Free Teaching Resources
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Alphabet Playdough Mats for Fine Motor Development
A set of alphabet playdough letter mats to help children develop their fine motor skills and identify the letters of the alphabet.
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Examining Female Gender Stereotypes PowerPoint
A 14 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when examining female gender stereotypes with your students.
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3-Digit by 2-Digit Multiplication Task Cards
Practice solving vertical 3-digit by 2-digit multiplication problems with this set of 18 task cards.
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Ada Lovelace - Cut and Paste Shapes and Patterns Activity
Explore shapes and patterns with the female programmer, Ada Lovelace, with this cut-and-paste activity for young students.
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Crazy Creatures – Counting Worksheet
Bring a bit of (not-so) spooky counting into kindergarten with a crazy creatures Halloween activity.
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What Are Needs and Wants? Task Cards
Use these free Needs and Wants Task Cards to practice identifying things that are needs and things that are wants.
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Natural Resources Task Cards
Answer questions about natural resources and their uses with this set of 16 task cards.
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Where to Buy Goods and Services Worksheet
Identify places and people in the community that provide goods and services with a cut and paste sorting worksheet.
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Procedures Scoot!
Review classroom procedures and expectations with with this back to school SCOOT activity.
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Animal Needs – Worksheet
Practice and review vocabulary associated with basic animal needs with this worksheet.
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Naming Decimals Worksheet
Get students applying decimal place value skills to represent numbers to the thousandths place in standard, word and expanded form.
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Soil Properties Lab – Trifold Template
Investigate different soil types and their properties with this hands-on activity.
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Counting Objects Bear Hunt - Numbers 1-5
Use one-to-one correspondence and basic counting skills with this hands-on game.
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End-of-Year Teacher Checklist
Remember all of those important end-of-year teacher tasks with a handy Classroom Closeout checklist.
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New Year, New Fun! Activity Sheet
Keep students' minds and hands busy during your mid-school-year lull with four fun activities on one handy worksheet!
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Helpful Homework Tips for Parents
Helpful tips to support students as they complete homework.
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All About Me – Printable Desk Name Tag Template
Have your students design a custom-made "all about me" desk name tag with a printable template.
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Roll and Color Worksheet - One More, One Less
An interactive worksheet to practice finding the number that is 1 more and 1 less than a given number.
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How to Walk Like a... Instruction Cards
Help your students transition quietly through the hallways with this set of 4 instruction cards.
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Color by Sight Words - 5 Words - Bee
A fun coloring activity to use when working with sight words.
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If I Were President ...
A Presidents' Day writing activity.
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Classroom Wish List – Giraffe
Display your back-to-school needs for your new parents on this classroom wish list display.
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Making Connections Worksheet
Practice making connections while reading a piece of text with this graphic organizer.
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Affirmations – Grouping Posters
A set of Affirmations themed posters to use when separating your students into groups.
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Predict and Prove – Template
A template to help introduce making a hypothesis before starting an investigation.
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Oblivious Orchestra – Rhythm Challenge
A fun and challenging game where students try to keep a steady beat.
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What Am I? – Music and Instruments
A fun game for students to identify various musical instruments and terminology.
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Inauguration Day Word Scramble
A word scramble to use around Inauguration Day.
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Student of the Week Certificate – Upper Grades
Celebrate your Student of the Week student with this certificate for upper grade students.
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Biography Cube
Research and create an interactive biography for a historical figure.
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Alphabet Letter Match
A fun match-up activity to consolidate your students' knowledge of uppercase and lowercase letters.
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Order of Operations Dice Game
Practice order of operations with this set of 6 dice activity mats.