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You've Got Mail

For Teachers 1st
First graders study the postal system and letter writing. They exchange class letters with another class in a different area and become pen pals with residents in a local nursing home.
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E-Mail Pen Pals

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students write an e-mail message about what they have been doing in their physical education class. They break in to groups of 3 or 4 students and use the teacher's e-mail account to send an e-mail to their Pen Pal. They then read posted...
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Pen Pal Letters

For Teachers 1st
First graders use a pen pal template to correspond to a pen pal at another school site using appropriate communication skills.
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Using e-mail to Communicate with Students in an Inner City; Celebrating Diversity through a Penpal Program

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students communicate with students at another school through e-mail to help them become better acquainted with using a PC and e-mail. In the second lesson plan, the same type of method is used to explore diversity among communities.
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E-Mail Mentor Project

For Teachers 2nd - 8th
Students use e-mail to introduce themselves, ask for and receive advice and information on certain school concerns, and share information on activities they enjoy with other students from other schools.
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Keypals

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners discover how to write and send e-mail messages/letters. They correspond with other students of same age level in another geographic area on a social level.
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Computer Pals

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students are introduced to using computers as a means of developing communication skills within an authentic context. Students communicate with each other and share ideas via e-mail or other types of computer appllications.
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E-Pals - Key-Pals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders communicate with another 2nd grade classroom through E-mail.
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Email Buddies

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Collaborate with another class (or school) and have your learners share ideas about their reading through the use of email. Perhaps you'll create a specific question or a few questions for writers to choose from. Not only will they...
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Postcards from Somewhere

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students correspond with e-pals about their community. In this cross curriculum geography, technology, and literacy lesson, students complete a postcard webquest about their home location including local photographs. Students e-mail...
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Internet Pen Pals

For Teachers 1st - 9th
Students write letters to e-mail pals and respond to letters received. Students describe the geography of their community to their pals.
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E-Pal Adventure

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders develop online writing relationships with students from another area in their state. They write weekly regarding assigned topics, including researching information about the area in which they live.
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Key Pals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders analyze the proper form of friendly letters and write emails to a key pal. In this friendly letters and email lesson, 2nd graders discuss sending friendly letters and view examples of the letter format. Students then...
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Desert Discoveries

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students correspond with Israeli students from Jerusalem by email as part of a study on desert and semi-arid regions. They conduct background research and become proficient in the use of electronic mail.
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Letter Writing -Traditional and Modern

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study the parts of a friendly letter and how to address an envelope. They write pen pal letters using traditional and modern mailing practices.
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Do It Write

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students investigate types of communities. For this communities lesson, students read the book The Country Mouse and City Mouse and identify the characteristics of the city and country. Students participate in a pen-pal program with a...
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Exchange Students

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students discuss as a class the items they value and why. They read an article about the popularity of cellphones in Iraq. In groups, they work together to create a guide to their culture to share with others visiting their classroom....
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Paragraph Writing

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write paragraphs. In this paragraph lesson, 3rd graders discover the parts of a paragraph as they are compared to the pieces of a sandwich. They write their own paragraph to a foreign pen-pal describing our country. 
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Power Failure

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners examine how electricity impacts world cultures. They e-mail contacts around the world to research the impact of electricity, and create an online newspaper to publish their findings.
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American Indian Reservations

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine life on American Indian reservations, and discuss how confinement on the reservations affected American Indians. They visit the Bureau of Indian Affairs website, and develop positive and negative impact charts about...
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Postcards from the Net

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students take a closer examine the world just outside their doors and share their experiences with their classmates, near and far. They create postcards of their community and email them to pen pals in other school districts.
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The Language Bank

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students work on the Internet to listen, read, and practice writing in a foreign language. They focus on the use of idiom and humor in other languages.
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Le Grand Voyage

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders work in collaborative groups to research a country of their choosing. Groups use the internet to their country and plan a trip to that location. Students complete a multi-media presentation of their country, following a...