The art of writing a letter has not been lost to email and texting! Teach kids how to format a friendly letter with a presentation about the parts of a letter, as well as prompting them to write a letter about their favorite holiday.

Why is a letter a better way to learn about a person than a different primary source? Explore Thomas Day's ideas and advice to his daughter in a letter from 1851, which details the struggles of the American South before the Civil War....

Invite your learners to take on the voice of a character from Ordinary People as they write a letter. Pupils use what they know about the given character to compose their letter, which must relate to the plot of the novel.

This nicely-done computer based letter writing worksheet has learners fill in each blank with a noun from the word bank. There are 20 sentences. They complete instructions for writing a letter using the computer, and use words such as...

This worksheet provides practice printing the letter 'U'. It includes both upper and lower case letters as well as numbered arrows that indicate the order and direction of strokes. There are also three pictures to color that begin with...

This is a traditional letter tracing learning exercise for the letter 'H'. It includes upper and lower case practice with numbered arrows to indicate the order and direction of strokes. Additionally, there are three pictures to color...

Early writers practice printing the upper and lower case letter 'J' on this traditional letter tracing worksheet. The first example provides numbered arrows to indicate the direction and order of strokes. Additionally, there are three...

Help your young writers recognize the importance of composing formal letters. Middle schoolers read letters written by Thomas Jefferson and analyze the components that make it a formal letter.  They will then compose their own...

This worksheet provides ruled lines for early writers to practice tracing the letter 'O' in both upper and lower case. The first example is numbered and has an arrow to indicate the direction of the stroke. It also includes three...

Beginning printers practice writing the letter 'R' by tracing the upper and lower case. The first example includes numbered arrows that indicate the direction and order of strokes. There are also three pictures to color that all begin...

Beginning writers practice printing the letter 'V' in both upper and lower case. The worksheet includes numbered arrows to indicate the order and direction of strokes. Additionally, there are three pictures to color that all begin with...

Turn spelling practice into a game with this letter card template. Including domino-sized cards for all of the upper- and lower-case letters, as well as common digraphs, this resource can be used in a variety of ways and is a...

Practice can make for perfect penmanship. Kids can practice their cursive on these lined pages. Learners start out by tracing capital letters and move on to writing them on their own.

Students click on the hyperlink to enjoy some games on the names of colors and the name of letters. They sing the alphabet song, sort objects by color, and match like letters.

Explore communication through writing by analyzing individual sentences with young writers. They practice writing compound sentences and identifying sentence fragments. The next step has them learn the five parts of a friendly letter....

A business letter may be the key receiving a job offer or making a major deal. A writing handout, part of a series of handouts on specific types and styles, shares some of the key components involved with writing a business letter. The...

Practice writing the letter P with a worksheet that reinforces neat writing in both upper and lowercase letters.   

In this letter recognition worksheet, students explore the letter y. Students look at, recognize, color, and say the letter y, both in the capital form and in the lower case form.

Young writers trace dotted examples of upper and lower case printed letter Qq. They practice their own letters on the primary lines and write the word "Queen." Some good, basic writing practice!

This app provides young learners with opportunities to be creative while they work with different colors, letters, numbers, and shapes. 

Here comes a writing assignment, here comes a writing assignment, right in time for Christmas. Young letter writers respond to a series of questions posed by the interactive that then formats their responses into a letter to Santa.

Middle schoolers craft a letter to themselves describing what their life will be like in four years using a prewriting organizer to guide their work. 

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letter From Birmingham Jail" was written in response to "A Call for Unity," written by eight white ministers from Birmingham and published in the local newspaper. After reading both letters and following a list...

Help your budding writers become familiar with letter shapes using a pattern worksheet. They examine three patterns, tracing a dotted line to continue them to the end of the page. For each, they also draw the pattern freehand below. This...