Birthday Letters

Elementary schoolers write the names of five friends in a box, capitalizing their names. They think of five places they have been and write them using correct capitalization. Everyone writes the day and month as well as their birthday...

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.

Support English language development with a family-themed unit consisting of a series of lessons designed to get your scholars moving, looking, speaking, writing, and listening. Conversation topics include birthdays, family...

It's a birthday-themed hidden pictures activity that your young learners are sure to love! They find eight items in the picture, practicing vocabulary such as gift, party hat, noise maker, lollipop, and candle. 

In this phonics and vocabulary activity, students complete multiple choice questions about beginning sounds, and what words mean. Students complete 6 questions.

Students read "Green Eggs and Ham" in celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday and visit a storymaker website. Students create and type a three scene story using characters from Dr. Seuss's books and share their story with the class.

Peter wants to send a special birthday party invitation to Amy, but a lot can happen between the front door and the mail box. Read the children's book A Letter to Amy by Ezra Jack Keats with your class to find out what happens, extending...

Young scholars draw self-portraits and birthday announcements on classroom windows. They explore the portrait painting styles of famous artists such as El Greco, Rubens, and Rembrandt. They write write in large, backward block lettering...

Learners investigate birthdays.  In this literacy cross curriculum instructional activity, students listen to the book Arthur's Birthday by Marc Brown.  Learners re-read the book orally, graph birthdays, design a word search, and create...

Students participate in a variety of activities to practice words with the Bb sound. In this Bb sound lesson plan, students use craft rolls to create butterflies. Students create a letter book with B words