Free Back-to-School Resources at Prestwick House
Get ready for the new school year with free resources for ELA teachers, including printables, a syllabus template, a diagnostic assessment, and more.
Setting up your classroom. Finalizing your syllabus. Planning those first few lessons. Figuring out what your new students already know. Somehow, the back-to-school to-do list gets longer every time you look at it.
We can help you cross a few things off.
The English Teacher’s Free Library is full of ready-to-use resources designed to make the start of the school year a little easier. Whether you’re organizing your classroom library, putting together your syllabus, assessing students’ ELA skills, or just trying to make those blank classroom walls more interesting, there’s something you can use.
Here are our favorite free resources to help you get your classroom ready and start the year on the right foot!
Printable Back-to-School Checklist for ELA Teachers
The back-to-school season can be chaotic, but with a little planning, you can keep everything under control! This printable back-to-school checklist made specifically for ELA educators can help you stay on track with sections on classroom setup, curriculum, technology, assessments, student/parent communication, and professional development.
Free Syllabus Template for Google Docs
Let's get ready for the new school year! Download our free ELA syllabus template for Google Docs to save time and stay organized. With editable sections for the course description, learning objectives, class policies, content calendar, and more, this file makes it easy to share the facts about your class with your students.
Free Icebreaker Activity: “Jabberwocky” Synonym Scramble
This icebreaker activity gives students a chance to work together and allows you to get to know the way they think while diving right into ELA material. You can also use this lesson to introduce a poetry or vocabulary unit, giving students a low-stakes way to explore poetry, author’s word choice, and mood.
Free ELA Diagnostic Assessment
It’s a good idea to evaluate your students’ current English language arts knowledge before diving into any new concepts. That way, you can determine if your lessons require scaffolding or other teaching strategies to improve students’ skills. To help you get a better view of your students’ current skills, try using this free diagnostic tool intended for grades 9-12.
Printable Classroom Library Shelf Labels
Add a splash of color to your classroom library! This free collection of printouts includes 15 different category and genre labels scaled to fit and print on standard printer sheets.
Printable Classroom Posters
With the help of the English Teacher’s Free Library, you can create the coolest classroom in your school in just a few clicks! Find more than 100 high-quality English language arts and literature posters in our collection, all available to download for free and ready to print.
English Teacher's Free Library
With everything educators like you do, we know how much you value your time and energy. That’s why we created the English Teacher’s Free Library, our collection of 100% free and ready-to-use ELA resources to support your classroom.
