Fun FREE Stuff to Print!

The ultimate in resources that save teachers time and keep kids meaningfully engaged

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I've always  felt that the biggest unmet need for teachers on the internet is a source for management and organizational ideas to make it possible for learning to take place, and that's the focus of this site.  However, a large part of having a well-run classroom is having lots of kid-friendly learning tools, such as centers, manipulatives, flashcards, pocket chart activities, and so on to make lessons interesting and interactive.

 

Filling your classroom with these types of things is time-consuming and expensive.  So, check out the money-saving ideas page for places to obtain classroom resources for free or cheap, and put the following sites to good use.  Many of them are listed on my links page and throughout the site as they are relevant, but I want to spread the word by featuring the sites here, too.

 

These are all incredible sites with FREE printables of all sorts- NOT JUST WORKSHEETS!  Most are in Word form, meaning you can change them as you see fit, but all that’s needed is to print and laminate!!

 

Please email me if any links no longer work, or to add your own ideas!!

 

 

 

Resource

 

 

Description

 

Source and Website Link

 

AROUND THE ROOM

 

 

Book Bin Labels

 

 

Type in any genre you have in your classroom library, print, and affix.  Or, modify with graphics or your own choice.

 

 

Teaching Heart

 

 

Educational posters

 

 

Free and printable!

 

Print-a-poster.com

 

Color words posters

 

Words enhanced by beautiful Jan Brett art (author of The Mitten and many other children’s classics)

 

 

Jan Brett

 

Manuscript and cursive alphabet displays

 

 

Use as a model or for a word wall- beautiful art

 

 

Jan Brett

 

Number displays

 

Numeral and corresponding objects in pretty Jan Brett art

 

 

Jan Brett

 

Phonics posters

 

 

For word families and blends.

 

Adrian Bruce

 

Reading strategy posters

 

 

Text connections, main idea, visualizing, and much more.

 

The Teacher’s Toolbox

(Northshore School District, WA)

 

Word wall words

 

 

And I thought I’d have to make them myself- a whole year’s worth of words in order, color-coded, ready to print on cardstock? Grades K-3.

 

 

Kankakee, IL, School District

 

GAMES

 

 

Game boards

 

Pre-made and template gameboards, token pieces, die, and much more for centers and math tub games- all FREE

 

 

Jefferson County Schools

 

 

The Hamburger Game (any subject)

 

 

Use for hamburger paragraph building analogy or for a game

 

Jefferson County Schools

 

Blank game cards and boards (for sight words, math facts, vocab, etc.)

 

 

The possibilities here are endless.  There are a variety of adorable cards for you to type in the info you want your kids to memorize, print, and cut apart.  They can play Memory, Go Fish, use as flashcards, etc.

 

 

Kelly’s Kindergarten

 

Number cards

 

 

Use this instead of a die or spinner; students draw a card and move that many spaces or take that many pieces.

 

 

The File Cabinet of Laura Candler

 

Coin patterns

 

 

These are great for centers or games.

 

Coins- The File Cabinet of Laura Candler

Game- The File Cabinet of Laura Candler

Photo-quality coin images- US Mint

 

 

Oversized playing cards

 

 

Just print and laminate- see my Math Tub pages for educational card game directions

 

 

Teach.net

 

Vowel sound bingo

 

Great for gr. 2 and up: students must distinguish between all vowel sounds including r controlled

 

 

Carl’s Corner http://teachers.santee.k12.ca.us/carl/

Document/Vowel%20Sounds%20chart.doc

 

FLASHCARDS

 

 

Flashcard pattern with fun polka dot border

 

 

Insert spelling words, cards for a game, vocab, etc.

 

The Virtual Vine

 

Phonograms

 

-ack, -ump, etc. with gorgeous Jan Brett art

 

 

Jan Brett

 

Numbers

 

 

More Jan Brett art!!

 

Jan Brett

 

Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division

 

 

So pretty and versatile

 

Jan Brett

 

400 high frequency words/ sightwords

 

These are Dolch words; they are in Word format so you can simply type in the words you want and keep the format

 

 

Carl’s Corner

 

FOR KIDS

 

 

Awards

 

There are lots of these on the net, but these are some of the best.

 

 

Jefferson County Schools

 

Billy Bear 4 Kids

 

Student binder organizers

 

 

 

Whether you use MOOSE, BEE, or FROG, choose from a wide variety of themes- these binder covers and organizer tabs will keep your kids’ papers in order!

 

 

Teaching Heart

 

Mini-Offices

 

 

A simple way to keep frequently-used words and math concepts at hand for students as they work.  Instructions for use plus printable displays for mini-offices.

 

 

Mrs. Meachem

 

CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

 

 

E-Z Grader

 

 

 

Instead of paying $5 in the store, just print out this tool for helping teachers calculate grades.

 

 

Mrs. Perkins

http://www.mrsperkins.com/files/grading.doc

 

Forms for EVERYTHING

 

 

 

Birthday cards, thank-yous, attendance, graph paper, daily logs, referral letters, behavior documentation, good note home, book check out, star of the week… this list is never ending!!

 

 

Teacher Tools

 

INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS

 

 

Family Literacy Backpacks

 

 

Have you always wanted to send home those cut little clear backpacks with books and activities for families to enjoy, but thought it would be too much work?  Just print the pre-made activities sorted by book topic and title and save hours of prep time.

 

 

Buddy Project

 

Printable leveled children’s books

 

 

Reading A-Z has free books you can download and use in your small group reading instruction.  Leave them in black and white, color them, or have students color them.  Add to your classroom library or use with multiple copies in small group lessons.  You have to pay to subscribe, but without doing so, you should be able to get at least one book for every reading group you have, as well as worksheets, lesson plans, and Spanish and French versions. 

 

Books- Reading A-Z

 

Leveling guide- Reading A-Z

 

Printable seasonal activities book

 

 

 

Print this out and keep in a binder with your other professional resources, or file each individual page in your seasonal files.  These is an activity for every season and holiday!

 

 

Teacher Vision

 

The Reading-Writing Poster Back

 

 

This downloadable set of posters helps children determine what good writing looks like using kid-friendly and relevant terms, and is an excellent teaching tool to display. (Submitted by JAR in NY).

 

 

Teaching That Makes Sense

 

Word Family resources

 

 

 

Poems, worksheets, games, puzzles, and much more for nearly 70 word families, created by a now retired (and very talented) teacher.

 

Carl’s Corner: Word Way

 

Forms for EVERYTHING

 

 

Designed for home-schoolers, this site has everything: multiplication tables, blank calendars, pentominoes, reading logs, journal pages, handwriting paper, personal dictionary paper, maps, planning pages… the homepage says it is closed, so I have linked you to the language arts page- just click on the subjects at the bottom of the page to see forms for other areas.

 

 

Homeschool Forms on the Web

 

Blank worksheet templates

 

 

8 different templates.  Print these out to create your own customized worksheets.

 

Billy Bear 4 Kids

 

Handwriting practice pages

 

 

Zaner-Bloser: manuscript and cursive.

 

Mrs. Bauer

 

Journal pages