Homeroom Tools

Homeroom Tools is a free collection of browser tools and printables for teachers and homeschool parents, published by Click Clack Labs LLC in the United States. It covers two kinds of job. The first is classroom housekeeping: a seating chart generator for rows, pods of four or a U-shape, a random group maker, a round robin scheduler, visual timers, sign-up sheets and lesson plan templates. The second, and the reason it belongs in a learning directory, is practice material that a child actually works through.

The practice side is large. The math section has fraction worksheets for grades 2 to 6 sorted by skill, from naming shaded parts and finding equivalent fractions to dividing mixed numbers, plus multiplication worksheets and charts, skip counting, word problems and graph paper. The handwriting section includes a name tracing generator for one child or a whole class, sight word, grammar and vocabulary worksheets, and graphic organizers. Flashcards cover the times tables online, spelling words by grade with a read-aloud test, and phonics word lists by pattern. A puzzles section adds word searches, crosswords and a word search maker that takes your own words.

Worksheets print with an answer key, and many can be regenerated so a child gets a fresh sheet each time. The site's editorial page says answer keys and generated sheets are re-worked by a second method before they are published. Everything runs in the browser with no sign-up, and class lists typed into the seating and group tools stay on your own device rather than being sent to the site. There is no advertising at present.

This is a toolbox rather than a curriculum: there is no scope and sequence, and a parent or teacher picks the skill to work on. Some areas, such as the puzzles and color-by-number pages, are lighter activities. For a family or classroom that wants a quick printable fraction, multiplication or phonics sheet with a key, it is a practical and uncluttered source.