Teacher Tools teaching resources for Australia
Homophones Anchor Chart – Year 4 ENGLISH
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Homophone groups—there/their/they're, to/two/too and more—sit under a plain definition, with a second blank chart for class completion. Word groups such as there/their/they're and to/two/too sit beneath one plain definition, and a second chart repeats them with key words removed to complete.
Author First in Line
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Tags Homophones, Anchor Chart, Vocabulary, Reading, Interactive Notebook, Homophone Activities For 4th Grade
How to Determine Theme – Student Handout
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The one-page visual breaks theme analysis into a staged process. It begins by asking readers to notice major topics, offers a broad bank of recurring literary ideas, and then directs attention to the text's main idea before developing theme. The compact format works as a reference during close reading, a presentation visual, or a scaffold beside a written response. It supports reasoning without supplying a theme for any specific text.
Author Gerald's Gem
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Tags Language Arts, Literary Themes, Teaching Resource, Strategy Development, Literature Analysis
"I Am" Poem Writing Template
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Three stanza frames guide students through the classic "I Am" poem format, pairing sentence starters with blank lines for a brainstorming draft.
Author The Language of Learning
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Tags Poetry, Poem, Writing, Template, Reading Centers, I Am Poem, Write A Poem Template, Poem Writing Paper, I Am Poem Template Pdf, Poem Writing Template, I Am Template, How To Write An I Am Poem, Writing Template, Self-reflection
Skip Count by 10s – Hundreds Chart Worksheet
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Eight hundreds-chart pages have students highlight every tenth number while skip counting by 10s to 100 or 120.
Author Primary 206 Mix
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Tags Skip Count By 10, Counting By Groups Of 10, Multiples Of 10, 100, 120, Hundreds Chart, Count To 100 Chart, Hundred Chart To 120, Counting By 10s Chart, Count Forward By Hundreds, Counting To 100 Chart, 120 Chart Pdf, Counting By 9 Chart, Counting By 8 Chart, 120 Number Chart Pdf, Counting Chart 1 120
I can count by 5's to 100 and 120 on a hundreds chart
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Hundreds and hundred-and-twenty charts ask students to highlight every number said when skip counting by 5s, one set of pages reaching 100 and the other reaching 120.
Author Primary 206 Mix
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Tags Skip Counting, Hundreds Chart, Hundred-and-twenty Chart, Number Patterns, Math Practice
IB PYP - SHARING THE PLANET - ANIMALS - PLANNER & RESOURCES
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A transdisciplinary IB PYP unit plan uses animal walks, sensory play and a picture-book read-aloud to teach young children how animals and humans depend on each other.
Author WonderWellPYP
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Tags International Baccalaureate, Unit Plans, PYP, Thematic Unit Plans, Planners
Personal Identity Chart – Self-Reflection Tool
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Self-image, relationships, and culture are explored across four quadrants of a "Who Am I?" identity chart graphic organiser.
Author Cogjogger
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Tags Identity Chart, Graphic Organizers, Creative Writing, Identity Diagram, Chart, Self-reflection
Idioms Anchor Chart
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An idiom definition and two blank idiom-example templates make up this anchor chart. Add your own examples for classroom discussion.
Author First in Line
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Tags Idioms, Vocabulary, Anchor Chart, Reading Chart, Chart
IEP Teacher Input Form
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A seven-question input form lets a general education teacher document a student's strengths, concerns, and performance for an IEP, with a fully worked model example provided.
Author Good Human Project
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Tags IEP Teacher, Special Ed, Questionnaire, Teacher Input, Record Keeping
If I Were a Firefighter - Writing Prompt
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Students imagine a day as a firefighter in a short written response, then draw themselves in uniform helping at a fire scene.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Writing, Writing Prompt, Career, Careers, Firefighter, Writing Prompts, Careers Writing Prompts, Spring, Writing Centers, Literacy
If I Were a Veterinarian - Writing Prompt
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Two prompts ask students to write about which animals they would help as a veterinarian and how, then draw themselves in the role with the animals and tools they would use.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Writing, Writing Prompt, Writing Prompts, Spring, Writing Centers, Spring Writing Prompts, Career, Careers, Labor Day, Labor Day Writing
If I Were An Elf Writing Template
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Elf-themed sentence starters guide young writers through a five-sentence Christmas paragraph — naming their elf self, describing it, giving it a job, and explaining why they would be the best elf.
Author Rathgeber Resources
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Tags December, Elf Writing, Writing Template, Winter, Christmas Literacy
In My Heart – Back-to-School SEL Lesson
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Four hands-on emotional-literacy activities — a heart puzzle, a mini foldable book, a mood-meter page, and a multi-page flip book — help young children identify and express feelings, designed as a companion to the picture book In My Heart by Jo Witek.
Author Socializing with Sprouts
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Tags In My Heart, SEL, Feelings , Emotional Literacy, Expressing Emotions, Feelings Lesson Plan Preschool, Color Your Heart Activity, Feelings Of The Heart
Independent Reading Charts – 6 Expectations Set
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The set uses one shared independent-reading chart in six stages. Early versions isolate a single behaviour, while later pages add quiet reading, selecting a suitable book, and thinking actively about the text. The fullest chart asks readers to monitor understanding, ask and answer questions, pause to summarise, and remember important ideas. This progression lets a teacher introduce expectations gradually, then display the complete routine once each component is familiar.
Author First in Line
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Tags Reading Charts, Anchor Chart, Independent Reading, Classroom Management, Expectations, Independent Reading Anchor Chart
Introducing Compound Words Anchor Chart
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A short definition — two words put together to make a new word — anchors five familiar compound-word examples: butterfly, watermelon, baseball, rainbow, and snowman. The first page presents the definition and examples complete for direct display or reference. The second page repeats the same layout with two words of the definition blanked out, turning the chart into a short fill-in check before display.
Author First in Line
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Tags Reading Chart, Reading Anchor Chart, Reading Notebooks, Compound Words, Language Arts, Compound Words Poster
One and More Than One: Noun Picture Cards
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Use paired pictures to name one item and more than one. Regular and irregular plural examples and blank templates support teacher-led practice.
Author WORDS ASIDE
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Blank Jigsaw Templates: Fourteen Designs
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Add pictures or words to fourteen blank jigsaw designs, then cut and assemble a teacher- or learner-created puzzle.
Author Tim's Printables
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Jigsaw Reading Method – Teacher Planning Guide
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A four-page template packet organises the Jigsaw reading strategy, where small groups of students each research a different expert focus on a text and report back.
Author Hey Teacher Shoppe
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Tags Graphic Organizer, Reading Groups, Jigsaw, Jig Saw, Reading Comprehension, Nonfiction Text Structure , Elements Of Fiction, Jigsaw Activity Graphic Organizer, Jigsaw Graphic Organizer, Reading, Book, Read
Learning About Setting Anchor Chart
, Not Grade Specific,
A three-part chart breaks setting into place, time, and environment with example word lists, then repeats the same chart with key words blanked out before a sentence-frame page for applying it to a specific story.
Author First in Line
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Tags Reading Anchor Chart, Interactive Notebook, Story Elements, Reading Lesson, Reading Poster
Lesson Plan on 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'
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Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream in one 90-minute lesson: students map character relationships, put key lines into modern English, role-play scenes and write a diary entry as a character.
Author Bright Classroom Ideas Marketplace
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Tags Midsummer, Night, Dream, Shakespeare, Play, Drama, Classic, Lesson, Plan, Literature
Lesson Plan on Earth Day
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Earth Day lesson for beginner English learners (A1–A2) covering pollution, recycling and endangered animals, with a video, picture-word matching and a short paragraph on helping the planet.
Author Bright Classroom Ideas Marketplace
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Tags Earth, Day, Lesson, Plan, English, Environment, Nature
Lesson Plan on 'The Great Gatsby'
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The Great Gatsby in a 90-minute lesson focused on symbols such as the green light, the Valley of Ashes and Dr. Eckleburg's eyes, and on what the novel says about the American Dream.
Author Bright Classroom Ideas Marketplace
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Tags Great Gatsby, Gatsby, Literature, Reading, Classic, Lesson, Plan, Activities
Lesson Planning Templates
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Yearly, quarterly, monthly, and weekly planning grids plus checklists and to-do lists give teachers a print-and-use system for organising lessons, assessments, and events across the school year.
Author Top Notch Teaching
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Tags Teacher Binder, Templates, Lesson Planning, Monthly Planners, Checklists
Let’s Fly a Kite - Reading Comprehension + Answers
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A six-sentence story about a boy flying a kite in the park is followed by five comprehension questions and a fully completed answer page.
Author Ponder Palette Plazza
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Tags Reading, Reading Comprehension, Reading Centers, Reading Activities, Spring Reading, Spring Reading Comprehension, Spring Activities, Spring Reading Passages