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Characters Anchor Chart

Characters Anchor Chart
, Not Grade Specific,

An anchor chart defines characters and identifies the main character as the story's most important, central figure, provided in both a completed reference version and a fill-in-the-blank version.

Author First in Line

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Tags Characters, Reading, Books, Language Arts, Anchor Chart, Character Anchor Chart

Characters, Setting & Big Events Worksheet

Characters, Setting & Big Events Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,

Characters, Settings, and Big Events of a Story Worksheet turns a read-aloud into a three-part story-elements response. Learners identify who appears in the story, where it takes place, and something important that happens, using both a picture and a sentence for each part. The matching character, setting, and big-event sections support a complete response without asking learners to retell every detail.

Author Have Fun Teaching

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Tags Story Elements, Identifying Story Setting Worksheets Pdf

Charlotte’s Web: Character Trait Webs

Charlotte’s Web: Character Trait Webs
, Not Grade Specific,

Record traits for Wilbur, Charlotte, Fern, Templeton and Avery, then support each choice with a moment from the novel. The book is needed separately.

Author Life with 5 Boys

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Charlotte’s Web: Character Acrostic Poems

Charlotte’s Web: Character Acrostic Poems
, Not Grade Specific,

Choose words and short phrases to create acrostics for Wilbur, Charlotte, Templeton and Fern. Use details from the story to make each poem fit its character.

Author Life with 5 Boys

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Charlotte’s Web: Compare the Characters

Charlotte’s Web: Compare the Characters
, Not Grade Specific,

Use four Venn diagrams to compare character pairs from Charlotte’s Web. Two supplied PDF versions repeat the same four comparisons.

Author Life with 5 Boys

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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Literacy & Maths Activity

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom – Literacy & Maths Activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Two colouring-and-counting worksheets built around the picture book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom pair a name-letter colouring page with a coconut-counting page.

Author Lauren DeSantis

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Tags Literacy, Math Station, Counting, Handwriting, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Child Abuse Prevention Month word search puzzle worksheet activity

Child Abuse Prevention Month word search puzzle worksheet activity
, Not Grade Specific,

Protective vocabulary appears inside a large word-search grid designed for introduction or review. Its term bank includes ideas about safety, trusted support, rights, speaking up, advocacy, shelter, healing, and empowerment. The page does not teach a reporting protocol or replace safeguarding guidance; it is a vocabulary puzzle only. A completed companion page supports checking while keeping every marked location out of the visible description.

Author Lapiiin Art Activities

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Tags Word Search, Word Scramble , Puzzles, Worksheet, Activities, Vocabulary, Holidays, Printable, Games, Morning Work

Christmas Word Search Puzzle + Answers included

Christmas Word Search Puzzle + Answers included
, Not Grade Specific,

Christmas vocabulary is divided between two twenty-word search grids. The first includes terms such as chimney, icicles, carols, gingerbread, and garland, while the second uses sleigh, ornaments, mistletoe, snowflake, and Rudolph. Directions require searching across horizontal, vertical, and diagonal paths. Corresponding solved grids preserve each puzzle’s exact vocabulary set for checking completed searches. Across both grids, the two forty-term lists broaden the seasonal vocabulary beyond a single cluster of familiar words.

Author Ponder Palette Plazza

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Tags Word Search, Christmas Word Search, Christmas Activities, Winter Activities, Christmas Games, Christmas Vocabulary, Winter Vocabulary, Winter Games

Chronicles of Narnia Word Search

Chronicles of Narnia Word Search
, Not Grade Specific,

Thirty-six literary vocabulary words from the Chronicles of Narnia series, including betray, spiteful, and prophecy, are hidden in a single word-search grid.

Author Katie Maurice

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Tags Vocabulary, Word Search, Morning Work, Early Finishers, Fiction Text

Cinderella Word Search

Cinderella Word Search
, Not Grade Specific,

Seventeen Cinderella-themed vocabulary words are hidden in a word-search puzzle, provided in both PDF and editable PowerPoint versions.

Author Good Human Project

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Tags Cinderella, Word Searches, Reading Word Search, Fairy Tales, Literature Activity, Words

Circus Week-Long Lesson Plan Template

Circus Week-Long Lesson Plan Template
, Not Grade Specific,

A filled-in weekly grid plans a Nursery (Early Years) circus unit across nine activity areas — circle time, movement, art, science, literacy, dramatic play, maths, construction, and enrichment — with a specific activity in every day's cell.

Author Learning Foundations

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Tags Preschool Lesson Plan Template, Circus Lesson Plan, Editable Lesson Plan, Weekly Lesson Themes, Art Activity, Dramatic Play, Enrichment Activity

Citing Evidence Digital Game

Citing Evidence Digital Game
, Not Grade Specific,

Citing evidence game in Google Slides with five self-checking parts: students review the four steps of citing evidence, answer questions about an embedded text and build a paragraph.

Author Mrs. Spangler in the Middle

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Tags Citing Evidence, Digital Game, Reading Strategies, Interactive, Reading Stations

Citing Evidence from the Text Worksheet

Citing Evidence from the Text Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,

The worksheet guides readers from identifying a book or article to writing an evidence-supported opinion about it. Dedicated fields capture the text's title, what it is about, the learner's position, supporting reasons, and a concluding restatement. Directions suggest connective words that link the opinion with reasons. The structure integrates reading and writing while leaving the choice of source and stance open for different classroom texts.

Author Have Fun Teaching

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Tags Essays

Citing Text Evidence Anchor Chart – 3-Chart Set

Citing Text Evidence Anchor Chart – 3-Chart Set
, Not Grade Specific,

R.A.C.E. — restate, answer, cite, explain — is laid out as a display chart in three versions: bare steps, guided steps and a fill-in-the-blank copy. Three versions of the same R.A.C.E. chart move from a plain step list to guided wording to a fill-in-the-blank recall check.

Author First in Line

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Tags Reading Printable, Reading Poster, Anchor Chart, Text Evidence, Reading Questions, Citing Textual Evidence Practice Pdf, How To Teach Text Evidence, Citing Text Evidence, Cite A Chart, Citing Textual Evidence, Citing Textual Evidence Activities For Middle School

Places in the City – ESL Vocabulary Worksheet Set
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Places in the City – ESL Vocabulary Worksheet Set
, Not Grade Specific,

Four worksheets pair pictures with 36 city-location vocabulary words, from house and library to fire station, gas station, and aquarium, for students to label from images.

Author Cutie worksheets986

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Tags City Locations, Worksheets, Vocabulary, ESL, ELA, City, Locations, Places, English, Places In A City

Sort the Words: Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives

Sort the Words: Nouns, Verbs and Adjectives
, Not Grade Specific,

Classify twenty-four words as nouns, verbs or adjectives.

Author Have Fun Teaching

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Clothes Speaking Game – ESL Vocabulary Board

Clothes Speaking Game – ESL Vocabulary Board
, Not Grade Specific,

Board game for speaking practice: players move from Start to Finish and answer a clothing question on each space, such as what they like to wear to a birthday party.

Author Better Teaching Resources

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Tags Clothes, Routine, Habits, Speaking Game, ESL Games, Small Group, Language Development, Speaking Skills, Literacy, Board Game

CLOTHES: Word Games with Puzzles Crossword Wordsearch Anagram

CLOTHES: Word Games with Puzzles Crossword Wordsearch Anagram
, Not Grade Specific,

Clothing word puzzles for 14 words, from shirt and skirt to sweater vest and beanie, practised through anagrams, a crossword, a matching page and a word search.

Author WORDS ASIDE

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Tags Learning Difficulties, Dyslexia, Literacy Center, Flash Cards, Anagram, Word Search, Wordwall, Community, Clothes, Words Aside

Collaboration Worksheet

Collaboration Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,

The page explains that learners should follow group rules while reading a text aloud or discussing a topic. Four identical monitoring forms each provide space for a name and five observable collaboration behaviours. Stars can be filled as a student takes turns, responds to questions, asks questions, remains on topic, and respects others’ ideas. The design supports real-time observation of participation rather than a written reflection or content quiz.

Author Have Fun Teaching

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Tags Speaking And Listening

Collective Nouns: Animal-Group Matching

Collective Nouns: Animal-Group Matching
, Not Grade Specific,

Match ten animal groups with collective nouns from the shared word bank. A complete answer key supports checking.

Author Have Fun Teaching

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Combining and Expanding Sentences – Writing Practice

Combining and Expanding Sentences – Writing Practice
, Not Grade Specific,

Five sentence pairs or short ideas serve as starting points for revision. Learners combine related information or expand a basic statement, choosing adjectives and adverbs as well as more precise nouns and verbs. Because wording can vary, the work emphasises richer expression and logical sentence construction rather than one fixed response. A second page offers completed possibilities for checking while recognising that other well-formed revisions may also succeed.

Author Have Fun Teaching

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Tags Parts Of Speech, Expanded Sentences Worksheets, Sentence Expansion Activities, How To Expand Sentences, Expanded Sentences, Expanding A Sentence, Expand Sentences Worksheet

Community Helpers Colouring Pages

Community Helpers Colouring Pages
, Not Grade Specific,

Line-art colouring pages are included in a 28-page printable packet.

Author Nena Creations

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Tags Community Helpers Coloring Pages, Careers Coloring Sheets, Preschool Occupations, Printable Workers Coloring Book, People Who Help Us Worksheets, Classroom Helper Activities, Early Learning Resources, Occupational Awareness For Kids, Community Worker Coloring Activity, Community Helpers, Coloring Pages

Compare and Contrast Anchor Chart – Set of 4

Compare and Contrast Anchor Chart – Set of 4
, Not Grade Specific,

Clue words, question stems and sentence frames for comparing and contrasting, built around a worked two-circle example about two children in room 39, with a complete chart and fill-in versions of the same design.

Author First in Line

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Tags Compare, Contrast, Anchor Chart, Reading Notebook, Bulletin Board

Compass Rose Worksheet

Compass Rose Worksheet
, Not Grade Specific,

Compass Rose Worksheet asks learners to place all eight direction abbreviations on a compass diagram. North, south, east, and west establish the four cardinal points, while northeast, southeast, northwest, and southwest complete the diagonal positions. The single labelling task keeps attention on the spatial arrangement and abbreviation of each direction. Every required abbreviation is printed in the direction line for reference during completion.

Author Have Fun Teaching

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Tags Maps, Compass Rose Printable, Compass Activity Worksheet, How To Use A Compass Worksheet, Compass Worksheet, Compass Rose Simple