Can letter writing really create social change? Pupils create and mail formal letters addressing a specific organization to promote social change they wish to see. Class members reflect on the process and responses they received in small...

Sharpen persuasive writing skills while trying to solve a community problem. Learners choose a burning topic and then write letters to persuade others to come around to their views. The provided procedures walk through how to guide the...

Obviously, four is the perfect number when you're playing Four Square. Scholars first use multiplication and division to solve a set of problems on the number of balls needed, the number of games, and the number of players required for a...

Cover the field. Pairs investigate two different rolls of astroturf to cover a football field. The learners determine which type of roll is the most cost effective. Scholars write letters to the athletic director explaining their...

Pairs or small groups work together to determine the height of a tree using similar triangles. Learners make a judgement which direction to let a tree fall to avoid hitting any structures. They then write letters to the principal...

Work with fractional cookies. The three-part assessment task checks the pupils' ability to find the product of fractions and whole numbers, mixed numbers, or fractions. Learners determine the amount of ingredients needed and how many of...

Make the cookies healthy. The assessment task asks pupils to determine the number of cookies they could make based on a given amount of ingredients. Given two sugar substitutes, learners determine which substitute would be better and...

An activity that can be adapted for the whole class, small group, or large group. The instructor first reviews a letter and its sound, then presents the group with a poem with that letter that the students will then identify.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text in which a boy named Alex writes a letter to his family to tell them about his experiences at summer camp. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading...

[Free Registration/Login Required] A letter from Jackie Robinson to President Eisenhower in response to a speech Eisenhower gave asking African Americans to be patient. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in...

This printable worksheet from Rock 'N Learn can be used as a reinforcement activity or as an assessment. Students will distinguish vowel letters from consonant letters. An answer key and lesson extension are included.

A poem from Emily Dickinson, "The Way I Read a Letter's--This--", is provided on this site. Students may listen to this poem read aloud by Gary Bodwin and can access a printable version of this piece.

This learning exercise asks students to spell words with silent letters such as w, k, and g.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This resource provides explanations for different modes of writing. Examples of informal and formats are provided.

This Daily Teaching Tools lesson explains how to write a business letter to an author. It also provides a rubric.

At first glance, this simply appears to be a list of cursive letters; however, if you place your cursor over each letter, the way to write it is shown using animation. Click on a letter to show that letter by itself.

A small group game to practice word and sound recognition and accuracy. Given a sound or word, each student on team runs to pile of holiday shapes, finds the letter, or picture that begins with the sound, or brings back all the letters...

Students use the alliteration generator to spark an idea for an alliterative narrative using the letter "S" and focusing on word choice and playing with words. An online page and a word choice checklist are provided for students to type...

[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Make these gingerbread cookie letters with your child to teach lots of literacy skills: letters of the alphabet, the names and sounds of letters, and word writing.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the water cycle and children who have written letters to the President. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.

Students will evaluate whether federal tax on gas and diesel fuels should stay the same or increase based on data researched and write persuasive letters to their local papers and legislators urging them to take their stance.

After looking over several articles and reports about lead in the environment being toxic, students will write persuasive letters to various government officials to tell them how they feel about what the government is currently doing...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passage discusses different letters to the President in different historical contexts. This passage reinforces essential reading comprehension skills. Opportunities for vocabulary...

This site is for young children, to learn how to use the mouse, click, drag, drop, colors, letters and shapes.