Sunday, October 25, 2026

FREE MATH LESSON - “Free 1st Grade Crossword Puzzles | Math Skills & Vocabulary Word Bank - Sample”

by Fairies and Lesson Plans
1st Grade


This Math Crossword Puzzles Sample gives you an opportunity to try a sample with your students. This is a versatile resource that can complement your math curriculum and provide engaging review opportunities for your students throughout the year!

My puzzles integrate math and literacy, they increase math vocabulary, increase correct spelling of math words, and expose students to logic and critical thinking.

What's more, these puzzles are highly appealing and may be a powerful way to engage students who lack motivation!

You can:

  • staple pages to your math homework
  • use in math centers
  • use as morning work
  • use in small groups
  • use as a filler activity for students who are finished with work
  • add to your substitute binder

**Months Available**

September Clues:

  • numbers
  • tally marks
  • shapes
  • addition
  • subtraction
  • ten-frames
  • patterns
  • counting

October Clues:

  • numbers
  • tally marks
  • shapes
  • addition
  • subtraction
  • measurement
  • counting

November Clues:

  • numbers
  • tally marks
  • shapes
  • addition
  • subtraction
  • measurement
  • symbols
  • counting

December Clues:

  • numbers
  • time to the hour
  • shapes
  • addition
  • subtraction
  • measurement
  • symbols
  • counting
  • fractions (halves)
  • ten frames

January Clues:

  • shape attributes
  • fractions (halves and fourths)
  • base ten blocks
  • comparing numbers
  • adding 2-digit numbers to multiples of ten
  • ten more/ten less
  • adding three numbers
  • subtract within 20
  • telling time to the half hour
  • graphs

February Clues:

  • Count to 120
  • Compare 2-digit numbers
  • Add within 100
  • Ten more/Ten less
  • Solve word problems
  • Add three numbers
  • Work with equations
  • Order 3 objects
  • Tell time to half hour
  • Graphs

March Clues:

  • Add within 100
  • Subtract multiples of 10
  • Place Value (base ten blocks)
  • ten more, ten less
  • true or false equations
  • symbols for numbers
  • telling time to the half hour
  • fractions
  • shapes
  • unknown numbers in different positions

April Clues:

  • Addition word problems
  • Subtraction word problems
  • Fraction word problems
  • Number line word problems
  • Graphing word problems
  • Counting
  • Telling time
  • Shapes
  • Add within 100
  • Subtract multiples of 10

Please Note:

This resource uses letters in every box. Hyphens and Apostrophes, which are a part of the common spelling of numbers like "twenty-one" and "one o'clock" are not used. Please address this with your students.

**Other Grades Available**






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Saturday, October 24, 2026

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “FREE Hidden Gems: Word game/puzzle worksheet for early finishers & class contest”

by Laura Randazzo
8th - 12th Grade


Keep students working bell-to-bell with Hidden Gems, a challenging word-play puzzle worksheet designed to help develop students’ vocabulary, logic, and lateral thinking skills. This worksheet (answer key included, of course) has many uses:

• High-interest task to keep early finishers quietly focused

• Game/activity for classroom competitions and community builders

• Round out a sub plan to ensure students have enough work to fill a class period

• Small group task to help students break the ice/get to know each other

• Extra-credit opportunity

This 2-page PDF download is a free sample of the Hidden Gems puzzle pack available here: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Hidden-Gems-Word-gamepuzzle-worksheets-for-early-finishers-class-competition-17258429

If your students have enjoyed my Brain Teaser slide sets, Hidden Gems will be a hit. Note: The questions were designed to be challenging and should be viewed as a low-stakes way to help students stretch and develop resilience. Expect some students to need clues/hints to solve some questions. 

Want more? Click here to check out my full catalog of word play skill-builders that can also be used for classroom competitions: https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/store/laura-randazzo/category-games-lesson-materials-that-could-be-used-for-class-competitions-1608844

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Friday, October 23, 2026

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Pan’s Labyrinth film study | student workbook pdf, bw. (US)”

by Fat Little Kumara - Film Study Materials
11th - 12th Grade


This Pan's Labyrinth Student Workbook for year 12 film study has enough work and lesson ideas to take up a term's teaching, with page size and spelling formatted for the US classroom.

This is the black and white pdf version for budget conscious, instant printing.



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Thursday, October 22, 2026

FREE MISC. LESSON - “A Smart, Intelligent Rap Hip Hop Song from upcoming YA Novel by Carlos Salinas”

by Shining Scholar Education
4th - 12th Grade


(Includes music WAV file, music video with lyrics, and printable copy of lyrics). A thinking, positive, non-profane and clean hip rap by character Troy Jones titled "Slim Samurai Rap" from the upcoming book Got The Flow: The Diary Of A Young Rapper by Carlos Salinas. More at www.carlossalinaswriting.com Please share if you liked it and let's start an intelligent movement in RAP (Realizing Actual Problems). Written, produced, and recorded by Carlos Salinas. This is a smart, thinking, intelligent rap written by book character Troy Jones from the upcoming book Got the Flow: The Diary of a Young Rapper by Carlos Salinas. The book documents the journal entries of 15 year old high school freshman Troy, whose rap name becomes Battle of Troy when his English class reads the Odyssey. He starts off not really knowing what to rap about, he just knows he has something to say and that Rap is his medium of choice. Guided by his English teacher, Mr. Salas, he starts participating in local rap battles when he realizes that he has the potential to change the world with his words. With Mr. Salas' help, he realizes what his voice in rap is. He soon finds that wrong and rapping about losing his father in a gang robbery, wandering through teen years, and ending ignorance serves as therapy on the mic. The power of words slowly reveals to be life-changing for Troy and those around him. Excerpts to be published soon! More at Www.carlossalinaswriting.com
Thank you for reading!

This lesson is student-centered, meaning:
--it allows you to become a facilitator!
--happier teachers!
--happier students!
--happier administrators!

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Wednesday, October 21, 2026

FREE MISC. LESSON - “Owls Clip Art | Clipart Commercial Use”

by Jason's Online Classroom
Pre-Kindergarten - 12th Grade


Owls Clip Art - File includes 1 unique custom clip art image in various colors (as seen in the first thumbnail image) by Jeanette Baker in both color and black and white outline. Each image includes a PNG version with a transparent background as well as a JPG version with a white background.

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