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!

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New Materials

• Classroom Newsletter: St. Patrick’s Day (b/w)
  Print up the form and write in the details (Check out what we're doing, Help Wanted, Special Notes, Reminders) to make a great classroom newsletter.


• Classroom Newsletter: St. Patrick’s Day (color)
  Print up the form and write in the details (Check out what we're doing, Help Wanted, Special Notes, Reminders) to make a great classroom newsletter.


• Color by Numbers: Leprechaun (primary)
  


• Color by Numbers: Pot of Gold (primary)
  


• Learning Center: St. Patrick's Day 3 (tic tac toe)
  Cut out the pictures of rainbows and pots of gold to make a St. Patrick’s Day tic-tac-toe board.


• Learning Center: St. Patrick’s Day 1 (abc order)
  Put the words, from “clover” to “pinch”, in alphabetical order.


• Learning Center: St. Patrick’s Day 2 (Venn diagram)
  Use the Venn diagram to compare two leprechauns.


• Learning Center: St. Patrick’s Day 4 (memory game)
  Cut out the nine pairs of St. Patrick’s Day theme pictures and make a memory match game.


• Learning Center: St. Patrick’s Day 5 (coloring page)
  Follow the directions and color the St. Patrick’s Day picture.


• Learning Center: St. Patrick’s Day 6 (cut and paste)
  Follow the directions to make a “lucky clover” picture.


• Paper Roll Pal: Leprechaun
  


• Word Problems: Endangered Animal Addition (elementary)
  “Rangers in a wildlife park counted fifty-two elephants last year. This year, the population has grown by seventeen. How many elephants are there now?” Five addition word problems with an endangered animal theme.


• Word Problems: Endangered Animal Addition (primary)
  “Ramona is helping her aunt and uncle tag sea turtles. Yesterday they tagged nine. Today they tagged four. How many sea turtles have they tagged altogether?” Five addition word problems with an endangered animal theme.


• Word Problems: Endangered Animal Addition (upper elem)
  “A poacher sells a small amount of black rhino horn to a dealer for seven hundred eighty-six dollars. He sells some more to another dealer for two hundred one dollars. How much money did he earn in all?” Five addition word problems with an endangered animal theme.


• Word Problems: Endangered Animal Division (upper elem)
  “Researchers study statistics on giant panda babies born in captivity. Twelve pandas weighed a total of six hundred seventy-two pounds at the age of one year. How much did each panda weigh, on average?” Five division word problems with an endangered animal theme.


• Word Problems: Endangered Animal Multiplication (elem)
  “A herd of grazing Bactrian camels walks three miles per hour. How far do the camels walk in five hours?” Five multiplication word problems with an endangered animal theme.


• Word Problems: Endangered Animal Multiplication (upper elem)
  “A group of migrating blue whales travels twenty-six miles per day. How far do they travel in eight days?” Five multiplication word problems with an endangered animal theme.


• Word Problems: Endangered Animal Skip Counting (elem)
  “If a tiger can hunt two deer per day, how many can it hunt in four days? How many in five? How many in six?” Five skip counting word problems with an endangered animal theme.


• Word Problems: Endangered Animal Skip Counting (primary)
  “A blue whale is diving at a speed of ten feet per second. How many feet does it dive in five seconds? How many in six? How many in seven?” Five skip counting word problems with an endangered animal theme.


• Word Problems: Endangered Animal Subtraction (elem)
  “Forty-one sea turtles hatched on a beach survive to adulthood. Hunters captured twenty-one of them. How many remain?” Five subtraction word problems with an endangered animal theme.


• Word Problems: Endangered Animal Subtraction (primary)
  “A pod of fourteen right whales are feeding under the arctic ice. Four leave to hunt elsewhere. How many are left?” Five subtraction word problems with an endangered animal theme.


• Word Problems: Endangered Animal Subtraction (upper elem)
  “Biologists find the black rhinoceros population is falling in their area. Two years ago they counted three hundred eighty-nine. This year the population had fallen by two hundred forty-two. How many are left?” Five subtraction word problems with an endangered animal theme.


• abcteach Early Reader Word Walls -Week 23 (primary)
  Materials for the abcteach early reader word wall lesson for week 23.


• abcteach Early Reader Word Walls -Week 24 (primary)
  Materials for the abcteach early reader word wall lesson for week 24.


• Mathematics: Pythagorian Theorem - Explanation and Practice 2 (secondary)
  A practice activity of the Pythagorean Theorem with explanation and problems.


• Poster: Word Family - ATCH Words
  Patch, catch, hatch


• Poster: Word Family - ITCH Words
  Itch, pitch, witch


• Poster: Word Family - OLD Words
  Old, cold, gold


• Poster: Word Family - OUND Words
  Round, mound, hound


• Poster: Word Family - UE Words
  Blue, clue, glue


• Word Problems: Telling Time (primary)
  Amy is going turtle watching. Look at the clocks to learn about her day.


• Word Sort Center: -ACE Words
  Cards with words and matching pictures for words ending in -ACE; these can be used in matching games and word sort center activities


• Word Sort Center: -ADE Words
  Cards with words and matching pictures for words ending in -ADE; these can be used in matching games and word sort center activities


• Word Sort Center: -AKE Words
  Cards with words and matching pictures for words ending in -AKE; these can be used in matching games and word sort center activities


• Word Sort Center: -UP Words
  Cards with words and matching pictures for words ending in -UP; these can be used in matching games and word sort center activities


• Word Sort Center: -UT Words
  Cards with words and matching pictures for words ending in -UT; these can be used in matching games and word sort center activities

Seasonal Materials

• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Presidents' Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> February

Recommended Materials

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• Social Studies >> Maps
• Social Studies >> Democratic Values
• Social Studies >> Elections
• Test Taking Skills

Spanish Materials

• Spanish: Dia de San Valentin - Actividad 1 (elementaria)
  Unas actividades para el día de San Valentín para practicar vocabulario en niveles de elementaria. Activities for Valentine's day to practice vocabulary in elementary levels.


• Spanish: Dia de San Valentin - Comprensión de lectura (elementaria)
  Una práctica de comprensión de lectura fácil sobre el día de San Valentín. A reading comprehension practice about Valentine's day for elementary levels.


• Spanish: Dia de San Valentín - Actividad 2 (elementaria)
  Una actividad para el Día de San Valentín para niveles de elementaria. Los estudiantes escribirán un cuento de San Valentín usando tarjetas con dibujos. A Valentine's Day activity for elementary level. Students will write a Valentine's story using colorful picture cards.


• Spanish: Dia de San Valentín - Unidad suplemento con diferentes actividades (elementaria)
  Una unidad suplemental con varias actividades para celebrar el día de San Valentín, incluyendo un mini libro, un buscapalabras, unas rimas, una tarjeta de San Valentín, una comprensión de lectura y matemáticas.A suplemental unit to celebrate Valentines's Day, including a mini-book, a word search, rhymes, a card a reading comprehension and math.


• Spanish: Matemáticas - Comparaciones: Explicación y práctica (elementaria/secundaria)
  Unidad de matemáticas sobre comaparaciones de números con explicación y varias prácticas. Math unit: Comparing numbers with explanation and several practice activities.


• Spanish: Matemáticas - Operaciones numéricas (elementaria/secundaria)
  Una práctica de operaciones numéricas. A practice on numeric operations.


• Spanish: Matemáticas - Test de práctica. Nivel 1 (elementaria/secundaria)
  Un test de práctica: nivel 1. A practice test: level 1.


• Spanish: Matemáticas - Test de práctica. Nivel 2 (elementaria/secundaria)
  Test de práctica: nivel 2. Practice test: level 2.


• Spanish: Matemáticas - Test de práctica. Nivel 3 (elementaria)
  Un test de práctica: nivel 3. A practice test: level 3.

German Materials

• German: Bookmarks - Music
  Bookmarks with English on top, German on the bottom, and a representative picture of the object in the middle.


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


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


• German: Crossword - Music
  1 ACROSS: Treble clef


• German: Flashcards - Music
  Picture cards with vocabulary words in German AND German and English. 21 vocabulary words from "Bassschlüssel" to "Violine".


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


• German: Picture Sentences - Music
  "Das ist meine Gitarre." Choose the sentence that best matches the picture.

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