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!

New fonts and features for abctools!

We have added two new fonts, Century Gothic and EFI GD. EFI GD is a  Getty-Dubay Italic© style font from Educational Fontware, Inc. that abcteach now offers in basic, combined, and cursive faces. Take a look at our font details page for more information about all of the fonts you can use to create your own worksheets!

We have also added an editing shortcut for creating left-handed writing prompts. Type '<leftprompt>' into any abctool that allows you to enter your own text, and a left-handed prompt will be added to your document!

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New Materials

• Nomenclature Cards: Pumpkin (blank to color) - 2
  2 blank cards to color; these match our nomenclature cards.


• Nomenclature Cards: Pumpkin (blank to color) - 4
  4 blank cards to color; these match our nomenclature cards.


• Nomenclature Cards: Pumpkin (blank to color) - foldable
  2 foldable blank cards to color; these match our nomenclature cards.


• Worksheet: Counting Elephants (up to 5) - pre-k/primary
  "Circle the number of elephants you see on each line." Counting up to 5.


• Worksheet: Counting Frogs (up to 5) - pre-k/primary
  "Count the number of frogs you see on each line." Counting up to 5.


• Punch Pin Card: Apple - 2 per page (Montessori/preschool)
  Use a push pin to prick small holes in the shape.


• Punch Pin Card: Apple - 4 per page (Montessori/preschool)
  Use a push pin to prick small holes in the shape.


• Punch Pin Card: Candy Corn - 4 per page (Montessori/preschool)
  Use a push pin to prick small holes in the shape.


• Punch Pin Card: Candy Corn- 2 per page (Montessori/preschool)
  Use a push pin to prick small holes in the shape.


• Punch Pin Card: Pumpkin - 4 per page (Montessori/preschool)
  Use a push pin to prick small holes in the shape.


• Punch Pin Card: Pumpkin - 2 per page (Montessori/preschool)
  Use a push pin to prick small holes in the shape.


• Coloring Pages: Blue
  Three pages (two pages labeled, one unlabeled) of pictures to color blue, from a blueberry to blue jeans.


• Coloring Pages: Green
  Three pages (two pages labeled, one unlabeled) of pictures to color green, from celery to turtle.


• Coloring Pages: Orange
  Three pages (two pages labeled, one unlabeled) of pictures to color orange, from basketball to tiger.


• Coloring Pages: Red
  Three pages (two pages labeled, one unlabeled) of pictures to color red, from apple to strawberries.


• Coloring Pages: White
  Three pages (two pages labeled, one unlabeled) of pictures to color white, from polar bear to snowflake.


• Coloring Pages: Yellow
  Three pages (two pages labeled, one unlabeled) of pictures to color yellow, from banana to sun.


• Cut and Paste: Blue
  Color and cut out the pictures of blue things and glue them together.


• Cut and Paste: Green
  Color and cut out the pictures of green things and glue them together.


• Cut and Paste: Orange
  Color and cut out the pictures of orange things and glue them together.


• Cut and Paste: Red
  Color and cut out the pictures of red things and glue them together.


• Cut and Paste: White
  Color and cut out the pictures of white things and glue them together.


• Cut and Paste: Yellow
  Color and cut out the pictures of yellow things and glue them together.


• Poster: What's the difference... between an ape and a monkey?
  


• Counters: Snowflakes
  


• Counters: Snowflakes (b/w)
  


• Writing Paper: Snowflakes (elem)
  Wide-lined paper with illustrations of snowflakes at the top of the page.


• Counters: Evergreen Tree
  


• Counters: Evergreen Tree (b/w)
  


• Counters: Hearts
  


• Counters: Hearts (b/w)
  


• Punch Pin Card: Flower - 4 per page (Montessori/preschool)
  Use a push pin to prick small holes in the shape.


• Punch Pin Card: Star - 2 per page (Montessori/preschool)
  Use a push pin to prick small holes in the shape.


• Punch Pin Card: Star - 4 per page (Montessori/preschool)
  Use a push pin to prick small holes in the shape.


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


• Clip Art: Basic Words: Yo-yo (coloring page)
  coloring page


• Clip art: Basic Words: Yo-yo B&W (poster)
  Easy-to-print poster version.


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


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


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


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

Seasonal Materials

• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Halloween
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Months >> November
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Veterans Day
• Holiday/Seasonal >> Holidays >> Thanksgiving

• Bingo Cards: Halloween (b/w)
  Set of twenty bingo cards for Halloween, from CANDY to VAMPIRE.


• Color and Write: Halloween - Tree with Decorations
  Fall tree surrounded by pumpkin bag decorations; small on a lined writing page, large on the coloring page.


• Early Readers: "I see...." (Halloween Theme)
  Use these pages to make a Halloween booklet that kids can read!


• Experiment: Pumpkin Seed (elementary)
  Pumpkin seed fun with 6 pages for learning centers or group projects.


• Fiction: Marta's First Halloween (elementary/ upper elem)
  A Halloween-themed reading comprehension about a little girl's first Halloween...and a scary surprise!


• Fiction: Trick or Treat! (elementary/ upper elem)
  "Let's break a window," Mike said. A realistic fiction story about Halloween trick or treating... and knowing what's right.


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


• Maze: Halloween 4 (harder)
  Help the spider find his web.


• Bookmarks: November (color)
  Four different November-themed bookmarks.


• Calendar: November (header)
  turkeys and corn


• Spelling: November (primary)
  From "election" to "Thanksgiving". A list of ten November-themed spelling words, then practice pages including a page for copying the words, ABC order, a word search, a word unscramble, a spelling test, and room to draw a picture for the month.


• Poster: In Flanders Fields
  Full text of the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae. Remembrance Day is November 11th.


• Bulletin Board Trim: Thanksgiving (border)
  This colorful border trim, with cornucopia, buckle hats, and turkeys, matches our alphabet letter patterns.


• Comprehension: Cornucopia (primary/ elem)
  What is a cornucopia? Learn about the history of the "horn of plenty" with this fact-filled reading comprehension.


• Comprehension: Thanksgiving and the Pilgrims (upper elem/middle)
  Six great fact-filled reading comprehensions in one place: Who Were the Pilgrims?; The Mayflower; The Mayflower Compact; The First Year; Squanto; The "First" Thanksgiving.


• Comprehension: Thanksgiving in 1621 (elem)
  This reading comprehension lesson provides information about the "first" Thanksgiving.


• Comprehension: The History of Thanksgiving (upper elem/ middle)
  When was the first Thanksgiving really? Think it was in 1621? Learn the truth about thanksgivings and harvest festivals with this thoughtful and thorough reading comprehension.


• Early Reader: Corns, Squash, and Beans (primary)
  This language arts project features four separate activities. A teacher's page explains how to work with students on a colonial American lesson focused on corns, beans, and squash. Great for early readers and a wonderful fall lesson, this lesson is part of the abcteach Colonial America unit.


• Glyph: Thanksgiving Turkey (upper elementary)
  Color a blackline turkey by following the directions in the legend. This contains more complicated directions than our usual glyphs.


• Greeting Card: Happy Thanksgiving (b/w)
  Foldable card with a picture to color of a cornucopia above the words "HAPPY THANKSGIVING", and text inside reading "Have a wonderful, bountiful, thankful holiday!"


• Biography: Amelia Earhart (upper elem/middle)
  A biography of the famous aviator, followed by multiple choice comprehension questions. Amelia Earhart's birthday is July 24th.


• Writing Prompts: My Journal - November (elementary)
  25 fun prompts for holidays and other special occasions in November, with lines to write and space to draw.


• Writing Prompts: My Journal - November (middle)
  Writing prompts for holidays and other special occasions in November, with narrow lines for writing.


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


• Writing Prompts: My Journal - November (upper elem/middle)
  Writing prompts for holidays and other special occasions in November. UNLINED.

Spanish Materials

• Spanish: 24 Tarjetas de vocabulario con las partes del cuerpo 1/2
  24 Tarjetas a una sola cara con imágenes de las partes del. 1/2 24 Single-sided flashcards, pictures of body parts. 1 of 2


• Spanish: 24 Tarjetas de vocabulario con las partes del cuerpo 2/2
  24 Tarjetas a una sola cara con imágenes de las partes del. 2/2 24 Single-sided flashcards, pictures of body parts. 2 of 2


• Spanish: Señaladores--los colores
  Cuatro señaladores con colores en español. Para utilizarlo como recompensa o como práctica referencia.

French Materials

• French: Marque-pages--les couleurs
  Marque-pages, un moyen pratique pour apprendre les couleurs.

Italian Materials

• Italian: Segnalibri--i colori
  Segnalibri, modo pratico per imparare i colori

ESL Materials

• Bookmark: Colors (ESL)
  Bookmarks--a convenient way to learn colors.

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