrations. Three versions: one with English translations, one with German only, and one with no words, only illustrations, to use as a worksheet.


• German: Crossword - Chores
  1. DOWN: To clean with a broom


• German: Flashcards - Chores
  Three versions of cards for German chore-related vocabulary: with a color illustration and the German word, with the illustration only, and flashcards with the German word and its English counterpart.


• German: Matching - Chores
  Two matching worksheets to practice German chore-related vocabulary words. In the first, match the German vocabulary words to the corresponding color illustration. In the second, match the German word to its English counterpart.


• German: Picture Sentences - Chores
  "Ich will staubsaugen." Choose the sentence that corresponds to the color illustration.


• German: Word Search - Chores
  Find the words from "ABSTAUBEN" to "WASCHEN" in this cat-shaped puzzle.


• German: Word Unscramble - Chores
  From "ABSTAUBEN" to "WASCHEN"


• German: Word Wall - Chores
  From "ABSTAUBEN" to "WAESCHE WASCHEN".


• Happy Easter B&W
  holidays illustration


• Happy Easter Color 1
  holidays illustration


• Happy Easter Color 2
  holidays illustration


• Kids: Chores: Mowing the Lawn B&W
  chores illustration


• Kids: Chores: Mowing the Lawn Color
  chores illustration


• Kids: Chores: Mowing the Lawn Grayscale
  chores illustration


• Kids: Chores: Washing the Dishes B&W
  chores illustration


• Kids: Chores: Washing the Dishes Color
  chores illustration


• Kids: Chores: Washing the Dishes Grayscale
  chores illustration


• Ladybug B&W
  animals illustration


• Ladybug Color
  animals illustration


• Ladybug Grayscale
  animals illustration


• Paper Bag Puppet: Animals - Bunny
  


• Religious: Cross 2 B&W
  holidays illustration


• Religious: Cross 2 Color 1
  holidays illustration


• Religious: Cross 2 Color 2
  holidays illustration


• Religious: Cross 3 B&W
  holidays illustration


• Religious: Cross 3 Color 1
  holidays illustration


• Religious: Cross 3 Color 2
  holidays illustration


• Sun 4 B&W
  seasons illustration


• Sun 4 Color 1
  seasons illustration


• Sun 4 Color 2
  seasons illustration


• Tree B&W
  seasons illustration


• Tree Color
  seasons illustration


• Tree Grayscale
  seasons illustration