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

• Early Reader: My School Schedule (b/w)
  "School begins at _____." This early reader booklet is great for a lesson on telling time, for helping students understand their schedules, and for the fun of making a personalized book.


• Early Reader: My School Schedule (color)
  "School begins at _____." This early reader booklet is great for a lesson on telling time, for helping students understand their schedules, and for the fun of making a personalized book.


• Early Reader: School Supplies (b/w)
  "I have a pencil."


• Early Reader: School Supplies (color)
  "I have a pencil."


• Report Planner: Country
  A great form to guide research on any country around the world. Twelve pages of fact sheets, essay questions, and more.


• Early Reader: "I like... " (fruit - b/w)
  "I like bananas."


• Early Reader: "I like... " (fruit - color)
  "I like bananas."


• Early Reader: "I like... " (vegetables- b/w)
  "I like radishes."


• Early Reader: "I like... " (vegetables- color)
  "I like radishes."


• Early Reader: Colorful Fruit (b/w)
  "The apple is red."


• Early Reader: Colorful Fruit (color)
  "The apple is red."


• Early Reader: Community Helpers (b/w)
  "Firefighters put out fires."


• Early Reader: Community Helpers (color)
  "Firefighters put out fires."


• Border Paper: Pumpkins 1 (primary)
  [made with abctools] Primary-lined border paper with Jack-O'Lanterns in the surrounding border.


• Flashcards: Sport - Baseball (color)
  Flashcards for baseball vocabulary, from BAT to UMPIRE


• Flashcards: Sports - Baseball (b/w)
  Flashcards for baseball vocabulary, from BAT to UMPIRE


• Flashcards: Sports - Football (b/w)
  Flashcards for football vocabulary, from END ZONE to REFEREE


• Flashcards: Sports - Football (color)
  Flashcards for football vocabulary, from END ZONE to REFEREE


• Pattern: Leaf - Beech
  A leaf pattern to color or study.


• Pattern: Leaf - Birch
  A leaf pattern to color or study.


• Pattern: Leaf - Chestnut
  A leaf pattern to color or study.


• Pattern: Leaf - Cottonwood
  A leaf pattern to color or study.


• Pattern: Leaf - Elm
  A leaf pattern to color or study.


• Pattern: Leaf - Hickory
  A leaf pattern to color or study.


• Pattern: Leaf - Maple
  A leaf pattern to color or study.


• Pattern: Leaf - Oak
  A leaf pattern to color or study.


• Pattern: Leaf - Poplar
  A leaf pattern to color or study.


• Pattern: Leaf - Willow
  A leaf pattern to color or study.


• Behavior Poster: "Be Ready to Learn"
  Poster with colorful figures to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Be Ready to Learn" (dog)
  Cute poster of an attentive dog with a book. Full color poster to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Do Your Best"
  Poster with colorful figures to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Do Your Best" (dolphin)
  Cute picture of a dolphin jumping through a hoop. Full color poster to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Double Check Your Work"
  Poster with colorful figures to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Double Check Your Work" (pig)
  Cute picture of a pig writing. Full color poster to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Hands on the Table, Feet on the Floor"
  Poster with colorful figures to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Hands on the Table, Feet on the Floor" (bear)
  Picture of a bear at a desk. Full color poster to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Line Up Properly"
  Poster with colorful figures to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Line Up Properly" (penguins)
  Picture of a line of penguins. Full color poster to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Raise Your Hand"
  Poster with colorful figures to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Raise Your Hand" (monkey)
  Cute poster of a monkey raising its hand. Full color poster to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Read at Your Desk"
  Poster with colorful figures to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Read at Your Desk" (mouse)
  Cute picture of a mouse reading. Full color poster to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Right Voice at the Right Time"
  Poster with colorful figures to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Right Voices at the Right Time" (bluebird)
  Picture of a singing bird. Full color poster to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Sit on the Carpet"
  Poster with colorful figures to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Sit on the Carpet" (cat)
  A cute cat sitting on the ground. Full color poster to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Walk (don't run)" (flamingo)
  Cute picture of a flamingo walking. Full color poster to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Walk, Don't Run"
  Poster with colorful figures to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Behavior Poster: "Work Together" (ants)
  Picture of two ants. Full color poster to remind students of classroom behavior rules.


• Calendar: January - December 2010 w/color pictures
  Colorful monthly theme headers, large squares, one page per month, room for notes


• Calendar: January - December 2010 w/pictures
  monthly theme headers, large squares, one page per month, room for notes


• Shapebook: My House (pre-k/primary)
  House-shaped book with simple sentences, and space to draw.


• Shapebook: Rain Forest
  [made with abctools] A 10-page toucan-shaped shapebook with rain forest theme words, from RAIN FOREST to TROPICAL.


• Venn Diagram: Animals
  Use this Venn diagram to compare two animals.


• Venn Diagram: City and Country
  Use this Venn diagram to compare the concepts of "city" and "country".


• Venn Diagram: City and Country
  Use this Venn diagram to compare a city and a country.


• Venn Diagram: Hot and Cold
  Use this Venn diagram to compare hot and cold.


• Venn Diagram: Pets
  Use this Venn diagram to compare pets.


• Venn Diagram: Planets
  Use this Venn diagram to compare planets.


• Venn Diagram: Seasons/Hemispheres
  Use this Venn diagram to compare seasons in the Northern and Southern hemispheres (the United States and New Zealand)


• Venn Diagram: Sports
  Use this Venn diagram to compare sports.


• Venn Diagram: Spring and Fall
  Use this Venn diagram to compare spring and fall.


• Venn Diagram: Summer and Winter
  Use this Venn diagram to compare summer and winter.


• Venn: Dinosaurs
  Use this Venn diagram to compare dinosaurs.


• Word Search: Circus
  [made with abctools] from ACROBAT to TENT


• Word Search: Nervous System
  [made with abctools] From "brain" to "vertebrae".


• Word Search: Plants (elem)
  [made with abctools] From carbon to water.


• Word Search: Solar System
  [made with abctools] From "sun" to "Jupiter".


• Word Wall: Dental Health
  From "cavity" to "smile", these vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice.


• Word Wall: School
  [made with abctools] From ART CLASS to WRITING

PowerPoint

• PowerPoint Presentation: Telling Time (primary/elem)
  Detailed, illustrated step-by-step explanation of telling time.


• PowerPoint Template: Time Theme
  3 pages


• PowerPoint Template: Time Theme 2
  6 pages

Seasonal Materials

• Holiday/Seasonal >> Back to School
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> September
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Grandparents Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> September >> Hispanic Heritage Month
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Constitution Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Rosh Hashanah
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Solstice and Equinox

• Posters: Stay Healthy
  Three "STAY HEALTHY" posters: Wash Your Hands, Cover Your Sneeze, and Keep Your Distance.


• Bookmarks: September
  


• Glyph: September
  Color a blackline drawing by following the directions in the legend.


• Unscramble the Words: September
  [made with abctools] From "apples" to "teacher".


• Writing Prompts: My Journal - September (primary)
  19 simple prompts for holidays and other special occasions in September, with wide divided lines to write and space to draw.


• Alphabet Letter Patterns: Apples and Pencils (color)
  The letters of the alphabet, presented in black outline, filled with apples and pencils. Four letters to a page. Great for bulletin boards, desk decorations, and more. These match our September calendar header.


• Art: All About Me Collage
  This "All About Me" page can be filled in with drawings, words, or magazine clippings. It's a fun way for students to tell others about themselves. A nice first day activity.


• Art: Design an "All About Me" Stamp
  Students will have fun designing their own personalized stamp that reflects their interests.


• Border Paper: School Bells and Apples (blank inside)
  A blackline border paper that looks great printed on colored paper. Use for announcements, letters home, poetry border paper, and more.


• Border Paper: School Theme
  


• Bulletin Board Idea: Crayons theme
  Have students fill in these crayons with basic information about themselves. This is a great "getting to know you" bulletin board idea -- perfect for back to school!


• Classroom Newsletter: Back to School Theme (color)
  Print up the form and write in the details (Check out what we're doing, Help Wanted, Special Notes, Reminders) to make a great classroom newsletter. With colorful school house, student and school bus illustrations.


• Desk Tag: All aboard the 1st grade express!
  Desk tag with a space for writing your student's name.


• Graph: How Do You Get to School?
  Helps with understanding charts, and serves as a useful teacher reference tool.


• Large Poster: Welcome Back
  To use this four-page poster: print the pages, fold the edges, then glue or tape together along the edges. Laminate the poster for longer use.


• Writing Paper: All About Me (primary)
  "All About Me" Younger students will enjoy writing about themselves with this castle patterned writing paper. Primary dotted lines are included.


• Comprehension: The U.S. Constitution (elem)
  A fact-filled reading comprehension about the U.S. constitution. Constitution Day is September 17th.


• Poster: Constitution Preamble
  The text to the preamble to the U.S. Constitution. Constitution Day is September 17th.


• Unscramble the Words: Constitution Preamble
  [member-created with abctools] All the capitalized words from the Preamble to the Constitution have been scrambled.


• Worksheet: Preamble Scramble (elem/upper elem)
  Oh no! The words to the Constitution Preamble have been all mixed up. Can you put them in the correct order?


• Award: Special Grandparent
  "Thanks for everything you do... You are special grandparents!" Grandparents' Day is the second Sunday in September.


• Certificate: Special Grandfather
  "Thanks for everything you do... You are a special grandfather!" Grandparents' Day is the second Sunday in September.


• Certificate: Special Grandmother
  "Thanks for everything you do... You are a special grandmother!" Grandparents' Day is the second Sunday in September.

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