Football Worksheets (Free Printable Bundle)

Bring game day energy into your classroom with this free set of football worksheets that blend ELA, critical thinking, and SEL. Whether you’re teaching during football season, planning a spirit week, or just want high-interest content that still hits real skills, this bundle gives you print-and-go football worksheets students will actually want to do.

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Ready for fun, low-prep football-themed activities? Just fill out the form on this page to get your free football worksheets.

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This football worksheet bundle includes a variety of activities you can use together as a mini unit or mix and match across different subjects.

Kicking It Through the Goal

Students choose a personal goal (sports or non-sports), identify their first step, and map out practice and effort to reach it. Great for growth mindset, routines, and perseverance.

Students make score predictions, explain their reasoning with evidence, and reflect after the “result.” A great way to practice opinion writing, logic, and supporting details.

A vocabulary builder that reinforces key terms and a great football worksheet for fast finishers.

Students connect football situations to character traits (teamwork, integrity, perseverance) with this fun word-search activity.

Design a Jersey With Meaning

Students create a jersey design and explain the symbolism behind their colors, numbers, and icons. A great activity for creative writing and reasoning.

Which Team Are You Cheering For?

Students will survey their classmates to find out which football team they are cheering for. Students use the data they’ve collected to create a bar graph and analyze the data.

Students watch or read about a commercial and analyze the message, target audience, and persuasion techniques. Perfect for media literacy and discussion.

High-interest prompts for partner talk, circle time, morning meeting, writing warm-ups, or quick SEL check-ins.

Descriptive Language & Setting

Students create a vivid football-style setting using sensory details and then write about the stadium using descriptive phrases.

Inner Self-Talk

Students identify unhelpful thoughts, rewrite them into stronger self-talk, and practice phrases they can use before a test, game, presentation, or tough moment.

Football Facts and Opinions

Students sort football statements into fact vs. opinion. Great for ELA foundations and learning to tell the difference between fact and opinion.

Use these ready-to-go football worksheets for:

Football season activities (ELA + SEL tie-ins)
Media literacy mini-lessons (commercial analysis)
Opinion writing and evidence practice (predictions, cheering, facts vs. opinions)
Goal-setting and reflection (Kicking It Through the Goal, Inner Self-Talk)
Centers, early finishers, sub plans, or “grab something fast” days
Whole-class discussion, partner talk, or journaling (discussion cards)

They’re low-prep, flexible across grade levels, and easy to drop into what you already teach. Use the full packet for a themed week, or grab one page when you need a meaningful activity fast.

Why Students Love Them

It feels like game day in the classroom. Students get to predict, create, debate, design, and talk about big ideas like effort and confidence, while still practicing real reading, writing, and thinking skills.

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Looking for fun, no-prep football-themed activities that reinforces core skills? Just fill out the form on this page to get your free football worksheets!

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