Sunday, August 31, 2025

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Auditory Comprehension and activities 1 WEEK FREEBIE - Everyday Kid Heroes”

by LowPrepELA
1st - 6th Grade

Practice Reading and Listening Comprehension with this FREEBIE 1 Week of Everyday Kid Heroes!

Give your students a taste of real-life inspiring kid hero stories with this FREE 1-week sample from the full Everyday Kid Heroes resource. Perfect for Grades 2–6, this freebie includes:

✅ A fully narrated nonfiction passage ideal for reading and listening comprehension
✅ WH- questions (Who, What, When, Where, Why, How) to practice critical thinking
✅ Vocabulary focus to build academic language
✅ Two engaging, ready-to-use activities for student practice
✅ Teacher’s guide and answer key for easy planning and grading

This sample is perfect for trying out before purchasing the full 6-week lesson bundle!

Check out the full 6 week product of Everyday Kid Heroes!

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Saturday, August 30, 2025

FREE MISC. LESSON - “First Day of School Awards ~EDITABLE~ FREEBIE ~8 Styles~”

by Jennifer Drake
Pre-Kindergarten - 2nd Grade

The first day of school will be here soon- and why not reward your kids with a fun editable and FREE award!

This is my best freebie yet and I am super excited to share this resource!

If you love giving your students awards, but dread sitting there filling in each name, date & more, this freebie will be your 'reward!'

Even better- if a student enters your room mid-year you can quickly make him/her a fun award! Never run out- and no worries about misspellings or mistakes cutting into your supply!

This Pack Includes:
*8 Editable ‘First Day of School’ Awards for the following themes:
~apples
~jungle
~caterpillar
~monsters
~circus
~crayons
~coconut tree
~stars

**Looking for a pirate version...click here***

*Full-color awards that can be personalized with
student name, grade, teacher(s) and date!

*Star award is in black & white in case you need to conserve ink!
(print on colored paper to make it ‘fancy’ or have children color/decorate their own award!

*Use them year after year- and/or when you get a new student in your class mid-year!

*You will need Adobe Reader to use the editable feature*- link for free download within the product description!

For more editable products that match these awards,
please visit my TpT Store and Back To School link by clicking here or click on each link below:
Apple Theme
Jungle Theme
Cute Caterpillar Theme
Monsters Theme
Crayon Theme
Circus Theme
Coconut Tree Theme
Pirate Theme
Colorful Animals
more 'themes' have been added- be sure to visit my back to school custom category!

Check out my Editable Bus Tags too!

If you like the style of these awards, but don't need them for the first day, I have an editable 'generic' award set here that match these and can be made for whatever occasion you need to celebrate!
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Enjoy making personalized awards for your new students!

Best wishes for a wonderful new school year!

Happy First Day Editable Award Fun!

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Friday, August 29, 2025

FREE MISC. LESSON - “Free Download Currently Status”

by Tracee Orman
6th - 12th Grade

Free downloads: Icebreaker Activity "Currently" Status for Back to School or Anytime

Use this quick "Currently" status for students to share their needs, wants, thoughts, wishes, goals, reads, and loves. It's a great fast first-day icebreaker, but can be used anytime you want to get a feel for what is going through your students' minds.

For a new twist: have students fill it out for a character in literature or a historical figure.

Includes a blank page if you'd like to have students respond to different prompts.

You might like these back-to-school products, also created by Tracee Orman:

Huge Back-to-School BUNDLE of Resources for Middle and High School

Editable Teacher Binder Jumbo Pack: Grade book, Forms, Sub Plans, Lesson Plans, Calendar, and More

Classroom Memes Posters {Back to School, Class Rules}

Back to School Trading Cards

FREE: Top 10 Lists for Back-To-School

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Thursday, August 28, 2025

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Distance Learning Back to School Poem”

by Johnny and Jane
2nd - 5th Grade

This poem is a great way to help usher in the new school year of Distance Learning! Share with your students and their parents to let them know even though the start of the new school year may look different than before, there's still learning and fun ahead!

We have include a Portrait and a Landscape layout in both PDF and a PNG file for easy insertion into a PowerPoint or Google Slide presentation.

☆ Enjoy this freebie! ☆

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025

FREE MATH LESSON - “FREE Hundreds Chart Printable {Multiple Themes to Choose From}”

by Jason's Online Classroom
Kindergarten - 5th Grade

Hundreds Chart Printable- hundred chart in 28 different styles including basic black and white.

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Tuesday, August 26, 2025

Wednesday Weekly 5 under $5 - August 27, 2025

Every week I put together a list of 5 great products from members of The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative (TBOTEMC) with the requirement that each product must be less than $5. With a variety of subjects and a wide range of grades, there just might be something that you can use, so continue to read below and see!

In addition, if you're a seller on Teachers Pay Teachers (TpT) who would like to get more information about joining TBOTEMC, contact me via email at ReneeHeiss@gmail.com or by simply leaving a comment on this blog post.

The Best Part of Me Writing Activity | Writing Activity | Open House Writing - $3.75

by Two Little Birds

1st - 6th grades

Activities, Handouts

Create a beautiful display of your students’ writings for Open House, Parent Night, or Conferences after reading Wendy Ewald’s book, The Best Part of Me.

Italian Elementary Curriculum Outline - $3.00

by Urbino12

Pre-K - 6th grades

Outlines, Syllabi

This resource is perfect for the Italian teacher who wishes to begin teaching Italian in grades K-6. There are four thematic units consisting of three weeks of topics. Total topics for the entire class is enough for twelve weeks.

Daily September STEM Activities for Middle School and High School - $2.50

by All-American Teacher Tools

4th - 10th grades

GATE, Back to School, Centers, Games, Homeschool

These bundled STEM activities can be used together. The STEM StumperZ" can be used as a discussion starter, journal entry, Do-Now, or any other application. The Bingo game goes with it. You can print the PDF and have paper bingo games or use the EASEL version and have moveable leaves as markers. Either way, your middle or high school students will have fun learning about daily STEM events in September. Look in my store for the rest of the months.

A Helpful Reading Profile - Free

by Reading Spotlight

All grades

Assessment

Be that great teacher who knows their students’ abilities and weaknesses clearly. Developed over 30 years as a reading specialist, this reading profile provides an exceptional, ordered list of fundamental reading skills. Add to the profile as you learn more about each child, helping to direct more effective grouping strategies within your class, as well as more beneficial differentiated assignments. Pull it out for conferences and impress parents with your individualized understanding of their child.

Core French Phonics Charts for 36 French Sounds - French Immersion Activities - $3.75

by Primarily Learning

K - 2nd grades

Centers, En français, Parents, Posters, Staff & Administrators

These 6 French Letter and Sound Charts provide a visual reference to connect letters and sounds. Just check out the graphic for the 36 Basic French Sounds and alternative spellings! It’s a comprehensive French Phonics resource for both staff & students that aligns with the Science of Reading!

As always, I encourage comments and any ideas or suggestions by emailing me at reneeheiss@gmail.com

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FREE MISC. LESSON - “FREEBIE First Day of School Signs | 2025 | Kindergarten | First | Second | Third”

by Sherry Clements
Pre-Kindergarten - 2nd Grade

Capture First Day Smiles with These Grade-Level Photo Signs!

Make the first day of school extra special with these First Day of School Photo Signs—perfect for creating memorable keepsakes for students and their families! This resource includes printable signs for Preschool, Kindergarten, and Grades 1–6 that students can hold while having their first day photo taken.

What’s Included:

First Day of School signs for:
- Preschool
- Kindergarten
- 1st Grade
- 2nd Grade
- 3rd Grade
- 4th Grade
- 5th Grade
- 6th Grade

Each page features a clean, bold design that prints beautifully in color

How to Use:

Print the signs on cardstock for durability
Laminate for extra protection and reuse year after year
During your back-to-school photo session, simply call students one by one to hold their grade-level sign and snap their photo
Share the photos with families as a fun keepsake they’ll treasure!

These signs make back-to-school time smoother, more fun, and help you create a warm and welcoming classroom environment from Day 1.

All pages are shown in the PREVIEW.

Wishing you and your students a joyful start to the school year!

About Me

I received the Crystal Apple Award from N.B.C. News. The "Excellence in Teaching" Award was given to me by the Los Angeles Unified School District's Los Angeles Educational Partnership. My Math Team won the first place trophy four times in the Los Angeles Unified School District's Math Tournament. I am most proud of my after school Accelerated Reader Program in which Huntington Drive students have read thousands of books each year. In 2000, I became a National Board Certified Teacher and renewed my certification in 2009. I have been a teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District since 1982. I sell Teachers Pay Teachers lessons at http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Victoria-Leon/. I created the blogs, The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs, The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs II, and The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs III. Members of The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs Marketing Cooperative work together to create and market their TpT products - http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/The-Best-of-Teacher-Entrepreneurs-Marketing-Cooperative-1054613. Feel free to email me at vleon999@yahoo.com.