Parents (page 3)
Ways to help at home, from reading together to routines.
- Top 10 public-domain read-alouds for a sub day (2026)List
The Tale of Peter Rabbit is our number one pick: short, well loved and free to project from Project Gutenberg. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Top 8 books for new teachers (2026)List
Teach Like a Champion 3.0 by Doug Lemov is our number one pick for a first-year teacher: it is a practical menu of classroom techniques you can try one at a time. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.
Checked 2026-10-27
- Top 8 free running record and fluency tools for teachers (2026)List
Peabody Teach's running record kit is our number one: tap errors and self-corrections as a child reads one of 53 passages, and it works out accuracy, self-correction ratio and words correct per minute with the...
Checked 2026-10-31
- Top 8 teacher planners and planner apps (2026-2027)List
If you want to try a planner before paying, start with PlanbookEdu: it has a free plan for writing and printing weekly lesson plans, and Premium is $30 a year. Ranked, with price, a limit and how we chose.
Checked 2026-10-27
- Assignment trackerPrintable
A free printable assignment tracker for older students: a row for each assignment with the class, the due date, a done box and a grade. Print a stack for the term.
- Interleaved practice in math: what it is, how to set it up, and what the research saysGuide
Interleaved practice for math teachers: the evidence rating and studies (including a 54-class randomized trial), how to mix problem types by grade, examples, when not to interleave, and free tools.
- Reading shelf: passages and true books by topic and levelReading
Search Peabody's reading passages by topic and grade, see which have an easier and a harder copy, and print each with its questions and answer key.
- Top 11 homeschool planners and planner apps (2026)List
Homeschool Planet is our number one pick for most families: assignments move themselves when plans change, grades, attendance and transcripts live in the same place, and the 30-day trial needs no credit card.
Checked 2026-10-27
- Weekly lesson plan templateMaker
An editable weekly lesson plan: days by periods, A/B days or a six-day cycle, copy a lesson forward, print the week or the sub's day.
- Cursive alphabetPrintable
Cursive capitals and lowercase letters with numbered strokes and arrows. A pen writes any word live, Present mode runs a warm-up, children trace on the board, and the chart and tracing pages print.
- Daycare and preschool daily schedule makerTool
A day's rhythm for infants, toddlers, preschool or a mixed-age home daycare: change the times, print it for the wall or for families. Free, kept on your device.
- Reading award certificatePrintable
A free printable reading award certificate with a star, a name, a reason and date and signature lines. Type the details or write them by hand, and print on landscape card stock.
- Reading groups boardTool
A screen for guided reading: groups made from your class list, a bar timer for each round, a Whisper work symbol, a noise light and a note for the groups at their seats.
- Specials schedulePrintable
A free printable specials schedule: a weekly grid with a write-in line for each day's special, the time, the room and a reminder. Edit the days and print.
- Who, what, when, where, why organizerPrintable
A free printable who, what, when, where, why and how organizer with a labeled row and writing lines for each question. Edit the questions and print.
- 1st grade sub plans: readingPage
A 1st grade reading block a substitute can run with no prep, with the sheet, the answer key and every step written out. Free to print.
Checked 2026-10-30
- Handwriting worksheet makerMaker
Type any words, or paste a class list for one page per student, and print a cursive practice sheet: a model line, dotted tracing that can fade, stroke arrows, blank guide lines, and a slant to match your school.
- Teacher end of day checklistPrintable
A free printable end of day checklist for teachers: ten editable tasks to tick before leaving, from clearing desks to charging devices, plus a box for a note to tomorrow.
- Dismissal routine posterPrintable
A free printable dismissal routine poster: five steps with pictures from clean up to saying goodbye, in a banded frame. Edit every step and print on letter or A4.
- 2nd grade sub plans: readingPage
A 2nd grade reading block a substitute can run with no prep, with the sheet, the answer key and every step written out. Free to print.
Checked 2026-10-30
- How to teach phonics step by stepGuide
A step-by-step way to teach phonics: what the evidence supports, a typical sequence of patterns, a 30-minute daily lesson with scripts, blending, spelling, decodable text, tricky words and checking progress.
- Missing work logPrintable
A free printable missing work log: a row for each assignment, its due date, who still owes it and a box to tick when it is in. Edit the assignment list and print.
- 3rd grade sub plans: readingPage
A 3rd grade reading block a substitute can run with no prep, with the sheet, the answer key and every step written out. Free to print.
Checked 2026-10-30
- ARC CoreGuide
ARC Core explained in plain words: its writing-first approach, four units a year, what an independent review found about its phonics, and the free Peabody pages that go beside it.
Checked 2026-11-09