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Postcard Template

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Practice writing short letters with postcards. The resource includes two pages to make four postcards. The first page has space for drawing, and the second includes a place to write, address lines, and stamp spaces.
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Ed Galaxy

Postcard Template

For Teachers K - 4th
Wish you were here! Have kids express their salutations and warm wishes with postcards. The worksheet provides two postcard templates for kids to address, sign, and illustrate.
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Paging Supermom

Postcard Template

For Teachers 1st - 8th
A basic postcard worksheet could be a creative addition to your novel unit, pen pal project, or any other activity involving writing letters or sending mail. The template provides two postcards, each with lines for a message, a space for...
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Teacher Printables

Postcard Home

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Set up some time for reflection by requiring your class members to fill out postcards about the first week of school. There is space on this template for a message, the date, a recipient's name and address, and the sender's name.
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Personalized Postcards

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers create and send postcards to friends and family members. Using actual photographs, they write a rough draft and final draft of a paragraph and print it out to glue onto a postcard template to mail to their friend or...
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Postcards in Time

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Pupils write and send postcards to and from famous historical figures.
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Summer Fun! Vacation Destination Postcards

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students design a postcard with a graph and text. They research their favorite vacation spot. Pupils write a friendly letter to their parents requesting to visit this vacation destination. Students use a Circle Map, to help fill in their...
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Creating a Loyalist Postcard

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students research a Loyalist and create their postcards. Specific Expectations.
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Send Me A Postcard From The Rainforest

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students research the different regions of the rainforest by using the Internet. They create their own postcards from each region they examine showing the plants and animals of that region. They share their postcards with the class.
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Postcards to the Troops

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students write postcards to the troops in Iraq. After listening to letters written by troops in Iraq, students discuss ways the troops are helping America and how they should show their support. Students use a postcard template and...
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Writing in First and Third Person

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Explore narrative writing by participating in a role-playing activity. For this perspective lesson, learners define first and third person in writing and discuss how it changes the mood of the reader. The first activity has pupils write...
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Curriculum Corner

Holidays Around the World

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
Celebrate traditions and cultures around the world with a set of worksheets and printables. Fourth and fifth graders can create booklets or simply participate in individual studies of specific holidays in different countries. From lined...
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Postcards From The Wilderness

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students examine and discuss various landscapes from the Getty Museum. They create postcards featuring landscapes that incorporate rubbings to create texture. They write letters on the backs of their postcards describing their landscapes.
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A Soldier's Valentine

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students create Valentine's for soldiers in Iraq. They review how to write a friendly paragraph and discuss the military and duties of soldiers in Iraq. They create postcards and write reasons why they are rpoud of the military and how...
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Personal Information

For Teachers K - 2nd
Can your learners fill out an envelope with their personal information? Give them some great practice using this template, which learners will enjoy because it's all about them! First, they write their name and address on an image of an...
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Writing Bug

For Students 5th - 6th
In this writing worksheet, students write a response to the following prompt: "You are on a vacation at the one place you've always dreamed of visiting! Write a postcard to your best friend."
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Ohio Bicentennial

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders explore their cultural heritage. They identify individuals or events from the past and explain their contributions to their cultural heritage. Students chose a place of interest in Ohio and research the place of interest....
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Plankton Parade

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Plankton isn't just a tiny cartoon character, it's also a very important food source for animals around the world. Budding scientists discuss the types and functions of plankton, including where they are found, how they are caught, and...
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Mesopotamia

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders describe the geography of Mesopotamia, explain the characteristics of Sumerian city-states, and identify the cultural practices of the ancient Sumerians. They then explain how empires formed in Mesopotamia.
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Mesopotamia Mesopotamia

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover details about Mesopotamia. In this ancient civilizations lesson, 6th graders view a PowerPoint presentation about Mesopotamia and then play a review game based on the details. Several support materials are included...
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Santa Clara County Office of Education

Bulletin Board Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 5th
It's hard to find time to create really good bulletin boards, or stray from your year-to-year comfortable displays. Stress no more! Check out a list of monthly bulletin board ideas guaranteed to get you through the school year. With a...
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PBS

Cardboard History

For Teachers 3rd - 11th
A PBS clip focused on collecting sports memorabilia launches this research project lesson plan. Class members then read Dan Gutman’s Honus and Me in which Wagner’s baseball card is used to time travel. The lesson plan ends with...
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Virtual Tour of John F. Kennedy Library

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers take a virtual tour of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library. In this Kennedy presidency lesson, students access the library via the Internet and take notes on the experience. High schoolers write essays using the...
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Traveling Community Journal Project

For Teachers K - 8th
Learners create an online "community journal". In this communities instructional activity, students use a writing template to send e-mail to various people to learn more about their community. The journal is passed from person to person.