Seasonal Freebies for Teachers

October is Fire Prevention Month, and this activity is a great way to review fire safety information presented during the week. In this cooperative learning lesson, each group will work together to host a talk show within their team.

Download a free School Year Calendar from Laura Candler's Teaching Resources! The pages are in both landscape and portrait format, and they are 8.5 x 11 inches, perfect for storing in notebooks. You can use them for your own planning or for students to plan their assignments. 

Looking for a goodby gift for your students?  Get these free printable tags from Adrianne Meldrum at The Tutor House.  All the tags are candy related.  They're quick and easy to put together.

Need something quick and easy for Mother's Day? Have your students create home-made cards and customize these coupons to go inside them. You'll find this freebie on Laura Candler's Corkboard Connections. 

Save Our Planet Word Challenge is a simple literacy game developed by Laura Candler in which students try to create words from the letters in "Save Our Planet." It's designed to be done with a partner in a cooperative learning setting or literacy center, but it can also be completed alone. Playing these word challenge games helps to build spelling skills over time.

Adrianne Meldrum from Kids Cog Works recommends getting your students outside!  This fun and adaptable activity is simple to put together.  All you need is some chalk and bean bags.  Don't forget the most important part-great spring weather!

Grab the perfect activities for an Earth Day celebration.  Students will learn about reducing, reusing, and recycling while playing the 3Rs Game and reading an online book. Enjoy these freebies from Selina Smith of Classroom Magic.

Treat toppers are a cute and easy way to dress up any sandwich bag of goodies.  Simply print, fold, and staple onto the bag.  Adrianne from The Tutor House provides four different toppers.

Have you ever had your students do a Drama Circle? It's kind of like "I Have Who Has?" but students act out their parts instead of reading them. Jennifer Runde shared her ideas as a guest blogger on Corkboard Connections and also offered a Fairy Tales Drama Circle freebie for you! This is a great back-to-school activity to get kids to break down barriers and learn to relax and have fun with their peers. (Grades 3 - 6)

Adrianne Meldrum from Kids Cog Works created tags that can be easily tied around soda or candy.  In this set of tags, the goodies include Diet Coke, Coke, Mountain Dew, Mentos, Whoppers, and Reeses Pieces.  They are simple and quick to put together.

May 5th is Cinco de Mayo! Classroom Magic has created some freebies to help you celebrate this special day. Your students will have fun learning math with this festive math mat. All you need is a small colorful bag of candy.  A free Skippyjon Jones e-book and activity is also included.

Just a Dream was written by Chris Van Allsburg years ago, but it's still a favorite of teachers today. The story is perfect for Earth Day because the main  character, Walter, dreams of the future and learns that if we don't take care of our planet, the future is rather grim indeed. Laura Candler has developed a free packet of materials to go with the book, and these teaching resources are great for introducing students to environmental issues. Even if you discover these resources after Earth Day is over, the lessons can be used for literacy and science any time of the year.