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

• Comprehension: Baseball (upper elem/ middle)
  Factual description of the game, followed by multiple choice questions and a writing prompt.


• Project: Gardening Journal - Cover
  Ivy-bordered journal cover for gardening project.


• Project: Gardening Journal - Field Notes
  Ivy-bordered page for recording field notes ("Today in the garden...")during a gardening project.


• Project: Gardening Journal - Field Trip Report
  Ivy-bordered page for field trip notes for a gardening journal project.


• Project: Gardening Journal - Planting Record
  Ivy-bordered page for recording information about planting in a gardening journal project.


• Project: Gardening Journal - Plot the Garden
  Pages for creating a record of a newly planted garden, so that plants will be easy to identify as they grow. Helps with mapping skills.


• Project: Gardening Journal Project Planner
  Explains why gardening is a good educational project and how to set up a successful project. This idea is great for homeschoolers! Illustrated pages for journal entries are available to abcteach members.


• Project: Gardening Journal Set (b/w)
  Simple black-and-white pages for: project cover, planting records, journal entry, field trip report.


• Project: Gardening Journal Set (color)
  Ivy-bordered pages for: project cover, planting record, journal entry, field trip report.


• ABC Sort: Gardening Vocabulary
  [Made with abctools] 20 words, from ANNUAL to TRANSPLANT


• Circle & Spell: Gardening Vocabulary
  [Made with abctools] Circle the correct spellings of the 20 gardening-related words, from ANNUAL to TRANSPLANT


• Crossword: Gardening Vocabulary
  [made with abctools] 3 ACROSS: Thirsty plants need this


• Missing Letters: Gardening Vocabulary
  [Created with abctools] Fill in the missing letters for these 20 gardening-related words, from ANNUAL to TRANSPLANT.


• Spelling List: Gardening Vocabulary
  [Created with abctools] A list of 20 gardening-related words, from ANNUAL to TRANSPLANT, to use as a spelling lesson.


• Unscramble the Words: Gardening Vocabulary
  [created with abctools] 20 words, from ANNUAL to TRANSPLANT


• Word Search: Gardening Vocabulary
  [member-created with abctools] Find the words, from ANNUAL to TRANSPLANT, in this flower-shaped puzzle.


• Word Wall: Gardening Vocabulary
  [created with abctools] 20 words, from ANNUAL to TRANSPLANT


• 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 - ox words
  Pictures of -ox words with words next to each picture. Fold the page over the words to practice.


• Poster: Baseball Is Funny!
  "When three players are out, the side that's out comes in and the side that's been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out."

PowerPoint

• PowerPoint Presentation: Air Pollution (upper elem/middle)
  

Seasonal Materials

• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> June
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Juneteenth
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Flag Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Father's Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> End of School Year Activities
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Memorial Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> May

• Acrostic Form: Memorial Day
  


• Biography Form: Soldier/ Memorial Day
  Choose a soldier and use these targeted questions to write a biography for Memorial Day.


• Comprehension: Memorial Day (upper elementary)
  Memorial Day is the last Monday in May. A factual reading comprehension with short answer review questions.


• Acrostic Form: Happy Father's Day (upper elem)
  Begin each line with a word that starts with the letter on that line.


• Booklet: Autograph tags
  Cut out the tags and then put them together on a ring for an original expandable autograph book.


• Candy Wrapper - Have a Great Summer! (version 2)
  Have a Great Summer! Print and wrap this candy wrapper around a standard-size candy bar and glue in place for a great gift.


• Candy Wrapper: Thank You (cartoon pencil with apple graphic)
  Print and wrap this candy wrapper around a standard-size candy bar and glue in place for a great thank you gift.


• Project: The Best Vacation Ever (upper elem/middle)
  This 16 page vacation planner is a great project to help students understand the process of planning and organizing a vacation. Whether plans are for a low-budget camping trip in a nearby state park, or a fantastic voyage to a faraway country, students will have fun planning budgets, etc., with this unit.


• Venn Diagram: School and Summer Vacation
  Use this Venn diagram to compare school and summer vacation.


• Writing Paper: My School Year
  This wide-lined border paper, with the words "My School Year" at the top, is perfect for stories, reports, and poems.

French Materials

• French: Subjunctive--Interactive PowerPoint
  Renforcer l’emploi du présent du subjonctif avec cette présentation PowerPoint interactive. Intermédiaire avancé. Practice the use of the French subjunctive with this interactive PowerPoint presentation. Intermediate plus.

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