American Museum of Natural History
Make Your Own Earth Stationary
Scholars follow five steps to make personalized Earth-themed stationary. Personalization includes name and returns address.
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Special Friends: English Language Development Lessons (Theme 9)
Enhance language proficiency with a Special Friends themed English language development unit. Each lesson follows a listen, speak, move, and/or look routine that is guaranteed to get your scholars discussing topics such as animal...
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Applying Letter Writing to Daily Life
Here are some ideas to get your students writing letters with a purpose.
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Letter Format Outline
In this letter writing worksheet, students study the blank lines to learn the proper format of a friendly letter. Students write a letter.
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Dog Gone
Learners write friendly letters. In this language arts lesson, students discuss the parts of a friendly letter. Learners compose a friendly letter. Students share their letters with small groups and draw a picture to go with the letter.
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Writing Informal and Formal Letters
An informal/formal letters worksheet asks pupils to label the 15 greetings, salutations, and wording of passages from sample letters as being examples of either informal or formal writing.
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Test Your Writing Skills
In this letter writing skills worksheet, middle schoolers examine 15 phrases from letters and determine whether each phrase is from a formal or informal letter. Good, solid writing practice!
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Writing and Research with a Manatee Theme
Students use Internet research methods to find information about manatees. They write a story about a manatee, told through the manatee's eyes, and also a letter to an environmental group, thanking them for what they do to protect the...
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Help With Paragraphs: Writing A Paragraph
Young scholars complete exercises to practice writing a paragraph. In this paragraph writing lesson plan, students work in pairs to complete activities that require them to read sample paragraphs, organize sentences in sequence, and...
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How Can We Write A Story Using Dr. Seuss' Writing and Illustration Style?
Students write a story. In this writing style and illustration lesson, students review elements of Dr. Seuss' writing and illustration style and read a few more books written by him, examining the writing style. Students work in...
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Family and Friends: Extra Support Lessons (Theme 4)
Family and Friends is the theme of a unit offering extra support lessons. Follow each lesson plan's teach, blend, guided practice or practice/apply routine to reinforce concepts such as clusters, responding to reading, drawing...
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Traceable Letter Y - Preschool Alphabet Page
Students practice writing the letter y with this printing practice worksheet. This resource includes 22 total traceable letters, 10 upper case y's and 12 lower case y's, but it does not include any independent practice. Also links to the...
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Traceable Letter T - Preschool Alphabet Page
Designed for preschool through first grade students, this worksheet provides practice printing both upper and lower case letter t's. Included in this exercise are 10 traceable upper case t's and 14 lower case traceable t's. This resource...
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Traceable Letter W - Preschool Alphabet Page
Young children practice writing the letter w by tracing it using this simple activity. This resource includes eight traceable capital w's as well as eight traceable lower case w's for students to complete. Links to the printer-friendly...
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Writer's Toolbox
Present the class with a slide show that will give them a great head start in writing expository and narrative texts. The information is highlighted for easy note taking, well organized, and presented in a kid-friendly manner. It...
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Key Pals
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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Letter Writing and Abigail Adams
Third graders learn the importance of letter writing for communication. In this letter writing lesson, 3rd graders identify how letter writing was important in the life of Abigail Adams. Students understand what a primary source is and...
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Service Project Letter to the Principal
Students talk about being a good citizen and what it means to them. In this citizenship lesson, students read, Arthur Meets the President and discuss the aspects of the book as they go along. Students brainstorm a list of ideas on how...
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Check My Writing
Use this resource as an evaluation tool, or have your class assess their own letter writing skills. They will use a checklist that they create during some interactive writing sessions as criteria for their self-evaluation. Teachers can...
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Environmentally Friendly
What can your pupils do to promote better conditions for wildlife? After researching issues around wildlife management, class members use the Internet to locate three different organizations devoted to protecting wildlife. They then...
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My Writing Portfolio
Emerging writers create a portfolio showcasing various writing formats. They discuss Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. They observe the key features of picture books and then create their own book to add to...
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Internet: Writing Friendly Letters Via Email
Learners view a Powerpoint presentation on writing and sending email. After examining a Website about the parts of a friendly letter, they compose and send their own letters via email. Teachers set up an email/pen pal account so...
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The Great Mail Race
Students explore the art of letter writing. In this writing skills lesson, students examine the format of friendly letters and business letters. Students create mail race surveys and practice writing letters according to the formats...
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Grandparents Day
In this letter writing worksheet, pupils write a letter to someone special using a simple, friendly letter template. Then students will draw a picture to go with the letter.