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!

We've added a host of fantastic holiday material this week. Be sure to check it out!  

New Materials

• Foldable Desk Tag: Snowflakes 1
  


• Foldable Desk Tag: Snowflakes 2
  


• Foldable Desk Tag: Snowflakes 3
  


• Book: David Gets in Trouble (preschool/primary)
  Picture prompts, easy writing prompts, and a word search to review David Shannon's sequel to "No, David".


• Book: Good Boy, Fergus (preschool, primary)
  Picture prompts and writing prompts to review David Shannon's cute story of a dog who sometimes gets into trouble.


• Proofreading Practice: Megan and the Bat (upper elem/middle)
  "She throw the ball into the air and, then hit it with her base ball bat." Find the errors (punctuation, grammar, spelling, and capitalization) in the text.


• Proofreading Practice: The Iditarod (upper elem/middle)
  "The Iditarod is a dog sled race that is held every year in alaska in March." Find the errors (punctuation, grammar, spelling, and capitalization) in the text.


• Picture Reading: Transportation theme (preschool/primary)
  Five worksheets: Match the picture to the word, copy the word under the picture, write the word under the picture, write the word under the picture to complete the sentence, and write the word to complete the sentence. Vocabulary: bike, boat, bus, car, plane van


• Guided Reading: Black and White (primary/elem)
  Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of David Macaulay's 1991 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts.


• Guided Reading: Flotsam (primary/elem)
  Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of David Wiesner's 2007 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts.


• Guided Reading: The Biggest Bear (primary/elem)
  Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of Lynd Ward's 1953 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts.


• Guided Reading: The Egg Tree (primary/elem)
  Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of Katherine Milhous's 1951 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts.


• Guided Reading: Where the Wild Things Are (primary/elem)
  Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of Maurice Sendak's 1964 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts.


• Comprehension: Ecology (upper elem/middle)
  Informative science-based reading comprehension.


• Comprehension: Freshwater Biome (upper elem/middle)
  Informative science reading comprehension.


• Word Sort Center: -arm Words
  Cards with words and matching pictures for the -arm word family, these can be used in matching games and word sort center activities.


• Word Sort Center: -ir Words
  Cards with words and matching pictures for the -ir word family, these can be used in matching games and word sort center activities.


• Word Sort Center: -ob Words
  Cards with words and matching pictures for the -ob word family, these can be used in matching games and word sort center activities.


• Word Sort Center: -ock Words
  Cards with words and matching pictures for the -ock word family, these can be used in matching games and word sort center activities.

Seasonal Materials

• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> New Year
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Christmas
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Booklet: Christmas Around the World (primary/elem)
  This booklet briefly and simply explains some of the more common Christmas celebrations around the world: St. Lucia Day, Las Posadas, Noel, Sinterklaas, Boxing Day, Epiphany, and Christmas in Germany and the southern hemisphere.


• Comprehension: Vesele Vanoce (upper elem)
  This reading comprehension explains many Czech Christmas traditions from the perspective of a young Czech boy.


• Comprehension: Feliz Navidad (upper elem)
  This reading comprehension explains many Mexican Christmas traditions from the perspective of a young Mexican girl. Includes Christmas-themed Spanish vocabulary, and a page for reviewing this vocabulary.


• Comprehension: Frohe Weihnachten (upper elem)
  This reading comprehension explains many German and Austrian Christmas traditions from the perspective of a young German boy. Includes Christmas-themed German vocabulary and a page for reviewing this vocabulary.


• Comprehension: Merry Christmas (upper elem)
  This reading comprehension presents many U.S. Christmas traditions from the perspective of a young American girl. From our "Christmas Around the World" series.


• Picture Reading: Epiphany (primary/elem)
  Use the pictures above some words to help decode the text in this simple, factual text about Epiphany. This is one in a new series of holiday readers on our member site.


• Unit: Candy Canes (elementary)
  This unit contains a reading comprehension on the legendary origin of candy canes, a graph for charting candy cane flavor popularity, math, and more.


• Unit: Martin Luther King, Jr. (upper elem/middle)
  Ten pages, featuring writing prompts, a KWL, report planner, and more.

Spanish Materials

• Spanish: Poster - "Estación de trenes" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase o la escuela: Estación de trenesPoster/sign for the classroom or school: Train Station.


• Spanish: Poster - "El Rincón del Escritor" (elmentaria)
  Poster/señal para el rincón del escritor. Poster/sign: Writer's corner.


• Spanish: Poster - "El Rincón del Ilustrador" (elmentaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase. Poster/sign for the classroom: "Illustrator's corner"


• Spanish: Poster - "Inglés" (elementaria)
  Poster para el centro de inglés. English center poster.


• Spanish: Poster - "La Biblioteca" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase o escuela: "La Biblioteca". Poster/sign for the classroom or school: "La Biblioteca" (Library)


• Spanish: Poster - "La Casa" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase: "La Casa". Poster/sign for the classroom: The house.


• Spanish: Poster - "La Escuela" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase o la escuela. Poster/sign for the classroom or school.


• Spanish: Poster - "La Salida" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase o la escuela: La Salida. Poster/sign for the classroom or school: Exit.


• Spanish: Poster - "La Salud" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase o la escuela: La Salud. Poster/sign for the classroom or school: Health.


• Spanish: Poster - "La Tarea" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase: La Tarea. Poster/sign for the classroom: Homework.


• Spanish: Poster - "Las Gomas de Borrar" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase: Las Gomas de Borrar. Poster/sign for the classroom: Erasers.


• Spanish: Poster - "Las Mochilas" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase: Las Mochilas. Poster/signfor the classroom: Backpacks.


• Spanish: Poster - "Las Tijeras" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase: Las Tijeras. Poster/sign for the classroom: Scissors.


• Spanish: Poster - "Lectura" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para el centro de lectura. Poster/sign for the reading center.


• Spanish: Poster - "Lenguage" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para el centro de lenguage. Poster/sign for the language center.


• Spanish: Poster - "Los marcadores" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase: Los marcadores. Poster/sign for the classroom: Marquers


• Spanish: Poster - "Lápices de Colores" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase: Los Lápices de Colores. Poster/sign for the classroom: Color Pencils.


• Spanish: Poster - "Lávate las manos" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase o la escuela: Lávate las manos. Poster/sign for the classroom or the school: Wash your hands.


• Spanish: Poster - "Rincón de Matemáticas" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para la clase: Centro de Matemáticas. Poster/sign for the classroom: Math Center.


• Spanish: Poster - "Rincón de Música" (elementaria)
  Poster/señal para el centro de música. Poster/sign for the music center.

French Materials

• French: Affiche—Conjugaison de “finir”. Sans illustration.
  Deux affiches de tailles différentes qui montrent la conjugaison du verbe “finir” au présent de l’indicatif. Two posters of different sizes illustrating the conjugation of “finir” in the present indicative.


• French: Affiche—Conjugaison de “finir”. Avec Illustration.
  Deux affiches de tailles différentes qui montrent la conjugaison du verbe “finir” au présent de l’indicatif. Two posters of different sizes illustrating the conjugation of “finir” in the present indicative.


• French: Affiche—Conjugaison de “parler”. Avec illustration.
  Deux affiches de tailles différentes qui montrent la conjugaison du verbe “parler” au présent de l’indicatif. Two posters of different sizes illustrating the conjugation of “parler” in the present indicative.


• French: Affiche—Conjugaison de “parler”. Sans illustration.
  Deux affiches de tailles différentes qui montrent la conjugaison du verbe “parler” au présent de l’indicatif. Two posters of different sizes illustrating the conjugation of “parler” in the present indicative.


• French: Affiche—Conjugaison de “vendre”. Avec illustration.
  Deux affiches de tailles différentes qui montrent la conjugaison du verbe “vendre au présent de l’indicatif. Two posters of different sizes illustrating the conjugation of “vendre” in the present indicative.


• French: Affiche—Conjugaison de “vendre”. Sans illustration.
  Deux affiches de tailles différentes qui montrent la conjugaison du verbe “vendre” au présent de l’indicatif. Two posters of different sizes illustrating the conjugation of “vendre” in the present indicative.


• French: Marque-pages—conjugaisons, b/w
  Reference bookmarks with basic conjugations of regular verbs in the present indicative—“parler”, “finir”, “vendre”. Des marque-pages avec les conjugaisons des verbes réguliers au présent de l’indicatif—“parler”, “finir”, “vendre”.


• French: Marque-pages—conjugaisons, color
  Reference bookmarks with basic conjugations of regular verbs in the present indicative—“parler”, “finir”, “vendre”. Des marque-pages avec les conjugaisons des verbes réguliers au présent de l’indicatif—“parler”, “finir”, “vendre”.


• French: Matching/Memory Game. Verb “finir”
  Match the subject and correct verb forms. Inter-locking puzzle feature allows self-check. Associer le sujet et la forme correcte du verb. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Matching/Memory Game. Verb “vendre”
  Match the subject and correct verb forms. Inter-locking puzzle feature allows self-check. Associer le sujet et la forme correcte du verb. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French:Jeu des verbes "-ir" 1 de 2
  Board game. Build and state sentences using “-ir” verbs. Construire et énoncer des phrases avec les verbes qui se terminent en “-ir”.


• French:Jeu des verbes—“ir” 2de 2
  Board game. Build and state sentences using “-ir” verbs. Construire et énoncer des phrases avec les verbes qui se terminent en “-ir”.


• French:Jeu des verbes—“re”
  Board game. Build and state sentences using “-re” verbs. Construire et énoncer des phrases avec les verbes qui se terminent en “-re”.

German Materials

• German: Poster - EAT
  Full color picture with the word EAT in German. These posters coordinate with matching sets in English and Spanish.


• German: Poster - JUMP
  Full color picture with the word JUMP in German. These posters coordinate with matching sets in English and Spanish.


• German: Poster - LISTEN
  Full color picture with the word LISTEN in German. These posters coordinate with matching sets in English and Spanish.


• German: Poster - LOOK
  Full color picture with the word LOOK in German. These posters coordinate with matching sets in English and Spanish.


• German: Poster - RUN
  Full color picture with the word RUN in German. These posters coordinate with matching sets in English and Spanish.


• German: Poster - SING
  Full color picture with the word SING in German. These posters coordinate with matching sets in English and Spanish.


• German: Poster - STUDY
  Full color picture with the word STUDY in German. These posters coordinate with matching sets in English and Spanish.


• German: Poster - WALK
  Full color picture with the word WALK in German. These posters coordinate with matching sets in English and Spanish.

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