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

• Fiction: Pat’s St. Patrick’s Day Surprise (upper elem)
  "Pat loved to pinch any kids who were not wearing green." A fictional reading comprehension about a St. Patrick’s Day adventure.


• Story Sequencing: St. Patrick’s Day Surprise (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 Sequencing: St. Patrick’s Day Surprise (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 Sequencing: St. Patrick’s Day Surprise (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.


• Classroom Newsletter: Easter (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: Easter (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: Easter Bunny (primary)
  


• Color by Numbers: Easter Egg Hunt (primary)
  


• Color by Numbers: Hidden Easter Picture (primary
  


• Learning Center: Easter 1 (ABC order)
  Put the words, from “church” to “Sunday”, in alphabetical order.


• Learning Center: Easter 2 (story prompt)
  Use the picture cards to help you write a story about Easter.


• Learning Center: Easter 3 (tic tac toe)
  Cut out the pictures of rabbits and chicks to make a Easter tic-tac-toe board.


• Learning Center: Easter 4 (memory game)
  Cut out the pairs of Easter theme pictures and make a memory match game.


• Learning Center: Easter 5 (Venn diagram)
  Use the Venn diagram to compare two rabbits.


• Learning Center: Easter 6 (story sequence)
  Cut out the events related to an Easter egg hunt and paste them in the correct order.


• Classroom Newsletter: Spring (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: Spring (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.


• Bingo Cards: Endangered Animals (elem/upper elem) - check sheet –color
  Use this sheet to check which endangered animals from our advanced set (PACIFIC SHEATH-TAILED BAT to RED WOLF) have been called.


• Bingo Cards: Endangered Animals (elem/upper elem) - color
  Set of twenty colorful cartoon bingo cards for endangered animals, from BAT to WOLF.


• Bingo Cards: Endangered Animals (elem/upper elem) - color
  Set of twenty colorful bingo cards for endangered animals, from PACIFIC SHEATH-TAILED BAT to RED WOLF.


• Bingo Cards: Endangered Animals (primary/elem) - check sheet –color
  Use this sheet to check which endangered animals from our primary set (BAT to WOLF) have been called.


• Flashcards: Endangered Animals (elem/upper elem) - color
  Four endangered animals to a page (from PACIFIC SHEATH-TAILED BAT to RED WOLF). These colorful flashcards match the advanced set of our endangered animal bingo cards.


• Flashcards: Endangered Animals (primary/elem) - color
  Four endangered animals to a page (from BAT to WOLF). These colorful cartoon flashcards match the primary set of our endangered animal bingo cards.


• Crossword: Word Family "MB"
  1 across: You groom your hair with this.


• Poster: Double Consonants - BB
  Bubble, dribble, scribble


• Poster: Double Consonants - DD
  Cuddle, paddle, puddle


• Poster: Double Consonants - GG
  Giggle, juggle, snuggle


• Poster: Double Consonants - PP
  Apple, ripple, topple


• Poster: Double Consonants - TT
  Cattle, rattle, shuttle


• Poster: Double Consonants - ZZ
  Drizzle, muzzle, puzzle


• Poster: Word Family - MB Words
  comb,limb,lamb


• Sign: Double Consonants - pp
  As in topple. Colorful poster


• Sign: Double Consonants - tt
  As in shuttle. Colorful poster


• Sign: Double Consonants - bb
  As in bubbles. Colorful poster


• Sign: Double Consonants - dd
  As in puddle. Colorful poster


• Sign: Double Consonants - gg
  As in juggle. Colorful poster


• Sign: Double Consonants - zz
  As in puzzle. Colorful poster


• Word Search: "mb" words (primary)
  [created using abctools] "mb" words from "bomb" to "thumb".


• Word Wall: "mb" words
  [created with abctools] From "bomb" to "thumb". These vocabulary building word strips are great for word walls.


• Word Wheel: MB
  Cut out the two circles and practice the MB word ending with our simple, helpful word wheel.

Seasonal Materials

• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> St. Patrick's Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> March
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> March >> Women's History Month
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Easter
• Languages/ESL >> German >> Die Feiertage/ Holidays >> Das Ostern/ Easter

• Biography: Amelia Earhart (upper elementary)
  A reading comprehension about this famous aviator.


• Biography: Helen Keller (elem/upper elem)
  An informative biography of Helen Keller, followed by math-based and reading-based comprehension questions and a short essay question.


• Comprehension: Suffrage (upper elem/middle)
  Four short reading comprehensions on Women's Suffrage and two of the most famous suffragists, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony.


• Fiction: We the People (middle/high school)
  A girl in 1916 ponders the issues of suffrage. The focus of this lesson is embedded SAT-level vocabulary (all verbs). The story is followed by questions to check vocabulary-based comprehension, context practice, synonym matching, and a guide word exercise.


• Writing Prompts: Quotes from Women
  31 quotes from famous women form the basis for writing prompts that require students to use their skills of reflection, research, and writing.


• Comprehension: St. Patrick's Day (elementary)
  A brief history of St. Patrick, and an introduction to leprechauns.


• Craft: Leprechaun Snacks (primary/elem)
  Make a cute container to store a pot o' gold or other snacks.


• Grid Coloring: Shamrock (medium)
  Follow the directions and color the grid to make the shape of a shamrock. Grid coloring is great for developing early map skills.


• Maze: St. Patrick's Day 1 (very easy)
  Help the leprechaun find his lost shoe.


• Poetry: How to Write a Limerick (elem/ upper elem)
  A fantastic how-to lesson that will get your students having fun writing their own limericks in no time. A great St. Patrick's Day tie-in!


• Bar Graph: Easter Bonnets
  Use a bar graph to learn how many colorful Easter bonnets were sold.


• Border Paper: Easter Egg (elem/upper elem)
  Narrow-lined paper with colorful illustrations of Easter eggs in the surrounding border.


• Color and Write: Bunny Birthday (primary)
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with bunny and birthday theme words from a Word Bank.

Spanish Materials

• Spanish: Matemáticas - Señales: Números Ordinales (elementaria/secundaria)
  Señales con vocabulario de números ordinales del primero al veinteavo. Vocabulary signs: Ordinal numbers.


• Spanish: Matemáticas - Test de práctica. Nivel 4 (elementaria/secundaria)
  Seis tests de práctica de aritmética, enumerados del 1 al 6 para niveles de elementaria y secundaria. Six practice tests, numbered 1 to 6, for elementary and secondary students.


• Spanish: Matemáticas - Test de práctica. Nivel 5 (elementaria/secundaria)
  Seis tests de práctica de aritmética, enumerados de 7 a 12, para estudiantes de niveles de elementaria y secundaria. Six practice tests, numbered from 7 to 12, for elementary and secondary students.


• Spanish: Matemáticas - Unidad de problemas de aritmética (elementaria)
  Unidad de aritmética con el tema de "la playa" y usando conchas marinas para practicar. Incluye varias actividades. Arithmetic unit centered on the theme "the beach" using seashells to practice. It includes several activities.

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