Free Teaching Resources
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This collection of free teaching resources has been designed by our teacher team to give elementary and middle school teachers a chance to experience the Teach Starter difference.
That’s why you’ll find hundreds of free resources for teachers that have been created with both students and their teachers in mind.
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Planning an Informative Text
A planning sheet that can be used to write an informative text.
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My Research Project - Pennant Banner
Create a pennant banner for students to record and display their biography research.
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If I Were President ...
A Presidents' Day writing activity.
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Presidential Oath of Office - Vocabulary Activity
Learn new vocabulary while studying the Presidential Oath of Office with this differentiated activity.
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Back to School Today! Poem for Kids
Ease back-to-school jitters and launch your students into a love of poetry with a short poem for kids written just for the first day of school!
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Brainstorming Template - A Favorite Memory With...
A template for brainstorming favorite memories.
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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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What's the Connection? Worksheet
Use this reading skills worksheet to help your students learn about the types of text connections: text-to-text, text-to-self and text-to-world.
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Division with Models Worksheet
Complete 8 division word problems by representing dividends as numbers, pictures, and number sentences.
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Biography Timeline Template
Use this multipurpose timeline template for a variety of assignments, projects, and more!
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Biography Cube
Research and create an interactive biography for a historical figure.
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Making Connections Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to record text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections.
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Fill the Grid Active Game
An active game that allows students to practice their multiplication facts.
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Forms of Energy Poster
A poster to display in the classroom that shows different forms of energy.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Fakebook Worksheet
Design a social media profile for civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. in this creative writing activity.
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Adverb Crossword – Worksheet
A crossword for students to review different adverbs.
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5 W's Graphic Organizer
A blank 5 W's graphic organizer to use when planning a piece of writing text.
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Printable Wanted Poster Template
A 'Wanted' poster template that can be used in a variety of ways in the classroom.
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Initial Letter Coloring Worksheet
Identify the first letter for each picture and then color it.
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Calming Down Mini-Book
Help your students to keep calm when they are experiencing heightened emotions with this social story mini-book.
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The Best Way to Predict Your Future... – Motivational Poster
Brighten up your classroom with this motivational poster.
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My Mini Book Report
Have students write about their favorite literature with this fun-sized mini-book.
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Comprehension - That's Not My Pet
A fun script and set of questions to help students develop reading and comprehension strategies.
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Five Finger Summary - Graphic Organizer
A graphic organizer for students to use to summarize a fiction text.
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Distinguish Between Fact and Opinion Poster
A poster highlighting how to distinguish between fact and opinion when reading a piece of text.
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Cat Handwriting Paper - Dotted Middle Line
A set of handwriting lines to use when teaching your students how to sit their letters properly on a line.
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Number Sequencing to 100 - Worksheet
A raindrop themed place value worksheet to use when sequencing numbers to 100.
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Alphabetical Order Activity
A fun matchup activity to help teach children the letters of the alphabet and their sounds.
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Sorting Objects by Property Template
A template to use when sorting objects using the sense of touch and sight.
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What's Remaining? - Long Division Board Game
A game to play to when learning to solve long division involving remainders.
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We're Going On a Shape Hunt! Graphing Game
Consolidate students' knowledge of 2D shapes while teaching about data collection, recording and graphing!
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Free School Newsletter Template - Weekly Snapshot
Communicate important information happening in your classroom with this free school newsletter template.