ELA teaching resources for Canada
Pirate Flashcards for Vocabulary Practice
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Pirate-themed vocabulary flash cards cover ship, crew, and treasure-hunting terms such as treasure map, Jolly Roger, spyglass, and cannon balls, along with a set of weapon and cardinal-direction terms.
Author Better Teaching Resources
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Tags Pirates, Sea, Island, Vocabulary, Flash Cards
Flower Synonyms Activity – Vocabulary Match Set
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A large deck of single-word cards has students sort words into synonym clusters, such as grouping tiny, little, and minute around small.
Author First in Line
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Tags Flowers, Flower Petals, Synonyms, Writing, Vocabulary, Antonym For Flower, Flowers Synonym, Synonym For Flower, Synonyms For Flower, Synonyms For Flowers
Fossils and Paleontology Word search, scramble and crossword
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Fifteen fossil terms - from mold and cast to permineralization and index fossils - are worked three ways, as a crossword with definition clues, a numbered word scramble and a letter-grid word search, each with its solution.
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
FREE: Charlotte's Web Novel Study Guide – Chapter 1
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Fern's runt pig and her father's hammer open a four-page Chapter 1 study set with vocabulary, true-or-false, multiple choice, and long-answer questions, plus a full answer key.
Author Ibby Resources
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Tags Novel, Resource, Activities, Reading, Comprehension, Study, Literature, Worksheets, Free
FREE READING COMPREHENSION TEXT IN SPANISH | READ AND ANSWER | FREE
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Spanish reading comprehension centres on a short narrative about a child who cares for an injured bird. The story develops the bird’s recovery, a magical song, a golden feather, and a lesson about friendship and kindness. Five questions ask readers to retrieve events and explain what occurred at key moments. A separate page lists the same prompts for recording responses after reading.
Author EDITORIAL LAURA EDUCA
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Tags READING COMPREHENSION TEXT, COMPRENHENSION, TEST, SPANISH TEST, FREE RESOURCE
Free Reading Passage: Fast Changes to the Earth's Surface PDF
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A passage on volcanoes, landslides and earthquakes leads into eight comprehension questions, a flowchart item, and a spelling exercise, all with an answer key.
Author Cored Education
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Tags Science, Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Physics, Physical Science, Ccss, Common Core
Food Chains and Food Webs – Free Reading Passage
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Producer-consumer energy flow is explained through food chain and food web diagrams built from examples like grass, zebra, and lion.
Author Cored Education
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Tags Science, Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Physics, Physical Science, Ccss, Common Core
Free Reading Passage: Heredity PDF
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Inherited versus learned traits are explained through rabbit fur colour and other animal examples in a science reading passage, followed by nine comprehension questions, an inherited-or-learned sorting table, a spelling-correction activity, and a full answer key.
Author Cored Education
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Tags Science, Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Physics, Physical Science, Ccss, Common Core
Free Reading Passage: Plant Structure, Function, and Survival PDF
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A Lesson 19 reading passage explains how plant roots, leaves, and stems each serve a survival function, using a bicycle-parts analogy students then apply to the plant.
Author Cored Education
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Tags Science, Elementary, Reading, Comprehension, Vocabulary, Answers, Physics, Physical Science, Ccss, Common Core
FREE TRACING BOOK | DOT-DOT LETTERS
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Each alphabet page repeats one clear direction: follow the numbers and connect the dots. The marker count and spatial path change with the shape of the featured uppercase letter, providing A-to-Z practice through ordered tracing rather than conventional dotted-line handwriting. Pages two through twenty-seven contain the letter activities. A cover opens the file, and the final page contains non-instructional links rather than another tracing exercise.
Author EDITORIAL LAURA EDUCA
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Tags FREE, FREE RESOURCES, ALPHABET, ABECEDARY, TRACING, DOT-DOT
Friendly Letter Writing Template – Print and Practice
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Seven parts of a friendly letter are laid out as ruled writing lines with bracketed labels — (Date WITH comma), (Greeting and comma), (Introduction), (Body), (Conclusion), (Closing and comma), (Signature) — and a second copy keeps the identical spacing with every label removed.
Author Resource Garden
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Tags Friendly Letter, Letter Writing, Writing Templates, Blank Templates, Writing Prompts, Punctuation, Literacy Center, Pre-Assessments, Friendly Letter Writing Prompts, Friendly Letter Forms
Fun with Alliteration
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Twenty-eight word tiles in a five-column bank are combined into alliterative sentences across a three-part worksheet with a full answer key.
Author Quail Trail Products
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Tags Alliteration, Fun Alliteration
An Inspector Calls – Inspector Goole Analysis Map
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Inspector Goole Analysis Map organizes six dimensions of the character around one central title. Notes connect his physical solidity and controlled speech with the effect he has on the Birlings, then trace responsibility, community, socialism, revelation, audience judgement, and the play's moral warning. The layout is a completed reference map, not a question sheet, so learners can compare how Priestley combines description, action, theme, and dramatic function.
Author Flynn's Educational
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Tags Character, Character Analysis, Literature Handout, Chart, Graphic Organizer, Character Map Literature, An Inspector Calls Characters, Inspector Calls Characters
GCSE Literature: An Inspector Calls | Essay Questions
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Fifteen essay questions on J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls are organized by Act I, Act II, and the whole play, covering theme, character, and dramatic technique.
Author Flynn's Educational
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Tags Literature Worksheet, English Worksheet, Essay Questions, Writing, English
GCSE Literature: An Inspector Calls | Historical Context Worksheet
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Thirteen events framing An Inspector Calls — from Queen Victoria's death to Elizabeth II's coronation — are sequenced chronologically, with follow-up tasks on Act 1's context references and their effect on the play's first audience.
Author Flynn's Educational
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Tags Handout, English, History, Literature, Timeline
GCSE Literature: An Inspector Calls | Socialism and Capitalism Worksheet
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The Socialism and Capitalism Worksheet uses An Inspector Calls as the context for an ideological statement sort. Learners classify claims about wealth, taxation, individual responsibility, collective provision, political traditions, historical figures, Priestley's views, and character positions under two headings. Because each strip combines a belief or contextual reference with one system, the task requires interpretation rather than copying isolated definitions.
Author Flynn's Educational
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Tags History Worksheet, Writing Task, Socialism, Capitalism, Literature
Half-Past Two Poem Lesson - U A Fanthorpe
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U.A. Fanthorpe's poem "Half-Past Two" is analysed stanza by stanza in a GCSE English literature lesson covering context, key devices, and a PETAL paragraph-writing task.
Author Flynn's Educational
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Tags GCSE Poetry, Half-Past Two, U A Fanthorpe, Poetry Analysis, Language Devices
Nettles Poem Lesson - Vernon Scannell
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An eighteen-slide GCSE poetry lesson on Vernon Scannell's 'Nettles' guides students through tone, language, and structure analysis into a PETAL paragraph-writing task.
Author Flynn's Educational
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Tags GCSE Poetry, Nettles, Vernon Scannell, Parental Protection, Poetry Analysis
Ghost by Jason Reynolds – Discussion Questions
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Chapter-by-chapter discussion questions for the novel Ghost by Jason Reynolds are organized under RTFO, Respond, Discuss, and Reflect labels, with teacher answers embedded in parentheses.
Author Hey Teacher Shoppe
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Tags Ghost, Jason Reynolds, Comprehension, Discussion Questions, Questions About Ghost, Answers
Ghost Novel Study Unit
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Ten chapter sections follow a consistent instructional sequence. Learners consult reading and historical-reference material, complete comprehension and vocabulary work, respond to discussion-oriented writing, and take a short chapter exit quiz. The unit also includes student score tracking and a cumulative assessment. Reference pages explain context clues, figurative language, inference, main ideas, themes, and tone. This account omits all novel questions, quoted passages, personal names, and answer content.
Author TrilogyTeacher
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Tags Interactive Activities, Comprehension Worksheets, Vocabulary Building, Assessment Methods, Historical Context, Ghost Unit, Ghost Study, Summary Of Ghost By Jason Reynolds
Give-One-Get-One: Instructional Strategy Card & Template
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Give-One-Get-One idea collecting is structured by a fill-in template where students write their own idea, then gather four peers' ideas in labeled boxes.
Author Sheltered Language Resources
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Tags Strategy Cards, ESL Cards, ESL Printables, Strategy Template, Interactive Activity, Get Strategy, One Template, Give One, Instructional Template, Give It One, Give One Get One Protocol
Goal-Setting Words word search, scramble and crossword puzzle
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Fifteen goal-setting words - goal, target, plan, step, milestone, deadline, priority, objective, strategy, tactic, achieve, measure, specific, realistic, timely - worked through a crossword, a word scramble and a word search, each with its solution.
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
Graduation Crossword: 1 Page Sample (PDF)
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A free one-page Graduation Day crossword (8 clues) comes with an answer key that also lists solutions for five additional themed sets from the full six-crossword bundle, though only this one puzzle grid is included in the sample.
Author Cored Education
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Tags Vocabulary, Spelling, Crosswords, Graduation, Graduation Crosswords, Graduation Day, School Memories, Graduation Party, Ela Crosswords, Crossword
Graphic Organizer: Conflict
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Four types of literary conflict — Person vs. Self, Person vs. Person, Person vs. Nature, and Person vs. Society — are arranged in a labeled quadrant chart for students to complete.
Author Reading in the Middle Grade
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Tags Graphic Organizer, Conflict, Types Of Conflict, Literature Analysis