| Monthly Newsletter: 2009-01-06 |
Below is a list of some of the many free materials recently added to abcteach.
New Materials |
- Comprehension: Biofuels (upper elem/middle)
Text only. Multiple choice, short answer, and essay questions to review this text are available on our member site.
- Sign: Year of the Ox
Color sign for Chinese year of the ox (Boar years are 1973, 1985, 1997, and 2009. The year of the ox starts January 26th, 2009).
- Word Game: Government
Make as many words as you can from GOVERNMENT.
- Word Game: Baseball
Make as many words as you can from BASEBALL DIAMOND.
- Word Game: Christopher Columbus
Make as many words as you can from CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
- Word Game: Constitution
Make as many words as you can from CONSTITUTION.
- Word Game: Desert
Make as many words as you can from DESERT HABITAT.
- Word Game: Dinosaur
Make as many words as you can from DINOSAURS.
- Word Game: Dromedary
Make as many words as you can from DROMEDARY.
- Word Game: Earth Day
Make as many words as you can from EARTH DAY.
- Word Game: Volcanoes
Make as many words as you can from VOLCANOES.
- Word Problems: Set A (elem/upper elem)
Michael had nineteen balloons. Eight of them were red, four were blue, two were yellow, and the rest were green. How many were green? Six word problems.
- Word Problems: Set B (elem/upper elem)
Create a story problem for this answer: Jacob had four caramel apples left over. Six word problems.
- Word Problems: Set C (elem/upper elem)
Amanda had $3.00. She bought a hot dog for $1.35, chips for 35 cents, and a drink for 85 cents. Did she have enough money? Did she have money left over? If so, how much? Six word problems.
- Word Problems: Set D (elem/upper elem)
Joseph has two cousins. The sum of their ages is 18 years. One cousin is four years older than the other. Mrs. Smith guessed that the ages were 7 and 11. Was her guess correct? Six word problems.
- Word Problems: Set E (elem/upper elem)
John finished a bicycle race in second place. The first four people crossed the finish line at: one-twenty, a quarter after one, five minutes to one and 1:07. What time did John cross the finish line? Six word problems.
- Word Problems: Set F (elem/upper elem)
Robert went to the store with $10.00. He bought a notebook, three pencils and two erasers. He came home with $2.89. How much money did he spend? Six word problems.
- Word Problems: Set G (elem/upper elem)
Jennifer wants to buy a new hockey puck that costs $5.25. She has $2.30. She can earn 50 cents an hour by raking leaves. How many hours will she have to work to get the money she needs? Six word problems.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Costa Rica (elem/upper elem) - cover only
Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to Costa Rica. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available on our member site.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Cote d'Ivoire (elem/upper elem) - cover only
Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to Cote d'Ivoire. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available on our member site.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Denmark (elem/upper elem) - cover only
Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to Denmark. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available on our member site.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Egypt (elem/upper elem) - cover only
Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to Egypt. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available on our member site.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Finland (elem/upper elem) - cover only
Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to Finland. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Indonesia (elem/upper elem) - cover only
Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to Indonesia. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available on our member site.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Peru (elem/upper elem) - cover only
Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to Peru. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available on our member site.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Russia (elem/upper elem) - cover only
Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to Russia. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available on our member site.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Scotland (elem/upper elem) - cover only
Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to Scotland. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available on our member site.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Somalia (elem/upper elem) - cover only
Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to Somalia. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available on our member site.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to South Africa (elem/upper elem) - cover only
Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to South Africa. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to South Korea (elem/upper elem) - cover only
Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to South Korea. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to the Philippines (elem/upper elem) - cover only
Cover page for a booklet-report about a real or imaginary trip to the Philippines. Writing prompts to go with the cover are available on our member site.
Seasonal Materials |
New Member Material |
The items below were added to our member site last week. If you would like to have access to these documents, please read about our membership. Our membership area currently contains 20962 documents and this number is growing daily!
- 2009 Calendar (b/w)
monthly theme headers, large squares, one page per month, room for notes
- 2009 Calendar (color)
Colorful monthly theme headers, large squares, one page per month, room for notes
- Writing Paper: Martin Luther King, Jr. (upper elem/middle)
Narrow-lined writing paper with an illustration of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the top.
- Biography Form: Martin Luther King (upper elem)
Answer the targeted questions about Martin Luther King.
- Glyph: Chinese Zodiac - Ox (upper elementary)
"If you are calm like the ox, color the ox’s nose pink." Color the picture to match the characteristics of this animal in the Chinese zodiac. Great vocabulary.
- Writing Paper: Martin Luther King, Jr. (elem)
Wide-lined paper with an illustration of King at the top of the page.
- Bookmarks: Chinese Year of the Ox
Four "year of the ox" bookmarks (Ox years are 1973, 1985, 1997, and 2009.) The year of the ox starts January 26th, 2009.
- Color and Write: Chinese Year of the Ox
Picture of an ox and lines to write a short story about the Chinese year of the ox. (Ox years are 1973, 1985, 1997, and 2009.) The Chinese year of the ox starts January 26th, 2009
- Coloring Page: Chinese Year of the Ox
"2009 is the year of the ox." with a picture of an ox to color.
- Comprehension: Groundhog Day
Explains the possible origins and some beliefs about this February 2nd holiday.
- Craft: Groundhog Day (primary)
Cut out the groundhog and the burrow. Attach the groundhog to a popsicle stick and "pop" him through the hole. Does he see his shadow?
- Writing Paper: Chinese Year of the Ox (elem)
Wide-lined paper with the words CHINESE YEAR OF THE OX and a picture of an ox at the top of the page.
- Writing Paper: Chinese Year of the Ox (upper elem)
Narrow-lined paper with the words CHINESE YEAR OF THE OX and a picture of an ox at the top of the page.
- Book: Where the Red Fern Grows (middle school)
Vocabulary, short comprehension, and essay question to review Wilson Rawls' story about a boy growing up and raising dogs in the Ozarks.
- Mini Office: Phonics (consonants) - b/w
Quick reference (words with pictures and brief explanations) for consonant sounds.
- Mini Office: Phonics (vowels) - b/w
Quick reference (words with pictures and brief explanations) for vowel sounds.
- Poster: Dividing Decimals
Simple poster explains how to divide decimals.
- Word Problems: Set N (elem/upper elem)
Abigail saw the same number of pigs and chickens at the farm. She counted twelve legs. How many were pig legs and how many were chicken legs? Six word problems.
- Word Problems: Set O (elem/upper elem)
Andrea brought seventy-five Valentines candies to school. If there are twenty-eight students in her class, how many candies can each student have if Andrea wants them all to have the same amount? Will there be any left over? Six word problems.
- Word Problems: Set P (elem/upper elem)
Mr. Wilder is taller than Ms. White. Mr. Singer is shorter than Ms. White. Ms. Jackson is taller than Ms. White, but she is not the tallest teacher. Put all of these teachers in order according to their height. Six word problems.
- Word Problems: Set Q (elem/upper elem)
Jordan has eight apples. Cameron has half as many apples as Jordan. Natalie has three-quarters as many apples as Cameron. How many apples does each person have? How many do they have altogether? Six word problems.
- Word Problems: Set R (elem/upper elem)
Brooke has eleven flowers. She has more tulips than roses. What are the possible combinations of tulips and roses, if she only has these two types of flowers? Six word problems.
- Word Problems: Set S (elem/upper elem)
Dakota went to the store. He bought three note pads for $.75 each, four pencils at 2 for $.35 and one candy bar, which was being sold at 3 for $1.80. How much money did he spend? How much did he get back from the $10.00 he gave the clerk? Six word problems.
- Word Problems: Set T (elem/upper elem)
Paige, Cassandra, and Katie earned $12.45 by working for a neighbor. Assuming they worked equal amounts, what would each girl’s share be? Six word problems.
- Word Problems: Set U (elem/upper elem)
Sydney got twenty-one e-mails on Monday, nineteen on Tuesday, thirty-seven on Wednesday, eight on Thursday, and twenty-three on Friday. How many e-mails did she get on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, combined? Six word problems.
- Bulletin Board Trim: Happy New Year (small)
Scalloped edge (full color)
- Bulletin Board Trim: Snowflake (small)
Scalloped edge, blackline.
- Bulletin Board Trim: Snowflake (small)
Scalloped edge, full color.
- Bulletin Board Trim: Winter (b/w)
- Bulletin Board Trim: Winter (color)
- Classroom Helper (Set 32)
table washer, sweeper, card turner, squirter - hand sanitizer
- Clip Art: 3D Solids: Rectangular Prism (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Apron B&W Labeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Apron B&W Unlabeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Apron Color Labeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Apron Color unlabeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Eye B&W Labeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Eye B&W Unlabeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Eye Color Labeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Eye Color Unlabeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Heart B&W Labeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Heart B&W Unlabeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Heart Color Labeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Heart Color Unlabeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Ice B&W Labeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Ice B&W Unlabeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Ice Color Labeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Ice Color Unlabeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Ink B&W Labeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Ink B&W Unlabeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Ink Color Labeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Ink Color Unlabeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Kangaroo B&W Labeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Kangaroo B&W Unlabeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Kangaroo Color Labeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Kangaroo Color Unlabeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Lion B&W Labeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Lion B&W Unlabeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Lion Color Labeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Lion Color Unlabeled
basic words illustration
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Rattle Unlabeled (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Basic Words: Rope Unlabeled (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Cartoon Red Eyed Tree Frog (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Cartoon Robin (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Cartoon Rooster (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Christmas Portraits: Reindeer (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Insects: Rhinoceros Beetle (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Jack and the Beanstalk 2 (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Knit Hat B&W Labeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Knit Hat B&W Unlabeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Knit Hat Color Labeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Knit Hat Color Unlabeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Martin Luther King (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Money: Quarter Front (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Money: Twenty Dollar Bill Outline (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Money: Twenty Dollar Bill Outline Back (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Money: Twenty Dollar Bill Outline Front (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Month Banner: April B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: April Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: August B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: August Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: December B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: December Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: February B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: February Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: January B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: January Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: July B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: July Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: June B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: June Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: March B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: March Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: May B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: May Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: November B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: November Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: October B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: October Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: September B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Banner: September Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: April B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: April Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: August B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: August Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: December B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: December Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: February B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: February Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: January B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: January Color
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- Clip Art: Month Icon: July B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: July Color
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- Clip Art: Month Icon: June B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: June Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: March B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: March Color
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- Clip Art: Month Icon: May B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: May Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: November B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: November Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: October B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: October Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: September B&W
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Month Icon: September Color
months of the year illustration
- Clip Art: Parka B&W Labeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Parka B&W Unlabeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Parka Color Labeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Parka Color Unlabeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Playground: Slide (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Playground: Teeter Totter (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Puss In Boots (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Quill Pen 1 (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Quill Pen 2 (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Quill Pen and Inkwell (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Rainbow 1 (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Raincoat B&W Labeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Raincoat B&W Unlabeled
clothes illustraton
- Clip Art: Raincoat Color Labeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Raincoat Color Unlabeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Rapunzel (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Reading Moon (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Reading Pandas (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Reading Sun (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Rice (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Robin (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Rowboat (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Royal Family (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Royal Family: Queen (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Shapes: Triangle: Right Geometry Labeled (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Snow Pants B&W Labled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Snow Pants B&W Unlabeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Snow Pants Color Labeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: Snow Pants Color Unlabeled
clothes illustration
- Clip Art: US Government: Republican Elephant (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Vegetables: Radishes (coloring page)
coloring page
- Clip Art: Whale: Right Whale (coloring page)
coloring page
- Guided Reading: Sam, Bangs, and Moonshine (primary)
Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of Evaline Ness's 1967 Caldecott winner, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts.
- Guided Reading: We Are Best Friends (primary)
Suggestions for teachers to guide students during a "read aloud" of Aliki's popular story of friendship, with pages for students to fill in their own before, during, and after reading questions; this unit includes art prompts.
- January - December 2009 Calendar (add your text)
In Word .doc, black and white; no pictures
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Costa Rica (elem/upper elem)
Write a booklet report about a real or imaginary trip to Costa Rica. These pages include directions for writing specific information about your trip, including holidays, people, and sightseeing, and daily journal pages. Prompts develop narrative, persuasive, and descriptive writing skills.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Cote d'Ivoire (elem/upper elem)
Write a booklet report about a real or imaginary trip to Cote d'Ivoire. These pages include directions for writing specific information about your trip, including holidays, people, and sightseeing, and daily journal pages. Prompts develop narrative, persuasive, and descriptive writing skills.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Denmark (elem/upper elem)
Write a booklet report about a real or imaginary trip to Denmark. These pages include directions for writing specific information about your trip, including holidays, people, and sightseeing, and daily journal pages. Prompts develop narrative, persuasive, and descriptive writing skills.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Egypt (elem/upper elem)
Write a booklet report about a real or imaginary trip to Egypt. These pages include directions for writing specific information about your trip, including holidays, people, and sightseeing, and daily journal pages. Prompts develop narrative, persuasive, and descriptive writing skills.
- Writing Activity: A Trip to Indonesia (elem/upper elem)
Write a booklet report about a real or imaginary trip to Indonesia. These pages include directions for writing specific information about your trip, including holidays, people, and sightseeing, and daily journal pages. Prompts develop narrative, persuasive, and descriptive writing skills.
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