English teaching resources for Australia
Black History Month Creative Writing Prompts with Story Cards
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Twenty Black history figure cards combine with a story-planning organiser and sentence starter to generate original short stories, scored by a rubric.
Author Heather Huhman
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Tags Black History, Creative Writing, Writing, Early Writing, Elementary Writing, Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, Ruby Bridges, Mae Jemison, MLK
Weekly Lesson Planner: Monday to Friday
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Plan the week on two blank pages with a date field and weekday headings. Add your own subjects and lesson notes.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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CL or CR? Beginning-Blend Worksheet
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Name the pictures and choose cl or cr for each beginning blend. A completed page identifies the six picture words.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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GL or GR? Beginning-Blend Worksheet
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Name six pictures, choose gl or gr and write the beginning blend. Check the grapes, globe, glue, gloves, grasshopper and grill examples on the answer page.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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SM or SN? Beginning-Blend Worksheet
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Name six pictures and write sm or sn for each beginning blend. Check the completed reference page when finished.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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SP or ST? Beginning-Blend Worksheet
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Name six pictures, circle sp or st and write the beginning blend. A labelled checking page is supplied.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Book Features: Questions and Vocabulary
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Identify covers, title, glossary, index and contents, then answer questions about how these features help readers.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Book Recommendations Forms for Students
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Ten differently themed book-recommendation forms have students record a title, author, genre, and reason for recommending a book to their peers.
Author Soumara Siddiqui
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Tags Book Recommendations, Book Recommendation Forms, Recommending Books, Student Recommended Books, Book Recommendation Bulletin Board
Books I Am Reading Worksheet
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Books I Am Reading gives young learners a consistent way to track completed stories across the school year. Each row includes a date, a book-title field, and a prompt asking whether the reader liked the book. The log creates a visible record of reading volume while also encouraging a small act of reflection after every title. Teachers can revisit the entries for conferences, compare changing preferences, or invite learners to select one logged book for a fuller recommendation.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Genres, Independent And Guided Reading, Reading Logs
Brain Teaser - Find and Match Activity
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Odd-one-out word puzzles: in each line, students cross out the word that does not belong, then add a new word that fits with the rest.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Brain Teaser, First Day Of School, First Day Of School Activities, Back To School, Back To School Activities, Ice Breaker, Games, Early Finishers
Brain Teasers Part 1 – Hidden Meaning Puzzles
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Rebus-style picture puzzles ask students to decode a hidden English idiom from the arrangement of words, letters and symbols in each box.
Author Brave Education
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Tags Idioms, Expressions, Brain Teasers
Hidden Meaning Rebus Puzzles: Sets 4–6
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Use visual clues to work out English idioms across three sets of sixteen puzzles. Each set has a matching answer page for discussion and checking.
Author Brave Education
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Brain Teasers Part 3 – Hidden Meaning Puzzles
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Letters, symbols, and repeated words are arranged into rebus puzzles across three pages — Hidden Meaning 7, 8, and 9 — that students decode into common English idioms.
Author Brave Education
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Tags Brain Teaser, Hidden Meaning, Meaning, Idioms, Expressions, 4th Grade Brain Teasers, Middle School Brain Teasers Worksheet
Brain Teasers – Hidden Meaning Puzzles (Part 4)
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Eighteen rebus-style puzzles hide a common idiom inside a stylised arrangement of letters, such as 'hoROBod' for Robin Hood.
Author Brave Education
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Tags Brain Teaser, Expressions, Idioms, Meaning, Hidden Meaning
Kangaroo Words – Hidden Synonyms Brain Teaser
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Slid hides inside slithered, and finding that same kind of hidden synonym repeats across seventy-five words split into five worksheets with a matching clue-based answer key.
Author Brave Education
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Tags Kangaroo, Words, Brain Teaser, Vocabulary, Synonym, Synonyms, Brain Teasers, Critical Thinking
Brain Teasers – Word Play Compound Word Puzzles
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Compound word picture puzzles: students look at pairs or trios of pictures, such as ice and cream, and write the compound word they make.
Author Brave Education
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Tags Compound, Words, Vocabulary, Brain Teaser, Brain Teaser Words, Brain Teasers With Words, Play On Words Brain Teasers, Teasers Pictures
Branches of Government word search, scramble and crossword puzzle
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Learners first search for key government words inside a grid. The scramble adds compact definitions for legislative, executive, and judicial functions along with congressional offices and structures. Across and down clues broaden the review to procedure, representation, parties, and the courts. Filled versions follow all three puzzle formats. Exact solutions are withheld while the civics scope and progression remain visible.
Author Lapiiin Art Activities
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Tags Word Search, Word Scramble, Printable Puzzles, Educational Games, Activity Sheets, Brain Teasers, Kids Puzzles, Classroom Resources, Teacher Resources, Crossword
Break | Phrasal Verbs Exercises
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Eleven "break" phrasal verbs are defined with example sentences, then practised through image matching, a fill-in-the-blank story, a separability multiple-choice grammar exercise, and open conversation questions, all with a matching answer key.
Author TEAM TEFL
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Tags Language Arts, ESL, Teaching Resource, Interactive, Grammar, Vocabulary
Brown Bear Brown Bear – Story Sequencing Activity
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Nine numbered mini-book pages, each pairing an animal with a colour word from 'Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?', are coloured, cut, and glued into sequence.
Author Lauren DeSantis
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Tags Brown Bear Brown Bear, Emergent Reader, Preschool, Cut And Paste, Activities, Sequence, Sequencing, Book, Activity Book, Mini Book, Color Words
Brown Bear Interactive Chart | Book Companion
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After a shared reading, children place picture pieces into an ordered chart to show which animal and colour appears at each point in the story. The grid makes sequence visible and supports oral retelling without requiring learners to copy sentences from the book. The activity can be revisited by removing the pieces and asking learners to rebuild the sequence from memory.
Author KD's Kids School Shop
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Tags Brown Bear, Book Companion, Interactive, Chart, Cut And Paste
Brushing Your Teeth Sequencing Worksheet
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Toothbrushing steps printed down one page, with teeth sets and a toothbrush to cut from the foot of the sheet and use to demonstrate correct brushing to a classmate.
Author Have Fun Teaching
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Tags Sequencing, Summarizing, Human Body, Health And Nutrition, Brushing Teeth Sequence, Sequencing Worksheet First Grade
Buddy Reading Poster
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"Elbow to elbow, knee to knee" — the classic paired-reading posture cue — is displayed as a two-page classroom poster for partner reading time.
Author First in Line
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Tags Reading Poster, Reading Chart, Partner Work, Partner Reading, Language Arts
Build A Caterpillar Sight Word: Year 1
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Caterpillar pieces turn sight-word spelling into a hands-on construction task. After the pages are printed, laminated, and cut, learners choose a head and assemble lettered body sections to make a word from the included Year 1 list. Separate alphabet-piece pages provide the letters needed for repeated combinations. The activity suits literacy centres, partner practice, or targeted review with a smaller teacher-selected word set.
Author Oh Boy Homeschool
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Tags Dolch, Caterpillar, Phonics, Vocabulary, Sight Words
Business Games word search puzzle worksheet activity
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The word bank gathers enterprise terms that may appear in classroom simulations or business games. Learners locate the words in a dense grid, reinforcing spelling while noticing relationships among money, people, planning, and performance. A marked second page is present. The bank can seed later discussion of how the concepts interact in a simulation.
Author Lapiiin Art Activities
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Tags Word Search, Word Scramble , Puzzles, Worksheet, Activities, Vocabulary, Holidays, Printable, Games, Morning Work