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Study the words TEEM & TEEMING: (Source) To teem with things is to have lots and lots of them. In other words, when a place is teeming with things, it's very full of them, and they're all moving around in a busy or active way. This room is teeming with raccoons! That means it's overflowing with raccoons, all moving around. (Source) This basement is teeming with bees. Yikes! (Source) This stadium is teeming with fans. (Source) And if people are coughing and sneezing all around you on the bus, then the bus is probably teeming with germs. Gross! (Source) Usually, when a place teems with things, those things are moving around busily, like a cafeteria teeming with children, or a fish tank teeming with fish. But we can say that a place is teeming with things even if they aren't really moving. For example, Belle's library is teeming with books. (Source) Your mind could be teeming with ideas, or teeming with questions, or teeming with calculations. (Source)   Make a flash card: You can write your own definition and choose your own picture, or copy mine. Term Definition Picture teeming very full of many active things or people   Write your own sentence! You can use either of the two ideas I'll suggest, or you can invent your own. Include as much detail as you can! (Source)   Write a sentence with the word TEEM: Remember: when a place is teeming with things or people, it's very full of them, or very crowded with them. Idea 1: "(Some place or event) was teeming with (a certain kind of people), all trying to (do something)." Idea 2: "It's hard to (relax, sleep, or settle down) when my mind is teeming with (happy or exciting) ideas for (something)." You can type in here. When you're done, copy and paste your sentence wherever you'd like it to go.