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!

If you can't find exactly what you're looking for, please let us know. Here at abcteach, we are happy to hear member feedback and requests: we want to make teaching as easy as possible for you!

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New Materials

• Rebus: The Busy Easter Bunny (color)
  


• Fiction: The Case of the Stupendous Stench (elem/upper elem)
  Read this fictional story about a rotten smell, and then use inference skills to answer the questions on the next page. This story is great for after Easter!


• Hands-On Map Skills: Draw a Neighborhood (upper elem/middle)
  To learn and practice mapping skills by drawing a map of the neighborhood.


• Hands-On Map Skills: Draw a Room (upper elem/middle)
  Learn and practice map skills, particularly scale, by drawing a room and its furniture to scale.


• Hands-On Map Skills: Using a Globe (upper elem/middle)
  Learn about and practice using a world globe.


• Hands-On Math: Balance a Checkbook (upper elem/middle)
  Learn and practice practical financial recordkeeping skills. Addition and subtraction skill practice.


• Hands-On Math: Measure a Room (elem/upper elem)
  Learn and practice the calculation of perimeter and area by measuring a room.


• Hands-On Reading: Dramatic Book Report (upper elem/middle)
  Illustrate the main idea of a book visually and orally by presenting a drama.


• Hands-On Reading: Visual Book Report (upper elem/middle)
  Illustrate the main idea of a book visually by designing a book cover.


• Acrostic Form: Constellations
  


• Unscramble the Words: Constellations
  Unscramble the words, from ASTRONOMERS to STARS.


• Word Search: Constellations (upper elem)
  Find the words, from ASTRONOMER to STARS, in this telescope-shaped word search.


• Worksheet: Metamorphosis - Caterpillar to Butterfly
  Students read the four stages of metamorphosis, then label and describe the pictures.


• Flashcards: Word Family - ing words
  Pictures of -ing words with words next to each picture. Fold the page over the words to practice.


• Flashcards: Word Family - ock words
  Pictures of -ock words with words next to each picture. Fold the page over the words to practice.


• Flashcards: Word Family - op words
  Pictures of -op words with words next to each picture. Fold the page over the words to practice.


• Flashcards: Word Family - ot words
  Pictures of -ot words with words next to each picture. Fold the page over the words to practice.


• Flashcards: Word Family -ug words
  Pictures of -ug words with words next to each picture. Fold the page over the words to practice.


• Flashcards: Word Family -ut/utt words
  Pictures of -ut and -utt words with words next to each picture. Fold the page over the words to practice.


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Bun (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Bun B&W (poster)
  Easy-to-print poster version.


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Bun Color (poster)
  Easy-to-print poster version.


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Sun (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Sun B&W (poster)
  Easy-to-print poster version.


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Sun Color (poster)
  Easy-to-print poster version.


• Clip Art: Copernicus (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Aargau (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Basel-Landschaft (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Basel-Stadt (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Fribourg (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Jura (coloring page)
  flags illustration


• Clip Art: Flags: Lucerne (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Neuchatel (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Nidwalden (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Schwyz (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Solothurn (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: St. Gallen (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Ticino (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Uri (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Valais (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Vaud (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Zug (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Flags: Zurich (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip Art: Galileo (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Game: Car Game/Puzzle—“Spare Parts”(ESL)
  Generic game board in car puzzle format. Play this fun game to "earn" the spare parts to put the car back together. Adaptable to all levels, any subject.

Seasonal Materials

• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Mother's Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Cinco de Mayo
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Arbor Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Earth Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Easter
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> April
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Seasonal >> Spring

• Book: Mighty Tree (primary)
  Open-ended comprehension questions and prompts to go with Dick Gackenbach's tale of three trees: one used for material, one a Christmas tree, and one left in the forest. A great Earth Day tie-in.


• Comprehension: Trees (upper elementary/middle)
  Reading comprehension, short essay prompt, drawing, and more, all on the topic of the importance of trees.


• Comprehension: Types of Trees (elem/ upper elem)
  This reading comprehension introduces coniferous, deciduous, and tropical trees.


• 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.


• Book List: Children's Books About the Environment
  Looking for children's books about the environment? Here's a list of fiction and non-fiction books (for ages 4-16) to get you started. Let us know if we've missed your favorite book and we'll add it!


• 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.


• Bookmarks: Earth Day - Conservation (color)
  Four colorful bookmarks with Earth Day-themed slogans ("save our resources" etc.)


• Poster: ANZAC Day
  April 25th is ANZAC Day.


• Bookmarks: Cinco de Mayo
  

Spanish Materials

• Spanish: Proyecto en Grupo: Piensa Verde - Reduce (elementaria, secundaria)
  Páginas para organizar y crear un proyecto en grupo sobre la necesidad de reducir para ayudar el medio ambiente. Pages to organize and create a group project about the need to reduce and help the environment.


• Spanish: Proyecto sobre un Libro: El Medio Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales (elementaria, secundaria)
  Páginas para organizar un reporte de un libro sobre el medio ambiente o los recursos naturales. Organizing pages for a book report about the environment or natural resources.


• Spanish: Página para Colorear - Tierra (elementaria)
  Página para colorear: Tierra. Puede usarse individualmente or como parte de un librito sobre el medio ambiente y los recursos naturales. Coloring page: Soil. It can be used individually or as part o a booklet about the environment and natural resources.


• Spanish: Página para Colorear: Medios Naturales - agua (elementaria)
  Página para colorear: Recursos Naturales - Agua. Puede usarse individualmente o como parte de un librito sobre el Medio Ambiente y los Recursos Naturales. Coloring Page: Natural Resources - Water. It can be used individually or as part o a booklet about the Environment and Natural Resources.

French Materials

• French: Game/Puzzle Board—Pièces Détachées
  Jeu générique en format de puzzle, pièces détachées. S’adapte à tous les niveaux et tous les sujets. Generic game board in car puzzle format. Play this fun game to "earn" the spare parts to to put the car back together. Adaptable to all levels, any subject.

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