Check out these Teacher Appreciation Week gifts I created for you. They’re for public school, private school, homeschool, and anyone who teaches! Plus, they’ll always be free.
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Whether you’re a homeschool teacher, a private school teacher, a public school teacher, or any other type of teacher, you’ve come to the right place for some amazing Teacher Appreciation Week gifts.
Now I’m not talking about the ubiquitous apple, the annual teacher mug, or flowers borrowed from a neighbor’s garden on the walk to school.
I’m talking about an ever growing collection of resource gifts that are made with teachers like you in mind.
This post was updated on April 25, 2024.
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First, let me take a moment to thank you for the incredible work that you do every day. Teachers bring so much dedication, passion, and resilience to their calling. That’s what makes you a true hero.
Each year during Teacher Appreciation Week I plan a five day celebration of goodness and surprises. Because you deserve the best!
These gifts are priceless. (AKA Free!) I’ve devoted an entire category of my TPT store to Teacher Appreciation gifts. Here’s the link to my TeacherWriter store on TPT. Once there, click the left side menu to find the category full of Teacher Appreciation goodness.
Guess what? You’ll also find the free gifts from previous years’ Teacher Appreciation Week celebrations too!
Scroll all the way to the end of this post, to find a list of even more gifts from other teacher-sellers. Please take a look and take what you would like!
How You Can Join the Teacher Appreciation Week Celebration Every Year
- Read this blog post and grab any of the free resources you want.
- Follow my Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter for daily posts about how to grab the gifts. This happens once each year during this one special week.
- If you’re not on social media, no problem! You can subscribe to my email list. I send out the gifts in my emails, too.
- Tag a friend to share this post with a fellow teachers, because teachers don’t let teacher friends overpay for resources.
Growing List of Teacher Appreciation Week Gifts
This list of free resources will keep growing as the week goes on and more teachers add their freebies! The links will be included as soon as the products go live each day. Remember: in addition to my gifts to you, there are more from other teachers at the end of this post!
Printable Cards for Teachers and Staff
Free Teacher Appreciation Week Cards. These are some super cute printable cards you can give to your students. They personalize them, color them, and give them to their other teachers. You could even use them to give to your coworkers!
Games to Keep Them Thinking
Roll a Memory Dice Game This Roll A Memory end of the year dice game is a fun way for students to reflect on school memories.
Word Scramble Game. This is a fun activity for your students to find and create words. It’s similar to the popular Boggle ® game. This one has a 5 X 5 grid.
End of School Year Memories Activity
Don’t pay for an end of the school year activity packet. These are my gifts to you!
Find Someone Who…End of Year Version These questions are in a 5 X 5 grid. Students search to find classmates who can answer yes to the questions. It’s a way to close out the school year using a variation of the classic game that upper elementary students love.
Free End of Year School Memories Flipbook. This is a five page flipbook with plenty of room for student memories and autographs! It’s no-prep except for the printing. Students do the cutting, coloring, and gluing or stapling!
Never Forget a Birthday
Free Birthday Cards Class Set. Never forget a student’s birthday again! These cute cards are in an editable PDF format. You can type in all your students’ names at the beginning of the school year. Print them out and file them in your teacher planner.
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Calming Activities
These little motivational coloring pages with inspiration and growth mindset quotes will be a great addition to your calm center and early finisher tub.
A Bounty of More Teacher Appreciation Week Gifts
A Dynamic Task and Goal Progress Tracker so you can stay on top of everything and see at a glance how you’re doing.
FREE Bookmarks With Digital Stickers #Teacher Appreciation
These motivational bookmarks have positive sayings to keep your students happy while they read. Four color bookmarks with digital stickers include rainbows, stars, narwhals, unicorns, pineapples, watermelon slices, and more.
End of Year Writing | Letter to Next Year’s Teacher | FREE #Teacher Appreciation
Here’s an end of year writing activity that gives your students an authentic audience! It’s a letter to next year’s teacher. Students will write memories of the school year and write about their favorite activities.
Free Teacher Newsletter Template | #Teacher Appreciation
This free teacher newsletter template is going to save you hours of time during the school year! This can be a weekly newsletter or a monthly newsletter, or even an announcement newsletter.
FREE Common Core Math Problem of the Week #Teacher Appreciation
This Common Core Math resource is designed to help you teach the eight Common Core Math Standards for Practice in whatever grade you teach. This math resource encourages deep thinking and explanation of math processes and concepts at all grade levels. Students will analyze, model, solve, check, and explain the math problems in groups or individually.
Christmas Card | Christmas Craft | FREE #Teacher Appreciation
This easy and unique Christmas craft will have your students eager to make Christmas cards for friends and family. It has a Christmas tree design with a holiday message under each section.
FREE Spelling Words Practice Sheets
These Free Spelling Words Practice Sheets have over 20,000 downloads! They make your weekly spelling prep simple! Students won’t get bored with the different ways they can practice their spelling lists. Find out why so many teachers love these practice sheets.
Teacher Appreciation Gifts From Other Amazing Sellers
Be sure to check out these other sellers’ gifts too!
- Lisa Markle Sparkles is giving away some amazing coloring pages! Coloring Pages Printable
- I Want to Be a Super Teacher has this cute giveaway: SuperTeacher Themed Iron On Patterns to make your own SuperTeacher Tshirt!
- Minders has a set of Multiplication Wheels for you. These will work perfectly in the End of the School Year math game that I blogged about last year. Read how to set up a game of multiplication wheels in your classroom in my end of the year activities blog posts.
- Mathy Techy, who I’ve featured in a previous blog post about games for learning, has this great free resource: Ultimate Tic-Tac-Toe Multiplying 1 Digit by 1 Digit Numbers.
- Promoting Success has a wonderful poster for you to frame and hang in your classroom or share with teachers you admire. Difference Maker Poster
- Savvy Apple has these fabulous yoga cards and posters. I’ve used them in the classroom for mindful moments, and they make a great addition to a cool down corner, too!
- Don’t forget about discounts on your coffee at Starbucks! If you show your teacher I.D. you may get a discount or even a free coffee! It’s worth a try, right?
Thank you for all that you do! I truly appreciate you!
