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Writing a Letter to a Friend
First graders practice their letter writing skills by writing to a fictional character. In this formal writing lesson, 1st graders read the books The Jolly Postman and Frog and Toad are Friends to examine the different parts of a...
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Lesson Plan: A Bird's Tale
Who wouldn't love to get a letter from a blue bird? Elementary art enthusiasts analyze the social and historical context of Ason Yellowhair's Navajo piece, Bird and Cornstalk Rug. They examine the construction and images on the rug...
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Swing Your Partner!
This was written for ESOL learners, but could work for any elementary class. Learners read about the American dance style known as Square Dancing. They explore its use in literature, write a friendly letter about it, and then use their...
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Writing to a Specific Topic
After a class discussion where learners make predictions about what will happen in a book based on its cover illustration, pupils are asked to compose a written response about an aspect of the story and include some of their own...
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Lesson: Paul Chan: Alternumeric Fonts
Learning to analyze language, symbols, and codes is part of becoming a deep and critical thinker. Young analysts consider their ability to see hidden messages as they analyze the work of Paul Chan. There are two fully developed...
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My Own Backyard
Students explore and react to the painting The Road to Santa Fe. In this interacting with art lesson, students locate various objects in the painting. Students copy the angle of objects by using their bodies. Students discuss light and...
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Alphabet Letter B
In this online interactive worksheet, learners form the uppercase and lowercase alphabet letter B with their mouse. Students trace and write the uppercase and lowercase letter B 10 times each.
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Pirate Ship Handwriting Worksheet
In this online interactive writing worksheet, students personalize the letters to the words pirate ship and then print off their worksheets. Students trace the letters they chose and then write the words on the line provided.
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Handwriting Worksheet
For this online handwriting worksheet, students personalize the letters that spell pepper and then print off their worksheets. Students trace the letters in the word pepper. Students write the word pepper on the line provided.
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Dream Big...With Your Eyes Wide Open
For many people, Barack Obama's presidency was the next step in Martin Luther King, Jr's dream of America's future. Explore the dreams of Americans past and present, as well as the young Americans in your class, with a set of activities...
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S is for Stork
In this alphabet letter S online interactive worksheet, students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter S with their cursor. Students trace the uppercase and lowercase alphabet letter S 8 times and write the letters 10 times on their...
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A is for Arm
In this online interactive worksheet, students form the letter A with their mouse and curser. Students trace and write the uppercase and lowercase alphabet letter A 10 times a piece.
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S is for Swing
In this alphabet online interactive worksheet, students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter S with their mouse. Students trace the uppercase and lowercase alphabet letter S 8 times and write each letter 10 times on their own on the...
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T is for T (ASL)
In this letter T online interactive worksheet, students trace the letter S with their mouse. Students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter T 8 times and then write each letter 10 times on their own on the lines provided.
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T is for Tie
For this alphabet letter T online interactive worksheet, students trace the letters T with their mouse. Students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter T 8 times and then write each letter 10 times on their own on the lines provided.
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T is for Tiger
In this letter T online interactive worksheet, students trace the letters T with their mouse. Students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter T 8 times each and then write each letter 10 times a piece on their own on the lines provided.
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Interactive Writing
First graders write about vehicles that float using the interactive writing procedure.
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Appeal for the Meal
Students investigate advertising. In this advertising lesson, students read the book Good Lemonade by Frank Asch and identify the advertising practices from the story. Students create ads for snacks using advertising techniques.
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School Handwriting Worksheet
In this online handwriting worksheet, students personalize the letters that spell school and then print off their worksheets. Students trace the letters to the word school and then write the word school on the lines provided.
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Handwriting Worksheet
In this online handwriting worksheet, students customize the letters to the two words eighteen wheels and then print off their worksheet. Students trace the letters and then hand-write the two words on the lines provided on their own.
Maryland Department of Education
Our Children Can Soar
Amazing efforts of African American leaders are celebrated in a lesson on civil participation. The engaging resource focuses on primary and secondary sources to analyze the impact of African American leaders such as Ella Fitzgerald....
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A Way with Words or Say What?
Students explore the language of Shakespeare. In this literature lesson, students examine words invented by Shakespeare as they interpret their meanings in drawings. Students pantomime the meanings and then write a short story...
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Let Me Tell You About My State
Fifth graders research one of the 50 U.S. States that they were unfamiliar with. In this U.S. Geography lesson plan, 5th graders utilize encyclopedias as well as the Internet to research a chosen U.S. State in order to write a report....
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Go, Johnny, Go!
Learners become familiar with the story of Johnny Appleseed by reading, singing and creating a Johnny Appleseed hat. For this Johnny Appleseed lesson, students understand that Johnny Appleseed was a philanthropist and gave unselfishly of...