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

• Learning Center: Spring 1 (ABC order)
  Put the spring themed words in alphabetical order.


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


• Learning Center: Spring 3 (tic tac toe)
  Cut out the pictures of butterflies and daisies to make a spring tic-tac-toe board.


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


• Learning Center: Spring 5 (story sequence)
  Cut out the events related to planting a spring garden and paste them in the correct order.


• Learning Center: Spring 6 (Venn diagram)
  Use the Venn diagram to compare two spring pictures.


• Learning Center: Spring 7 (add and connect)
  Solve the simple addition problems (sums to 12), mark the picture, and help the bunny get through the flower garden to the gate.


• Learning Center: Spring 8 (subtract and spell)
  Solve the problems and then use the answers to decode the secret spring message.


• Learning Center: Spring 9 (multiply by 5)
  Multiply by five and follow the directions to color the kites by number.


• Learning Center: Spring 10 (science - butterfly)
  Cut out the pictures and glue them in the correct order for the butterfly life cycle according to the text.


• Learning Center: Spring 11 (science - plant)
  Cut out the pictures and glue them in the correct place in the plant diagram according to the text.


• Learning Center: Spring 12 (art rubbings)
  Follow the directions to make flower rubbings.


• Learning Center: Spring 13 (daffodil art)
  Follow the directions to make a spring daffodil.


• Learning Center: Spring math counters
  Cut out the counters and use them with the spring math learning centers.


• Word Strips with Pictures: Spring (primary)
  from FLOWER to WARM


• Comprehension: Tall Tale - Pecos Bill (upper elem/middle)
  Read a Pecos Bill tall tale and answer the multiple choice questions, then read a true story about Pecos Bill 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 Pecos Bill tall tale. A great unit!


• Comprehension: Renewable Resources (upper elem)
  Reading comprehension on renewable resources with matching and multiple choice questions.


• Book: Mr. Popper's Penguins (elem)
  Multiple choice and short answer comprehension questions, a writing prompt, a word scramble and alphabetical order practice to review Richard and Florence Atwater's beloved tale of a house painter and his penguins.


• Sign: Word Family - UB Words
  UB as in CUB


• Color and Write Prompt: Clown
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with theme words from a word bank.


• Color and Write: Clown (elem)
  A picture of a clown to color and space to write about clowns and the circus.


• Color and Write: Clown (primary)
  A picture of a clown to color and wide lines to write about clowns and the circus.


• Color and Write Prompt: Duck
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with theme words from a word bank.


• Color and Write: Duck (elem)
  A cartoon picture of a duck to color and space to write about it.


• Color and Write: Duck (primary)
  A cartoon picture of a duck to color and wide lines to write about it.


• Color and Write Prompt: Cylinder
  A picture to color and space to write a very short text with theme words from a word bank.


• Color and Write: Cylinder (elem)
  A picture of a cylinder to color and lines to write facts about it.


• Color and Write: Cylinder (primary)
  A picture of a cylinder to color and wide lines to write facts about it.


• Daily Schedule Cards with pictures (Set 38)
  Pen Pals, Pen Pal Picnic, Open Circle, Chorus


• Daily Schedule Cards with pictures (Set 39)
  Special, Reward Time, AlphaSmart, Publishing Time


• Daily Schedule Cards with pictures (Set 40)
  Spelling Book, Phonics Book, Math Book, Project Book


• Color and Write Prompt: Souvenirs
  A picture of a suitcase to color and space to write a very short story with theme words from a word bank.

Seasonal Materials

• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Cinco de Mayo
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Mother's Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Memorial Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> May

• Bookmarks: May (set 2)
  Four bookmarks to color.


• Word Search: May Day
  From "colors" to "ribbons". A simple word search for May Day.


• Writing Prompt: My Journal - May (elementary)
  A simplified version of our "My Journal" series for younger students. Larger fonts, age-appropriate questions. Writing prompts designed to get even the most reluctant writers producing thoughtful reflections.


• Coloring Page: Happy Mother's Day 1
  


• Gift: Coupon (primary/elementary)
  These blank coupons can be filled out by students. They make a great gift idea for Mother's Day, etc.


• Word Wall: Mother's Day (pictures)
  From "breakfast" to "grandmother". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.


• Fiction: May Day (primary)
  "It's May Day, and we have fun at our school every year." A reading comprehension and coloring page to celebrate the springtime fun of May Day.

German Materials

• German: Bookmarks - Farm
  Farm-themed bookmarks with b/w illustrations; English word above and German word below.


• German: Card Game - Farm
  "Hast du eine TRAKTOR Karte?" Match the farm-theme cards in pairs in this vocabulary-building variation of Go Fish.


• German: Color and Write Prompt - Accessories
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with German theme words from a word bank.


• German: Color and Write Prompt - Animals
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with German theme words from a word bank.


• German: Color and Write Prompt- Beach
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with German theme words from a word bank.


• German: Color and Write Prompt- Body
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with German theme words from a word bank.


• German: Color and Write Prompt- Buildings
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with German theme words from a word bank.


• German: Color and Write Prompt- Chores
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with German theme words from a word bank.


• German: Color and Write Prompt- Classroom
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with German theme words from a word bank.


• German: Color and Write Prompt- Clothing
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with German theme words from a word bank.


• German: Color and Write Prompt- Colors
  A picture to color and space to write a very short story with German theme words from a word bank.


• German: Crossword - Farm
  1 ACROSS: Used to cut grass and grains


• German: Flashcards - Farm
  Three versions of cards for German farm-related vocabulary: with a b/w illustration and the German word, with the illustration only, and flashcards with the German word and its English counterpart.


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


• German: Picture Sentences - Farm
  "Das ist meine Scheune." Circle the sentence that best matches the picture.


• German: Word Wall - Farm
  From "Acker" to "Vieh", these vocabulary building word strips are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.

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