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

New Materials

• Coloring Worksheet: Natural Resource - Soil
  Color the picture. Label the natural resource. On the lines below the picture, list some products for which this resource is used.


• Coloring Worksheet: Natural Resource - Water
  Color the picture. Label the natural resource. On the lines below the picture, list some products for which this resource is used.


• Mask: Endangered Animal - Bat
  


• Mask: Endangered Animal - Bear
  


• Color and Write: Beach (primary)
  A picture of children playing at the beach to color and space to write about summer fun!


• Coloring Page: Beach
  Color this picture of three children playing at the beach.


• Color and Write: Butterfly (primary)
  A picture to color and space to write about butterflies.


• Coloring Page: Monarch Butterfly
  Color this picture of a Monarch butterfly.


• Trace and Color: Green - Grapes
  Color the grapes green. Trace the word green. Write the word green.


• Missing Letters: Phonics - Double Letter Consonants ending with "le"
  [member-created using abctools]


• Unscramble the Words: Phonics- Double Letter Consonants ending with "le"
  [member-created using abctools]


• Word Search: Phonics - Double Letter Consonants ending with "le"
  [member-created using abctools]


• Word Sort: Phonics - Double Letter Consonants ending with "le"
  [member-created using abctools]


• Coloring Page: Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly
  Pretty drawing of a tiger swallowtail butterfly to color.

Seasonal Materials

• Holidays, Months, and Seasons >> Holidays >> Earth Day
• Holidays, Months, and Seasons >> Months >> April
• Holidays, Months, and Seasons >> Holidays >> Mother's Day

• Border Paper: April Birthdays
  Unlined paper with the title "April Birthdays" at the top and color illustrations of festive balloons in the surrounding border.


• Sign: April
  Full page April sign, featuring a picture of a mouse under a flower in the rain. Great for centers, booklet covers or calendar boards.


• Unscramble the Words: April
  [member-created with abctools] Unscramble the words from "baseball" to "umbrella".


• Award: Earth Day Every Day
  "Earth Day Every Day" award, in color.


• 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.


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


• Border Paper: Mother's Day (Primary, Elementary)
  [member-created with abctools] Fill in the flower-themed border paper (with "Mom" in the upper-left corner) with "top ten reasons why I love my mom".


• Border Paper: Dear Mom (elem/upper elem)
  Lined paper with flowers in the surrounding border and the writing prompt "Dear Mom,..." at the top.


• Coloring Page: Heart
  Heart with flowers

Recommended Materials

• Subjects >> Science >> Habitats/Biomes >> Pond
• Subjects >> Nursery Rhymes
• Middle School/Junior High >> Reading >> Book Units
• Subjects >> Reading >> Book Units: Vocabulary Enrichment

• Color and Write: Great Wall of China (primary)
  A picture to color and space to write a short report about the Great Wall.

German Materials

• German: Bookmarks - Garden
  Bookmarks with b/w illustrations of garden vocabulary; English word above and German word below.


• German: Crossword - Garden
  2 DOWN: Underground part of a plant


• German: Unscramble the Words - Garden
  20 words, from "Ast" to "Zweig"

Contact Information

New Member Material

• 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.


• Assignment Form: April (all ages)
  Keep track of assignments with this April-themed assignment tracker.


• Comprehension: The Months - April (elementary/ upper elementary)
  Where did this month get its name? What is it called in other countries? Does it have special flowers or stones associated with it? Learn the answers to these questions, plus room for writing about your feelings about the month.


• Writing Prompt: My Journal - April (elementary)
  A slightly easier version of our April journal prompts. Larger print, wider-spaced lines, simplified questions. Writing prompts designed to get even the most reluctant writers producing thoughtful reflections.


• Writing Prompt: My Journal - April (middle school)
  Our journal series continues,with writing prompts designed to get even the most reluctant writers producing thoughtful reflections. Special "all month" prompts make it easier to work around the school holidays this month. Lined pages for answers.


• Acrostic Form: Earth Day
  Write about Earth Day using this acrostic form.


• Book: Just a Dream (elem/upper elem)
  Rather than focusing on text, this lesson addresses 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.


• Maze: Polar Bear on Ice (easy)
  Help the polar bear get to the ice cap.


• Writing Prompt: Earth Day Similes (elem/upper elem)
  "The recycling bin was as full as..." Develop writing skills and imagination with these simile prompts for elementary/ upper elementary students.


• Activity: Natural Resources (elem)
  This activity is designed to reinforce the relationship between natural resources, their uses, and the goods that are produced from them.


• Booklet: Natural Resources (primary/elem)
  Each page of this booklet lists a natural resource, gives examples of how it is used in our daily life, and classifies it as renewable or non-renewable. These pages could also be used as informative posters.


• Matching: Natural Resources (primary/elem)
  Match the natural resources to their products.


• Research & Report: Alternative Energy (upper elem/middle)
  Guided prompts for a report on an alternative renewable energy source.


• Worksheet: Conserve Natural Resources (elem/upper elem)
  Here is a list of common classroom needs. Below each item are two choices for how to meet the need. Circle the choice that would be the best way to conserve natural resources.


• Worksheet: Natural Resources (elem/upper elem)
  Identify each natural resource in the table as renewable or non-renewable. Sort the listed products according to the resource used to make them.


• Worksheet: Renewable Resources (upper elem)
  Write in the blank next to each resource whether it is RENEWABLE or NON-RENEWABLE.


• Worksheet: Sorting Natural Resources (primary/elem)
  Cut out the pictures. Sort and glue them on the following pages by renewable and non-renewable.


• Bingo Cards: Electrical Appliances (color)
  Set of twenty bingo cards, each with sixteen electrical appliances.


• Bingo: Electrical Appliances - check sheet (color)
  Use this sheet to check which electrical appliances have been called.


• Flashcards: Electrical Appliances (color)
  From "blow dryer" to "washing machine", 20 electrical appliance flashcards with matching full color illustrations. Can be used with the electrical appliances bingo game.


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


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


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


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


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


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


• abcteach Early Reader Word Walls -Week 25 (primary)
  Materials for the abcteach early reader word wall lesson for week 25.


• abcteach Early Reader Word Walls -Week 26 (primary)
  Materials for the abcteach early reader word wall lesson for week 26.


• abcteach Early Reader Word Walls -Week 27 (primary)
  Materials for the abcteach early reader word wall lesson for week 27.


• abcteach Early Reader Word Walls -Week 28 (primary)
  Materials for the abcteach early reader word wall lesson for week 28.


• abcteach Early Reader Word Walls -Week 29 (primary)
  Materials for the abcteach early reader word wall lesson for week 29.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


• Comprehension: Bats (primary/elem)
  A very simple reading comprehension about bats.


• Comprehension: Camels (primary/elem)
  A very simple reading comprehension about camels.


• Comprehension: Chimpanzee (primary/elem)
  A very simple reading comprehension about chimpanzees.


• Comprehension: Dolphins (primary/elem)
  A very simple reading comprehension about dolphins.


• Comprehension: Pandas (primary/elem)
  A very simple reading comprehension about giant pandas.


• Biography: Ludwig van Beethoven (upper elem/middle)
  A biography of the famous composer, with multiple choice questions and a writing prompt about overcoming adversity.


• Bookmark: Auxiliary Verb Train—Primary/ Modal (ESL)
  Handy reference to distinguish modal auxiliary verbs from primary auxiliary verbs.


• Clip Art: Basic Words: -ell Phonics: Smell B&W
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: -ell Phonics: Smell Color
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: -ell Phonics: Well B&W
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: -ell Phonics: Well Color
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: -et Phonics: Net B&W
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: -et Phonics: Net Color
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: -et Phonics: Wet B&W
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: -et Phonics: Wet Color
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Net B&W Labeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Net B&W Unlabeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Net Color Labeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Net Color Unlabeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Smell B&W Labeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Smell B&W Unlabeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Smell Color Labeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Smell Color Unlabeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Well B&W Labeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Well B&W Unlabeled
  basuc words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Well Color Labeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Well Color Unlabeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Wet B&W Labeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Wet B&W Unlabeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Wet Color Labeled
  basic wqords illustration


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Wet Color Unlabeled
  basic words illustration


• Clip Art: Cartoon Jellyfish B&W
  cartoon animal illustration


• Clip Art: Cartoon Jellyfish Color 1
  cartoon animals illustration


• Clip Art: Cartoon Jellyfish Color 2
  cartoon animals illustration


• Clip Art: Cartoon Octopus 1 B&W
  cartoon animals illustration


• Clip Art: Cartoon Octopus 1 Color 1
  cartoon animals illustration


• Clip Art: Cartoon Octopus 1 Color 2
  cartoon animals illustration


• Clip Art: Cartoon Polar Bear Cub B&W
  cartoon animals illustration


• Clip Art: Cartoon Polar Bear Cub Color
  cartoon animals illustration


• Clip Art: Geometry Illustration: Arc B&W
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Geometry Illustration: Arc Color
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Geometry Illustration: Chord B&W
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Geometry Illustration: Chord Color
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Geometry Illustration: Circumference B&W
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Geometry Illustration: Circumference Color
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Geometry Illustration: Diameter B&W
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Geometry Illustration: Diameter Color
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Geometry Illustration: Point Line B&W
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Geometry Illustration: Point Line Color
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Geometry Illustration: Radius B&W
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Geometry Illustration: Radius Color
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Instruments: Flute B&W
  music illustration


• Clip Art: Instruments: Trumpet B&W
  music illustration


• Clip Art: Lighthouse B&W
  seasons illustration


• Clip Art: Lighthouse Color
  seasons illustration


• Clip Art: Mexico Map B&W Blank
  geography illustration


• Clip Art: Mexico Map B&W Labeled
  geography illustration


• Clip Art: Mexico Map B&W Unlabeled
  geography illustration


• Clip Art: Mexico Map Color Blank
  geography illustration


• Clip Art: Mexico Map Color Labeled
  geography illustration


• Clip Art: Mexico Map Color Unlabeled
  geography illustration


• Clip Art: Protractor & Triangle Set B&W
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Protractor & Triangle Set Color
  math illustration


• Clip Art: Wagon B&W
  toys illustration


• Clip Art: Wagon Color
  toys illustration


• French: Jeu—forme future de "aller"
  Play this game as an oral activity card game or memory game to practice irregular verb forms. Interlocking puzzle feature allows self-check. Jouer comme activité orale et jeu de cartes ou comme jeu de mémoire pour renforcer les formes verbales irrégulières. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Jeu—forme future de "avoir"
  Play this game as an oral activity card game or memory game to practice irregular verb forms. Interlocking puzzle feature allows self-check. Jouer comme activité orale et jeu de cartes ou comme jeu de mémoire pour renforcer les formes verbales irrégulières. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Jeu—forme future de "devoir"
  Play this game as an oral activity card game or memory game to practice irregular verb forms. Interlocking puzzle feature allows self-check. Jouer comme activité orale et jeu de cartes ou comme jeu de mémoire pour renforcer les formes verbales irrégulières. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Jeu—forme future de "envoyer"
  Play this game as an oral activity card game or memory game to practice irregular verb forms. Interlocking puzzle feature allows self-check. Jouer comme activité orale et jeu de cartes ou comme jeu de mémoire pour renforcer les formes verbales irrégulières. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Jeu—forme future de "faire"
  Play this game as an oral activity card game or memory game to practice irregular verb forms. Interlocking puzzle feature allows self-check. Jouer comme activité orale et jeu de cartes ou comme jeu de mémoire pour renforcer les formes verbales irrégulières. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Jeu—forme future de "mourir"
  Play this game as an oral activity card game or memory game to practice irregular verb forms. Interlocking puzzle feature allows self-check. Jouer comme activité orale et jeu de cartes ou comme jeu de mémoire pour renforcer les formes verbales irrégulières. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Jeu—forme future de "pouvoir"
  Play this game as an oral activity card game or memory game to practice irregular verb forms. Interlocking puzzle feature allows self-check. Jouer comme activité orale et jeu de cartes ou comme jeu de mémoire pour renforcer les formes verbales irrégulières. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Jeu—forme future de "recevoir"
  Play this game as an oral activity card game or memory game to practice irregular verb forms. Interlocking puzzle feature allows self-check. Jouer comme activité orale et jeu de cartes ou comme jeu de mémoire pour renforcer les formes verbales irrégulières. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Jeu—forme future de "savoir"
  Play this game as an oral activity card game or memory game to practice irregular verb forms. Interlocking puzzle feature allows self-check. Jouer comme activité orale et jeu de cartes ou comme jeu de mémoire pour renforcer les formes verbales irrégulières. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Jeu—forme future de "venir"
  Play this game as an oral activity card game or memory game to practice irregular verb forms. Interlocking puzzle feature allows self-check. Jouer comme activité orale et jeu de cartes ou comme jeu de mémoire pour renforcer les formes verbales irrégulières. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Jeu—forme future de "voir"
  Play this game as an oral activity card game or memory game to practice irregular verb forms. Interlocking puzzle feature allows self-check. Jouer comme activité orale et jeu de cartes ou comme jeu de mémoire pour renforcer les formes verbales irrégulières. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Jeu—forme future de "vouloir"
  Play this game as an oral activity card game or memory game to practice irregular verb forms. Interlocking puzzle feature allows self-check. Jouer comme activité orale et jeu de cartes ou comme jeu de mémoire pour renforcer les formes verbales irrégulières. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Jeu—forme future de "être"
  Play this game as an oral activity card game or memory game to practice irregular verb forms. Interlocking puzzle feature allows self-check. Jouer comme activité orale et jeu de cartes ou comme jeu de mémoire pour renforcer les formes verbales irrégulières. L’enclenchement des pièces permet l’autovérification.


• French: Le futur irrégulier—Madame “R”
  Ecrire les verbes irréguliers au futur. Write irregular verbs in the future tense.


• French: Le futur régulier—Madame “R”
  Ecrire les verbes réguliers au futur. Write regular verbs in the future tense.


• French: Maths—déterminer la hauteur selon le graphe, Virgule
  Mesurer chaque animal des pattes jusqu’en haut de la queue. Virgule décimale. Measure each animal from the bottom of the feet to the top of the tail. Decimal comma.


• French: Maths—déterminer la hauteur selon le graphe. Point.
  Mesurer chaque animal des pattes jusqu’en haut de la queue. Point décimal. Measure each animal from the bottom of the feet to the top of the tail. Decimal point.


• French: Maths—opérations codées
  Effectue les opérations en utilisant le code. Use the codes to solve the problems.


• French: Maths—relier le chien avec l’os
  Effectue les opérations puis relie chaque os au chien qui lui correspond. Solve the problems and connect the dogs to their proper bone.


• Oral Exercise: Negative Modal Auxiliary Structure (ESL)
  Fun five minute exercise to practice changing modal auxiliary structures from affirmative to negative and back to affirmative.


• Poster: Main Verbs versus Modal Auxiliaries. Large (ESL)
  Large poster illustrating basic structural differences between main verbs and modal auxiliary verbs—affirmative, interrogative, negative and agreement.


• Poster: Main Verbs versus Modal Auxiliaries. Small (ESL)
  Small poster illustrating basic structural differences between main verbs and modal auxiliary verbs—affirmative, interrogative, negative and agreement.


• Poster: Modal Auxiliary Contractions. Large (ESL)
  Large poster illustrating negative contractions for modal auxiliary verbs.


• Poster: Modal Auxiliary Contractions. Small (ESL)
  Small poster illustrating negative contractions for modal auxiliary verbs.


• Worksheet: Identify Auxiliary Verbs (ESL)
  Identify the auxiliary verbs in the paragraph. Advanced beginner level.


• Worksheet: Interrogatives—modal versus main verbs (ESL)
  Construct questions using correct structure for main and modal auxiliary verbs.


• Worksheet: Modal Bonus Exercise (ESL)
  Complete this short worksheet for extra credit. Only one choice can work in the sentence.


• Worksheet: Modal Interrogatives (ESL)
  Practice asking questions with modal auxiliary verbs.


• Worksheet: Modal Negation (ESL)
  Practice using modal auxiliaries in the negative form.


• Worksheet: Primary or Modal? (ESL)
  Identify auxiliary verbs as primary or modal.


• Worksheet: Primary Verbs—Auxiliary or Main? Beg. (ESL)
  Identify the primary verbs in a sentence, then indicate whether they are used as auxiliary verbs or main verbs. Beginner level.


• Worksheet: Primary Verbs—Auxiliary or Main? Interm. (ESL)
  Identify the primary verbs in a sentence, then indicate whether they are used as auxiliary verbs or main verbs. Intermediate level.