Printable PDF Teaching Resources
Explore printable PDF worksheets, activities and thousands more teacher resources you can add to your lesson plans with just a few clicks — including free printables!
Thousands of Teach Starter's teacher-created resources are available in PDF file format, making it easy for any teacher to use anywhere — no matter what type of computer or software you have.
Curious about the advantages of PDF resources for teachers? Read on for a quick guide from our teacher team!
What Does PDF Stand For?
Before we dive into all the ways you can use a PDF in your classroom, it's worth looking at the meaning behind the acronym. PDF stands for "Portable Document Format."
It's a file format that was developed by the software company Adobe in the 1990s. The format was designed to protect the appearance and layout of documents across different platforms and devices.
That's exactly what makes it so easy for teachers to use. You can print a PDF worksheet on the school printer and send that same PDF via email to a student's parent, and the layout will remain exactly the same — even if you are using entirely different computers.
How Do I Open a PDF File From Teach Starter?
Most web browsers — like the one you're using right now to access our teacher resources — will allow you to open a PDF file directly in the browser.
What if you want to open the file without opening a browser? We suggest downloading Adobe's free Adobe Acrobat Reader software to easily display any PDF.
How Do I Print a PDF Document for My Students?
The ease of printing has made the PDF format a must for teacher resources, so how do you actually print your new worksheet or activity?
Simple!
- Open the PDF file in your browser or PDF viewer (like Adobe Acrobat Reader, mentioned above).
- Click on the "File" menu in the top-left corner.
- Select "Print" or use your keyboard shortcut "Ctrl + P" (Windows) or "Command + P" (Mac).
- In the print dialog box, choose your printer from the list.
- Adjust print settings like orientation, paper size and the number of copies you'll need for your students.
- Click "Print" to start printing.
Can I Edit a PDF File?
This is a common teacher question, and the answer is a bit complicated.
There's special software out there that will allow for some edits on a PDF, but you will typically need to have the original document to get the best results.
To make sure teachers can make the edits they need to adjust our resources for their lesson plans and their individual students, most Teach Starter resources are available in other (editable) formats, such as Google Slides!
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Informative Writing - Animal Research Task
An 8 page booklet for students to record facts about animals when learning to write informative texts.
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Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing Fractions Posters
Posters outlining the processes involved when adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing fractions.
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Jump Strategy Subtraction Game
A fun and challenging game to use when learning how to use the jump strategy to solve subtraction problems.
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Social Stories - Calming Down
A social story to develop calming down skills for when students feel frustrated.
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Treasure Map Coding Robot Mat
A coding robot mat focusing on directions, location and coordinates.
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Sentence Conjunctions Posters – Lower Primary
A set of 8 educational posters for sentence connectives and conjunctions.
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2D Shapes Poster - Colour
2D Shapes and their names on one poster.
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Onomatopoeia Poster
A poster providing a definition and examples of onomatopoeia.
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The Worry Waterfall - Poster
A poster to help students deal effectively with worrying thoughts. This teaching resource is an essential learning tool for social and emotional development.
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Finding the Angle Sum of a Triangle Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate your students' understanding of the angle sum of a triangle.
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Properties of 3D Objects
Posters showing and labelling the properties of 3D objects.
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Modality Words Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate students’ understanding of high modality and low modality words.
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Emotive Language Worksheet
A worksheet to consolidate students' understanding of emotive language.
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What are Bushfires? Comprehension Task
A comprehension task to use when learning about bushfires.
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FANBOYS Poster
A poster to display in the classroom to help students choose appropriate coordinating conjunctions using the acronym FANBOYS.
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Narrative Writing Planning Template
A template for students to use when planning a narrative text.
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Missing Angles Worksheet
A worksheet to use when learning about angles.
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Real Or Make-Believe - Animal Picture Sorting Worksheet
A teaching resource to help teach your students the difference between real and make-believe.
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Making Inferences - Worksheet
A worksheet to use when teaching students how to draw conclusions and make inferences when reading.
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Giant Colouring Sheet
A large printable colouring sheet for your whole class.
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Cardinal Directions PowerPoint
An editable PowerPoint to use when teaching your students about cardinal directions.
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Using Cardinal Directions – Worksheet
A worksheet to practise using cardinal directions.
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3D Objects Worksheet
Use this 3D Objects Worksheet to assist your students when learning about the properties of 3D objects.
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Writing A Persuasive Text Poster
Display this poster in your room as a visual reminder of the structure of a persuasive text.
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OREO Persuasive Writing Poster
A poster detailing what to put in a persuasive paragraph using the OREO acronym.
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Exploring Persuasive Texts PowerPoint - Year 1 and Year 2
A 35 slide editable PowerPoint template to use when teaching your students about the structure and language features of persuasive texts.
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Colour by Parts of Speech - Nouns, Adverbs, Verbs, Interjections - Owl
Consolidate parts of speech by colouring nouns, adverbs, verbs and interjections on the owl.
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Fractions Pizza Game - Lower Grades
A small group or whole class activity to consolidate the concept of fractions (whole, half, quarters and eighths).
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Homophones Practice Workbook - Upper Primary
Consolidate your students’ ability to recognise homophones in context with this set of 18 worksheets and answer pages.
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Goal Labels - Reading (Key Stage 1)
Thirty-five reading goal labels for key stage 1.
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Fact File Pack - Animals, Objects and People
A set of 6 fact files, covering a variety of topics.
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Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences PowerPoint
A 23 slide editable PowerPoint template which introduces the attributes of simple, compound and complex sentences.