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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.

Free Work Sheets
From TLS Books

Select the Tense
Read each sentence and write the tense of its verb (past, present, or future) on the line.

Every-Day Edits
Primary Edits
Animals A to Z: Xenops.
Ele-Middle Edits
Lei Day, Horace Mann, the Golden Spike

Writing Bug
Story Starter
If you could give one friend a very special gift, what would you give and who would you give it to?

Hunt the Fact Monster
Primary Hunt
May hunt #2
Ele-Middle Hunt
Hunt #32

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

Where in the World Is Mrs. Waffenschmidt?
Mrs. W: Week 20
Which U.S. landmark is she visiting?

It All Adds Up
Puzzle #20
Find the missing numbers so it all adds up.

Word Search of the Month
May 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.

  • End-of-Year Projects #1
    No more pencils, no more books, no more... No more time? The last days of school soon will be upon us, and your students may already be chanting the traditional end-of-school cheer, but that doesn't mean that you have to succumb to the temptation to start summer early. Why throw away the last few precious days? Instead, blow your students away with some cool end-of-year activities that combine fun and learning. Included: Links to dozens of additional activities to fill the final days.

    A Puzzle a Day
    Exercise students critical thinking skills as they practice math, spelling

    Memorial Day
    What does Memorial Day mean to your students? Do they grasp the significance -- or the sheer number -- of American men and women who have died serving our country so the rest of us might enjoy freedom? Included: Five lessons help students understand the meaning of Memorial Day -- plus links to more than 2 dozen more lessons.

    Asian Heritage Month
    Explore the culture, the people, the literature.

    Fantastic Field Days
    May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Its also the time of year when many schools hold their annual field days. That's why Ed World's editors decided to leap in with dozens of great activities that are sure to make your field day the best one ever. Included: Five new lesson plans plus links to many more.

    More Fitness Month Fun
    Get physical with these lesson ideas.

    Childrens Book Week
    Celebrate Book Week (May 10-16) with these activities, crafts, projects, much more.

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

    Box Cars and One-Eyed Jacks Math Games With Joanne and Jane
    This week: Double Trouble teaches adding double digits.

    Friday Fun
    Use this lively, team-based game to reinforce spelling skills.

    News for Kids
    Soldiers Say Thank You for the Letters
    Four soldiers recently visited schools to thank students for thinking of them while they were stationed overseas.

    Learning Game of the Week
    Review any subject, skill with this version of "Family Feud."

    Vicki Cobbs Show-Biz Science
    Make a tuning fork appear to wiggle.

    From Our
    Early Childhood
    Activity Bank


    Special Activities for This Week
    Butterfly Match
    Looking at Leaves
    Patriotic Windsocks
    Pressing Flowers
    Leaf Match
    Dinos in My Bathtub!
    Plan a Friendship Fair
    Paper Plate Puppet Play

    From the Learning Machine
    Explore the coolest resources on the Web.
    From the Reading Machine
    Hedgie's Alphabet reinforces vocabulary skills. (Grades K-2)
    From the Math Machine
    Counting Money is a fun Web site for teaching counting skills and money. (Grades 1-2)
    From the Science Machine
    Use Geodesic Dome to explore the topics of material strength and architecture. (Grades 3-6)

    Teacher-Submitted Lesson Plans
    Teacher Lesson #1
    Students send mothers on special Mother's Day trips.
    Teacher Lesson #2
    Hands-on game reinforces basic math-facts skills.
    Teacher Lesson #3
    Review a novel with Jeopardy-style game.

    More Lesson Ideas
    Technology Lesson Plans
    Mystery State
    Early Childhood Themes
    Phonics Word Search

    Bulletin Boards That Teach
    Check out our archive of 40 bulletin board ideas for use the school year long.

    5-Minute Fillers
    Volume 7.

    Month of Fun: January
    See some timely, fun, and educational Web resources for kids:
    Mothers Day Coupon Book (Grades 1-8)
    Eds Bank: Saving Money Game (Grades 2-8)
    Strawberries Jigsaw Puzzle (Grades 3-12)
    Police Officer Coloring Page (Grades Pre-K-1)
    Bicycle Safety Word Search (Grades 2-5)
    Lewis and Clark Cloze Activity (Grades 2-5)
    Wizard of Oz Quiz (Grades 3-6)

    Just for This Month!
    See our May Month of Fun, May Word Search, and May 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...Plants

    Best Books for Teaching About...Tornadoes

    See more great books for students and classroom teaching themes.

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