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Education World's Work Sheet Library includes hundreds of free printables for use across the grades and across the curriculum. You will find a sampling of our printables below. Visit our Work Sheet Library for a complete selection.

Math Fact Practice
Math Fact Practice Work Sheets
Use these printables for addition, subtraction, and multiplication math fact practice. Coming soon: division.

Free Work Sheets
From TLS Books

Corner Store Math
Using the information provided, calculate how many packages you will can make available to your customers.

Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits
Animals A to Z: Ladybug.
Ele-Middle Edits
The Eiffel Tower, Alabama, Kwanzaa

Writing Bug
Story Starter
Write new holiday lyrics for a familiar tune.

Coloring Calendar
December Calendar
Plus 25 ideas for using the learning calendar.

Build a Fab Vocab
Vocab-u-lous! Activity
Words that begin with N.

Hunt the Fact Monster
Primary Hunt
December hunt #2
Ele-Middle Hunt
Hunt #14

Math Cross Puzzle
Math Puzzle # 4
Review #1

Geography A to Z
Places That Begin With the Letter G
Can you name all seven places?

Word Search of the Month
December Word Search
How many words can you find?

More Printables
Work Sheets from Teacher Created Materials
100+ printables for all subjects, grades.
Phonics Word Search Puzzles
A puzzle a week all school year long.
Sudoku Puzzles
Challenge students with number fun.
Work Sheet Library
See our entire library of free printables.

Learn About Decembers Multicultural Holidays
Do your students celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Three Kings Day? Maybe they celebrate St. Lucia Day or Ramadan. Chances are your class includes students who observe more than one of those events. Whether that is the case or not, December offers great opportunities for teaching about our multicultural world. Included: Handfuls of great teaching lessons and resources.

Celebrate National Inclusive Schools Week
Ideas for recognizing this special week, December 1-5.

Whiteboards Stimulate Student Learning
Start with a clean slate -- introduce mini-whiteboards to your classroom. Students love working on their own whiteboards; and it's a great way of keeping an entire class actively involved in a lesson. Education World offers five lessons to engage students in learning with whiteboards. Included: Tips from whiteboard users plus whiteboard alternatives.

More Timely Lesson Ideas
Word Wall Active-ities
Following Directions Lessons
Teaching About Thanksgiving Then and Now
Native American Heritage Month
Bullying Awareness Lessons

Lesson Plan of the Day
See lesson plans posted on recent days. Search for lessons by subject.

Learning Game of the Week
Find It Fast! is a fast-paced review game for any subject.


New for Kids
Some Schools Replace Desk Chairs With Ball Chairs
Teachers say ball chairs engage students brains and help them focus on lessons.

Friday Fun
Use our Math BINGO cards to reinforce math skills across the grades.

Vicki Cobbs Show-Biz Science
Create a "properties of light" holiday display.

Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
This week: Multiplication Dice Toss.

From Our
Early Childhood
Activity Bank


Holiday Gifts and Crafts to Make, More
Create a Holiday Song CD
A Holiday Gift That Makes Scents
Somethings Soapy: A Holiday Gift
Orange Delight
Santas Here! -- A Special Cookie Gift
Make Holly Gift Tags (and More)
Christmas Candy Cane Ornament
Dont Eat the Ornaments!
Remembering Our Helpers This Holiday Season
A Gift of Thoughfulness
Thinking About Giving

From the Learning Machine
Explore the coolest resources on the Web.
From the Reading Machine
Kangaroo Confusion reinforces upper and lowercase letters. (Grades PreK-1)
From the Math Machine
Addition Concentration is a fun Web site for teaching addition. (Grades 2-6)
From the Science Machine
Use Geyser Surpriser to explore the topics of earth science and geology. (Grades 1-6)

Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
Teacher Lesson #1
Learning about the life and poems of Emily Dickinson (birth date: December 10).
Teacher Lesson #2
Create persuasive TV commercials for common products.
Teacher Lesson #3
Students blow bubbles, measure them, predict their staying power. (Grades 3-5)

More Lesson Ideas
Sudoku Puzzles
Book Report Makeover
Backpack-tivities (Homework Activities)
Technology Lesson Plans

Bulletin Boards That Teach
Holiday Mail from Around the U.S. -- Collect and map postmarks that students cut from holiday cards delivered to their families.

5-Minute Fillers
Volume 28

Just for This Month!
See our December Month of Fun, December Word Search, and December Coloring Calendar. PLUS! Create your own work sheets for this months holidays and special days.


Best Books for Teaching About…

Each week, Education World presents our Editors Choices for the best books for teaching about popular classroom themes. Check out our choices and add your own recommendations to the Readers Voices section of this weeks themed booklists.

Best Books for Teaching About...Fables

Best Books for Teaching About...Ancient History

See more great books for students and classroom teaching themes.

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This Week's Feature
Awards and Incentives
Award medals, ribbons, and trophies. Plus certificates and preprinted pencils. All perfect for rewarding students for classroom or schoolwide achievement. See a complete selection in the Education World MarketPlace.

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