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Autumn Writing

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students review and brainstorm the signs of autumn through a PowerPoint presentation/ lesson with embedded video clips. After brainstorming ideas as a group, Students use Kidspiration to develop a graphic organizer and follow the writing...
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Stick to Our Resolutions

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students design a discussion tool to facilitate class brainstorming of solutions to dilemmas and difficult situations. They write situations that they imagine or may have faced that could be resolved in a variety of ways. Students orally...
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The Geography - Writing Connection

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students examine and describe the four physical systems of the Earth. Using two of the systems, they practice their writing skills and use vocabulary associated with the different types of landforms. They predict the types of shelters...
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Asking Questions About a Picture 6

For Students 1st - 8th
Learners of any age will be able to use this questioning worksheet, if creative enough! Really encourage your learners to brainstorm thoughtful questions about the picture they see. As a bonus, you could encourage learners to create as...
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Upper and Lowercase Ll

For Students Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Practice, practice, practice! Enhance handwriting abilities with a worksheet featuring the upper and lowercase letter L. Here, scholars trace and write the letter independently on the lines provided.    
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Valentine's Day Acrostic Poem

For Students K - 6th Standards
L is for loving this Valentine's day acrostic poem in which class members use letters from the word love to guide their creative writing. Four different versions for you or your scholars to choose from make this poetry activity...
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Upper and Lowercase Hh

For Students Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Enhance handwriting abilities with a learning exercise that challenges young scholars to trace and write the upper and lowercase letter H. 
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Upper and Lowercase Rr

For Students Pre-K - 3rd Standards
Give young writers a boost in tracing and writing upper and lowercase letters with a worksheet featuring the letter R. 
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Tanka

For Students 3rd - 7th
The Tanka, another fix from of Japanese poetry, is featured in the final exercise in a 10-part series of poetry writing activities.
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Brainstorming: A Strategy for Creative Productivity

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this brainstorming worksheet, students read directions on how to brainstorm with a group or as an individual. Students read 7 tips total.
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Field Trip Writing Prompt

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this writing prompt worksheet, students fill in organizers and brainstorm a writing prompt about a field trip taken. Students are given multiple pages for brainstorming, writing and drawing.
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One Hundred Dollars-Writing Prompt

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this writing prompt worksheet, students fill mini-organizers to help brainstorm a writing prompt about finding 100 dollars from the tooth fairy. Students are given multiple pages for brainstorming and writing.
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Writing Strategies: Descriptive Words

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students discover the importance of using descriptive words in good writing. They brainstorm words to describe elephants and dogs then watch a video that describes different items. Each student writes a paragraph using descriptive words...
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Writing a Grant

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore grant writing. In this grant writing lesson, students brainstorm possible community service projects. Students complete a grant proposal form.
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Off to Adventure!: Challenge Activities (Theme 1)

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Off to Adventure! is the theme of an English language arts unit comprised of a variety of challenge activities. Scholars enhance skills and reinforce concepts by taking part in a grand book discussion, giving an oral...
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Play-Doh and the Writing Process

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
The art of writing is very similar to that of creating a sculpture. They both follow a familiar process.
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Content Brainstorming

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this brainstorming worksheet, students fill in a graphic brainstorming organizer, writing key words, headings, subheadings, predictions, pictures with captions, connections and questions.
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The Flat WSD Students

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students engage in creative writing and performance using Flat Stanley. After reading Flat Stanley your class summarize their understanding and then create a flat image of themselves. Students then brainstorm ideas of how they would...
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Tiny by Mandy Coe

For Teachers K - 6th
Introduce magic and imagination into your classroom with a poetry activity. Learners read the poem "Tiny" by Mandy Coe and use their magic tickets to visit any place they can think of! The final result is a poem describing where they...
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Stir Up a Character Analysis Recipe

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
What ingredients make up a character? A cup of honesty, a dash of humor, a pinch of cynicism? Based on real cookbooks they review in class, learners at any grade level three and up write recipes to describe characters familiar to your...
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What Do I Want to Research?

For Teachers K - 5th
Study the eight slides that detail the steps to writing a research report. The steps include brainstorming for ideas, constructing graphic organizers, and writing the final research product. An example of each step is given on each...
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Ain't Gonna Rain No More

For Teachers K - 3rd
In this creative writing lesson, pupils listen to the song "It Ain't Gonna Rain No More", read the book adaptation titled I Ain't Gonna Paint No More!, and pay close attention to the rhyming scheme, punctuation and illustrations. ...
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Olympic Report Planner

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Use this worksheet to research a future or past olympian. There's a space for researchers to brainstorm things they'd like to know, a space for them to record notes, and a KWL chart. There's also an open space to write a cumulative...
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Creature From The Deep

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students become familiar with oceanography terms by writing an oceanography horror story.

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