The Best of Teacher Entrepreneurs III: April 2026

Thursday, April 30, 2026

FREE MATH LESSON - “Free Math Maze-Grades 1-3”

by Linda McCormick
1st - 3rd Grade

Here's a fun way to get the kiddos to practice their basic addition facts as well as determining if a number is odd or even. I provided a key for a quick way for you to scan for the answers.

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Wednesday, April 29, 2026

FREE SCIENCE LESSON - “FREE Cellular Respiration Vocabulary Word Game”

by Amy Brown Science
9th - 12th Grade

This free review activity is designed to help your students master the vocabulary in a cellular respiration unit. The acrostic puzzle covers aerobic and anaerobic respiration, the mitochondria and the key events in each stage of cell respiration. This is one of the hardest topics that we biology teachers have to teach. This resource will serve as a great review for your unit test.

This resource includes:

Editable and Printable 3-Page Student Handout
Teacher Guide and Answer Key

Given the definition of a term, the student must write the word or words that best fit the description. They fill in a series of blanks in which one of the blanks is boxed. When they are finished, the boxed in letters spell out a secret message.

There are 30 vocabulary words used in this exercise that are commonly used in a unit on cellular respiration.

Teacher Guide and Answer Key is included. Enjoy!

Related resources include:

Cellular Respiration Bundle

Cellular Respiration Task Cards

Biology Buzz Words: Cellular Respiration

Cellular Respiration PowerPoint with Notes for Teacher and Student

Lab: Measuring the Energy in Foods

Cellular Respiration Color By Number Activity

Test: Cellular Respiration

Jeopardy Review Games on Respiration - Set of 3 Games

Lab: Gas Exchange in Cellular Respiration

Cellular respiration quiz/homework

Lab: Measuring Differences in Muscular Activity

Cellular Respiration Crossword Puzzle

Cellular Respiration Homework and Study Guide

Lab: The Use of Glucose in Respiration

Cell Respiration Lab: Using Red Cabbage Juice as a Carbon Dioxide Indicator

Cell Structure and Physiology Interactive Notebook Pages, Warm Ups, or Bell Ringers

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Tuesday, April 28, 2026

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Text Dependent Analysis - Free LESSON and QUESTIONS”

by Rockin Resources
3rd - 6th Grade

Are you teaching in South Carolina- SC READY or another state that is now using Text Dependent Analysis for the writing portion of the state test? Or do you simply want to see your students writing in-depth and thought-provoking responses? This lesson and questions were developed with you in mind!

This Free edition is a portion of TEXT DEPENDENT ANALYSIS RESOURCE

This resource includes:

1. How to Develop Proficient Text-Dependent Writers

Ideas on how to implement TDA.

2. Generic Text-Dependent Analysis Questions (3 pages)

They are divided into categories. These are great for the teacher to use when developing questions for any text and for a student resource binder.

Another resource teachers find effective for Text Evidence is: Step-By-Step Text Evidence with Differentiated Reading Passages and Task Cards

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TDA

GRADE 3 VERSION OF TEXT DEPENDENT ANALYSIS (TDA)

GRADE 4 VERSION OF TEXT DEPENDENT ANALYSIS (TDA)

GRADE 5 VERSION OF TEXT DEPENDENT ANALYSIS (TDA)

READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES AND QUESTIONS

GRADE 2 READING PASSAGES AND QUESTIONS BUNDLE

GRADE 3 READING PASSAGES AND QUESTIONS BUNDLE

GRADE 4 READING COMPREHENSION PASSAGES AND QUESTIONS BUNDLE

GRADE 5 READING PASSAGES AND QUESTION BUNDLE

OTHER RELATED RESOURCES:

STEP-BY-STEP TEXT EVIDENCE UNIT

STEP-BY-STEP INFERENCE UNIT

STEP-BY-STEP CAUSE AND EFFECT UNIT

STEP-BY-STEP MYTHOLOGY UNIT

STEP-BY-STEP THEME UNIT

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Monday, April 27, 2026

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “What Are We? A Story by Quacker and Striper”

by Kelly's Classroom Online
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade

What Are We? A Story by Quacker and Striper

(characters, compare and contrast, Venn diagram, friends and friendship)

This is a printable to go with the story What Are We? A Story by Quacker and Striper by WD Smith. After reading the story, students will use this Venn diagram to compare and contrast the two main characters.

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Sunday, April 26, 2026

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “FREE Phonics Intervention Pages CVC Digraph CH CVCE Worksheets for Small Groups”

by Brenda Tejeda
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade

Are you looking for engaging phonics resources to boost your students' reading skills? This free Phonics Intervention Pack is perfect for kindergarten and first-grade teachers who want to help their students achieve reading success with small-group instruction.

Get the yearlong bundle of 160 lessons HERE

In this freebie, you get FOUR 2-page phonics intervention lessons:

CVC 1 (Beginning level)
CVC 11 (Lesson #11 is at a more advanced level)
Digraph CH
CVCE long a

Each 2-page lesson includes these components:

Phonics
Decoding and Encoding Words
Fluency Phrases
High-frequency Word-mapping
Decodable Text
Comprehension Check
Sentence Dictation

Use in Many Ways:

Small-Groups: Quick, ready-to-go lesson with all the components you need
Centers: The familiar layout allows students to do independently after doing a few together
Home Connection: Send home to reinforce skills

Perfect For:

Kindergarten and first-grade teachers looking for effective phonics intervention resources.
Homeschooling parents who want to support their children’s reading journey.
Reading specialists and tutors providing targeted phonics support.

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Saturday, April 25, 2026

FREE LANGUAGE ARTS LESSON - “Original Short Story Reading Comprehension Practice Worksheet”

by Shining Scholar Education
8th - 12th Grade

An original short story entitled "Between Death and Life". This story tells about the death of a man named William Kind (symbolic for the kind of person he was.) Each chapter tells the scene at the emergency room where William dies of a heart attack. The first chapter is told from the perspective of his wife; the second from his son, Michael; the third from the doctor; and the fourth and final chapter is told by William himself. There are review questions after the story for student comprehension and reflection. The margins on the left side were intentionally made wider to facilitate student annotation (see annotation handout linked under “Helpful Resources”) including drawing pictures of events, asking questions, commenting on events, highlighting new vocabulary words, summarizing paragraphs, etc. This is great as a warm-up, class activity, or homework to strengthen reading skills and use of strategies. I am open to feedback and suggestions on how to make this lesson better! Includes 8 multiple-choice questions with answer key. Editable MS Word document.

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