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

New Materials

• Speech: Gettysburg Address
  Abraham Lincoln's famous "Gettysburg Address". Worksheets to review the speech are available on our member site.


• Template: Book Report Form for General Fiction
  Students can type a simple book report into this Word template.


• Glyph: Chinese Zodiac - Rabbit (upper elementary)
  "If you are cautious like the rabbit, color the rabbit’s paws brown." Color the picture to match the characteristics of this animal in the Chinese zodiac. Great vocabulary.


• Glyph: Chinese Zodiac - Rooster (upper elementary)
  "If you are alert like the rooster, color the rooster’s beak orange." Color the picture to match the characteristics of this animal in the Chinese zodiac. Great vocabulary.


• Glyph: Chinese Zodiac - Sheep (upper elementary)
  "If you are shy like the sheep, color the grass green."


• Glyph: Chinese Zodiac - Snake (upper elementary)
  If you are calm like the snake, color the "snake’s snout orange."


• Glyph: Chinese Zodiac - Tiger (upper elementary)
  "If you are daring like the tiger, color the tiger’s nose brown."


• Chart: Cursive Alphabet Aa-Zz (Dn-Style Font)
  cursive chart - upper and lowercase, and numbers 0-9


• Chart: Cursive Alphabet Aa-Zz (ZB-Style Font)
  Upper and lowercase alphabet; numbers 0-9


• Chart: Cursive Alphabet Aa-Zz with Arrows (DN-Style Font)
  cursive chart with arrows for direction - upper and lower case


• Chart: Manuscript Alphabet Aa-Zz (ZB-Style Font)
  Upper and lowercase alphabet; numbers 0-9


• Chart: Manuscript Alphabet Aa-Zz with arrows (ZB-Style Font)
  Upper and lowercase letters; numbers 0-9


• Chart: Manuscript Alphabet Aa-Zz with dots (ZB-Style Font)
  Display the chart (upper and lowercase letters; numbers 0-9) or practice writing by tracing the dotted letters.


• Coloring Pages: Animal Alphabet (DN-style font)
  Color the picture (each letter of the alphabet is paired with an animal, from ANTEATER to ZEBRA). Then practice writing the letter in upper and lowercase font on the lines.


• Handwriting Practice: Cursive Letters (ZB-Style Font)
  Trace the dotted letters, then write the letters on the line. Aa-Zz


• Handwriting Practice: Cursive Letters Aa-Zz with arrows (DN-Style Font)
  Cursive letters of the alphabet in upper and lowercase to trace, with arrows to follow. 2 pages.


• Handwriting Practice: Embedded Letters (DN-Style Font)
  Dotted cursive letters to trace followed by lines to write the words. Words containing each letter of the alphabet (at the beginning, middle, and end), including names for uppercase practice.


• Handwriting Practice: Embedded Manuscript Letters (DN-Style Font)
  Dotted manuscript letters to trace followed by lines to write the words. Words containing each letter of the alphabet (at the beginning, middle, and end), including names for uppercase practice.


• Missing Letters "at" words
  Fill in the missing letters for "at" words. This document was created using abctools.


• Missing Letters "et" words
  Fill in the missing letters for "et" words. This document was created using abctools.


• Posters: Manuscript Letters Aa- Zz (DN-style font)
  Upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet; one letter per page. These outline letters make great posters, letters to finger trace, letters to color... A great handwriting teaching tool!


• Word Shape: "old" words
  [member-created using abctools]


• Word Shape: confusable th words
  [member-created using abctools]


• Word Wall: Library Terms
  [member-created using abctools]

Seasonal Materials

• 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 >> February
• Holidays, Months, and Seasons >> Months >> March >> Women's History Month

• Biography: Abraham Lincoln (elem/upper elem)
  A fact-filled introduction to the 16th president


• Color and Write: Martin Luther King, Jr.
  A picture to color and space to write about the civil rights leader or the holiday that honors him.


• Writing Paper: Black History
  Lined paper for writing a report on Black history. Full page format.

Recommended Materials

• ABC Order: Summer Olympics
  Alphabetize the 33 summer sports.


• abcList: ING Words
  List of "ing" words, with verbs divided according to spelling rules. A great study reference.


• Acrostic Form: Antarctica
  


• Acrostic Form: Charlotte's Web (elementary)
  Write an acrostic poem about Wilbur. With a picture to color.


• Acrostic Form: Chinese New Year
  Write an acrostic poem about Chinese New Year with this form. With picture of a dragon to color.


• Acrostic Form: Cinco de Mayo
  Write an acrostic poem about Cinco de Mayo.


• Acrostic Form: Circus
  Write an acrostic poem about the circus. Includes picture to color.


• Acrostic Form: Dinosaur
  Write an acrostic poem about dinosaurs. With a cute picture to color.


• Acrostic Form: Flag
  Write an acrostic poem about the flag. With a picture to color.


• Acrostic Form: Hats
  Write an acrostic poem about hats. Could be a fun part of a "Cat in the Hat" lesson. With a picture to color.


• Acrostic Form: January
  Write an acrostic poem about January. With a picture to color.


• Acrostic Form: Lucky
  Write an acrostic poem about being lucky. With a picture of a four-leaf clover to color.


• Acrostic Form: Mom
  Write an acrostic poem about your mom. With a picture to color.


• Acrostic Form: October (elem)
  Write an acrostic poem about the month of October. With a picture to color.


• Acrostic Form: Remembrance Day
  Write an acrostic poem about Remembrance Day. With a picture to color.


• Acrostic Form: Sadako
  Write an acrostic poem about Sadako.


• Acrostic Form: Spring
  Write an acrostic poem about spring. With a picture of daffodils to color.


• Acrostic Form: Swan
  Write an acrostic poem about swans. With a picture to color.


• Acrostic Form: Toys
  Write an acrostic poem about toys. With a picture to color.


• Acrostic Form: Trumpet of the Swan- Louis
  Write an acrostic poem about Louis. With a picture to color.


• Activity: Rainforest Makeover (elementary)
  Great ideas for creative ways to augment your rain forest lessons and stimulate student interest!


• Bar Graph (create): Chinese Food
  Use the bar graph form to chart the results of a survey on people's favorite Chinese food.


• Bar Graph (create): Classmates
  Create a bar graph to show information about classmates.


• Bar Graph (create): Election
  Create a bar graph to show information about elections.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite "Charlotte's Web" Character
  Form to display survey results in a bar graph. Based on E.B. White's 1974 Newbery Award-winning "Charlotte's Web".


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite "Trumpet of the Swan" Character
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite characters in E.B. White's "Trumpet of the Swan"


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Apple
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite apples.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Arctic Animal
  Use the bar graph form to display results of a survey about favorite arctic animals.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Australian Animal
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite Australian animals.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Book
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite books.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Christmas Carol
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite Christmas carols.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Dinosaur
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite dinosaurs.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Fairy Tale
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite fairy tales.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Farm Animal
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite farm animals.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Food
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite foods.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Ice Cream
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite ice cream flavors.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Month
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite months.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Rain Forest Animal
  Students can use this bar graph form to plot information about rain forest animals.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Savanna Animal
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite savanna animals.


• Bar Graph (create): Favorite Team
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite teams.


• Bar Graph (create): Insects
  Create a bar graph to show information about favorite insects.


• Bar Graph (create): Made in Japan
  Create a bar graph to show information about Japanese products found in our homes.


• Bar Graph (create): Pumpkin Seed Experiment
  Use the graph to show the results of a pumpkin seed experiment.


• Bar Graph (create): Teddy Bears
  Create a bar graph to show information about colored Teddy Bear counters.

German Materials

• German: Crossword - Sports
  7 ACROSS: Running


• German: Crossword - Winter Sports
  2 ACROSS: Like skiing, except with only one board


• German: Unscramble the Words - Sports
  Unscramble the sports-themed words, from "Baseball" to "verlieren"


• German: Unscramble the Words - Winter Sports
  Unscramble the winter-sports-themed words, from "Eishockey" to "Zuschauer".


• German: Word Search - Sports
  From "BASEBALL" to "VERLIEREN", find the sports-related words in this baseball-shaped puzzle.


• German: Word Search - Winter Sports
  Find the words, from "Eishockey" to "Zuschauer" hidden in this puzzle.


• German: Word Wall - Sports
  From "der Baseball" to "verlieren", these vocabulary building word strips are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.


• German: Word Wall - Winter Sports
  From "das Eishockey" to "der Zuschauer", these vocabulary building word strips are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.

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New Member Material

• Comprehension: Mardi Gras (middle school)
  A reading comprehension about this festive season.


• Craft: Chinese Lantern (with extras)
  Instructions for making a Chinese lantern, with Chinese New Year phrases and a dragon to color.


• Tangrams: Chinese Zodiac
  Make tangrams for the animals from the Chinese zodiac.


• Tangrams: Chinese Zodiac (solutions)
  Shows the individual shapes needed to make the animals of the Chinese zodiac as tangrams.


• Bookmarks: Chinese Year of the Rat
  Four "year of the rat" bookmarks (Rat years are 1972, 1984, 1996, and 2008.) The year of the rat starts February 7th, 2008.


• Border Paper: Rats
  Lined and unlined paper with rats running around the border; this paper is great for the Chinese "Year of the Rat".


• Comprehension: Tall Tale - John Henry (upper elem/middle)
  Read a John Henry tall tale and answer the multiple choice questions, then read a true story about John Henry with short answer comprehension questions. Sort fact from fiction in a review worksheet. Think and write about the values reflected in these tall tales. Finally: Write your own John Henry tall tale. A great unit!


• Story Sequence: Margaret's Valentines (elem/upper elem)
  Read the story, then number the events as they occur in the story. Write the story again in your own handwriting and draw a picture to go with the text.


• Story Sequence: Margaret's Valentines (primary/elem)
  Cut out the pictures and put them in order next to the sentences. Then write a story that uses the sentences as the foundation. Good early reader work.


• Story Sequence: Margaret's Valentines (upper elem/middle)
  Read the events, put them in order (explaining the reasoning for the order), then write them into a story with creative embellishments. This lesson is adaptable to a variety of levels.


• Word Strips with Pictures: Presidents' Day (primary)
  These Presidents' Day word strips with pictures go with our ABC order literacy center.


• Word Strips with Pictures: Valentine's Day (primary)
  These Valentine's Day words strips with pictures go with our ABC order literacy center.


• Fiction: Rikki's Valentine (upper elem)
  Rikki loves her pets, and she wants another one: a parrot. Will she get one? Find out with this realistic fiction reading comprehension, with short answer questions.


• Glyph: Valentine's Day
  How old are you? Draw that many chocolates inside the heart.


• Graph: Candy Hearts (elementary)
  Place each candy heart in the column with the same color name. Which color had the most? Which color had the fewest? *candy hearts not included!


• Teaching Idea: Story Boxes (multi-age)
  Enhance reading and understanding of any book with this great "story boxes" (or story sacks, or story bags...) project. Adaptable to any age.


• Alphabet Letter Patterns: Lincoln and Washington (color)
  The letters of the alphabet, presented in black outline, filled with the colorful heads of Lincoln and Washington. Four letters to a page. Great for bulletin boards, desk decorations, and more. These match our February presidents calendar header.


• Comprehension: Presidents' Day (elem/upper elem)
  A reading comprehension explaining briefly the difference between the federal and state holidays. This includes very short biographies of Washington and Lincoln.


• Large Poster: U.S. Presidents (b/w)
  To use this informative four-page poster of all the U.S. Presidents and their terms: print the pages, fold the edges, then glue or tape together along the edges. Laminate the poster for longer use.


• abcteach Early Reader Word Walls -Week 19 (primary)
  Materials for the abcteach early reader word wall lesson for week 19.


• abcteach Early Reader Word Walls -Week 20 (primary)
  Materials for the abcteach early reader word wall lesson for week 20.


• Posters: Fact and Opinion
  Simple posters, one for fact and one for opinion, and one explaining their importance.


• Book: Young Cam Jansen and the Dinosaur Game (elem)
  Word search, word unscramble, cloze exercise, spelling work, story sequencing, and short answer comprehension to review David Adler's story of a birthday party game.


• Handwriting Practice: Handwriting Sample - cursive (DN-style font)
  Use for assessment ("This is a sample of my best cursive handwriting.")


• Handwriting Practice: Handwriting Sample - cursive (HWT-style font)
  Use for assessment ("This is a sample of my best cursive handwriting.")


• Handwriting Practice: Handwriting Sample - manuscript (ZB-style font)
  Use for assessment ("This is a sample of my best handwriting.")


• Large Poster: Endangered Animals of Africa
  


• Large Poster: Endangered Animals of Asia
  


• Large Poster: Endangered Animals of Australia
  


• Large Poster: Endangered Animals of Europe
  


• Animals of the American West B&W
  animals illustration


• Animals of the American West Color
  animals illustration


• Banner 3 Long B&W
  banner illustration


• Banner 3 Long Color
  banner illustration


• Banner 3 Medium B&W
  banner illustration


• Banner 3 Medium Color
  banner illustration


• Banner 3 Short B&W
  banner illustration


• Banner 3 Short Color
  banner illustration


• Banner 4 Long B&W
  banner illustration


• Banner 4 Long Color
  banner illustration


• Cartoon Pencil w/ Binoculars B&W
  cartoon pens and pencils illustration


• Cartoon Pencil w/ Binoculars Color
  cartoon pens and pencils illustration


• Cartoon Pencil w/ Magnifying Glass B&W
  cartoon pens and pencils illustration


• Cartoon Pencil w/ Magnifying Glass Color
  cartoon pens and pencils illustration


• Color by Number Addition: Bat (primary)
  Solve the simple addition problems. Use the answers to color the picture.


• Color by Number Addition: Frog (primary)
  Solve the simple addition problems. Use the answers to color the picture.


• ESL: Board Game, “Name something…” #6
  One of several vocabulary building board games, part of the “Name something…” series.


• ESL: Board Game, “Name something…” #4
  One of several vocabulary building board games, part of the “Name something…” series.


• ESL: Color and Write- Van Gogh’s Bedroom
  Write the word and color the picture of Van Gogh’s bedroom.


• ESL: Compare- Van Gogh's Bedroom and Yours
  Indicate which objects are found in each bedroom.


• ESL: Flash Cards- Van Gogh's Bedroom
  Flash cards with vocabulary for "Van Gogh’s Bedroom" activities.


• ESL: Game Cards- Van Gogh's Bedroom
  Game cards for "Van Gogh’s Bedroom"


• ESL: Match and Write- Van Gogh’s Bedroom
  Write the correct word from the list under the picture.


• ESL: Match and Write- Van Gogh’s Bedroom (b/w)
  Write the correct word from the list under the picture. b/w


• ESL: Matching- Bedroom Objects
  Match the bedroom objects with the vocabulary.


• ESL: Painting—Van Gogh’s Bedroom
  Van Gogh’s Bedroom at Arles, 1889, Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Use for unit on bedroom vocabulary and the oral puzzle game.


• ESL: Puzzle Game Rules- Van Gogh's Bedroom
  Rules for "Van Gogh's Bedroom" oral puzzle game.


• ESL: Puzzle Game- Van Gogh’s Bedroom
  Background board and puzzle pieces for Van Gogh’s Bedroom game.


• Flags: Armenia B&W
  flags illustration


• Flags: Armenia Color
  flags illustration


• Flags: Belarus B&W
  flags illustration


• Flags: Belarus Color
  flags illustration


• Flags: Georgia B&W
  flags illustration


• Flags: Georgia Color
  flags illustration


• Flags: Macedonia B&W
  flags illustration


• Flags: Macedonia Color
  flags illustration


• Flags: Slovakia B&W
  flags illustration


• Flags: Slovakia Color
  flags illustration


• Four Leaf Clover B&W
  holidays illustration


• Four Leaf Clover Color 1
  holidays illustration


• Four Leaf Clover Color 2
  holidays illustration


• Four Leaf Clover Smiley B&W
  holidays illustration


• Four Leaf Clover Smiley Color 1
  holidays illustration


• Four Leaf Clover Smiley Color 2
  holidays illustration


• French: Associer et Ecrire le vocabulaire de la chambre de Van Gogh
  Write the correct word under the picture. Ecrire le mot correct sous l’image.


• French: Associer et Ecrire le vocabulaire de la chambre de Van Gogh n/b
  Write the correct word under the picture. b/w Ecrire le mot correct sous l’image. n/b


• French: Colorie/écris, La chambre de Van Gogh
  Écris le mot et colorie l’image de la Chambre de Van Gogh Write the word and color the picture of Van Gogh’s bedroom.


• French: Comparaison, objets dans la chambre de Van Gogh et la chambre de l’élève
  Indicate which objects are found in each bedroom. Indiquer où se trouvent les objets.


• French: Flash Cards, Chambre de Van Gogh
  Flash cards with vocabulary for Van Gogh’s Bedroom activities. Cartes de mémoire pour renforcer le vocabulaire de la Chambre de Van Gogh.


• French: Game Cards, Chambre de Van Gogh
  Game cards for “La Chambre de Van Gogh”. Cartes pour “La chambre de Van Gogh”.


• French: Matching, Bedroom Objects
  Match the object with the vocabulary. Associer l’objet avec le vocabulaire


• French: Painting—la chambre de Van Gogh
  Van Gogh’s painting, La chambre de Van Gogh à Arles, 1889, Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Use for unit on bedroom vocabulary and the oral puzzle game, "Van Gogh's Bedroom". “La chambre de Van Gogh à Arles, 1889. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. à employer avec l’unité sur le vocabulaire de la chambre et le “casse-tête verbal” de "La chambre de Van Gogh".


• French: Puzzle Game, Chambre de Van Gogh, board and pieces
  Background board and puzzle pieces for Van Gogh ’s bedroom game. Jeu pour le casse-tête verbal “La chambre de Van Gogh”


• French: Règles du jeu, la Chambre de Van Gogh
  Rules for the puzzle game, "Van Gogh's Bedroom". Règles du jeu "La chambre de Van Gogh".


• French: Tableau—Objets de la chambre
  Three versions: pictures, French, English; pictures, French; pictures, English. Use as study aid, exercise, or testing. Trois versions: images, français, anglais; images, français; images, anglais. Servent d’aide mémoire, d’exercise et de contrôle.


• German: Bookmarks - Sports
  Twenty bookmarks with black-and-white illustrations; English word above and German word below.


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


• German: Chart - Sports
  Three versions: one with pictures, English, and German; one with pictures and German; one with pictures only. These are great teaching tools and review worksheets.


• German: Cloze - Sports
  Complete these simple sentences with nouns, using the picture clues and word bank. Good vocabulary practice.


• German: Flashcards - Sports
  Picture cards with vocabulary words in German, with no text, and flashcards with the words in German and English.


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


• German: Picture Sentences - Sports
  "Wir spielen Baseball." Choose the sentence that best matches the picture.


• Great Lakes Map 1 B&W Labeled
  maps illustration


• Great Lakes Map 1 B&W Unlabeled
  maps illustration


• Great Lakes Map 1 Color Labeled
  maps illustration


• Great Lakes Map 1 Color Unlabeled
  maps illustration


• Great Lakes Map 2 B&W
  maps illustration


• Great Lakes Map 2 Color
  maps illustration


• Michigan and the Great Lakes B&W Labeled
  maps illustration


• Michigan and the Great Lakes B&W Unlabeled
  maps illustration


• Michigan and the Great Lakes Color Labeled
  maps illustration


• Michigan and the Great Lakes Color Unlabeled
  maps illustration


• Parent Teacher Conference B&W
  education illustration


• Parent Teacher Conference Color
  education illustration


• Spanish: Diario de febrero (elementaria)
  Un diario de 30 páginas para el mes de febrero para alumnos de elementaria. A 30 page journal for elementary students.


• Spanish: Entrada simple para diarios (primaria)
  Forma para una entrada simple de diario apropiado para estudiantes de primaria. Simple journal entry form for primary students.


• Three Leaf Clover B&W
  holidays illustration


• Three Leaf Clover Color 1
  holidays illustration


• Three Leaf Clover Color 2
  holidays illustration


• Three Leaf Clover Smiley B&W
  holidays illustration


• Three Leaf Clover Smiley Color 1
  holidays illustration


• Three Leaf Clover Smiley Color 2
  holidays illustration


• US Folklore: Paul Bunyan B&W
  


• US Folklore: Paul Bunyan Color 1
  US folklore illustration


• US Folklore: Paul Bunyan Color 2
  US folklore illustration


• US Map: Eastern States Labeled B&W
  geography illustration


• US Map: Eastern States Labeled Color
  geography illustration


• US Map: Eastern States Unlabeled B&W
  geography illustration


• US Map: Eastern States Unlabeled Color
  geography illustration


• US Map: Western States Labeled B&W
  geography illustration


• US Map: Western States Labeled Color
  geography illustration


• US Map: Western States Unlabeled B&W
  geography illustration


• US Map: Western States Unlabeled Color
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