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Postcard Template PrintablesPostcard Template Printables
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Ed Galaxy
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K - 4th
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English Language Arts
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Postcard Template

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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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Concepts

postcards, friendly letters, letter writing

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use in a pen pal project with kids from another class, another grade, or another country
  • Bring into your Valentine's lesson instead of cards
  • Have kids design different post cards from countries they are learning about in social studies
  • Use as a prompt for kids to write from the perspectives and settings of different character from stories

Classroom Considerations

  • Template is small; consider enlarging for easier writing

Pros

  • Straightforward and versatile design
  • Great for a letter writing unit

Cons

  • None

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Printables

Postcard Template

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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.
1st - 12th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Phonics Instructional Routine: Read and Write Words with Consonant Digraphs

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Use consonant digraphs to introduce learners to word patterns and high frequency words. They observe a chart with the digraphs /sh/, /ch/, /th/, and /wh/. After listening to each of these phonemes, scholars watch as the teacher...
K - 1st English Language Arts
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Postcard Template

Paging Supermom
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...
1st - 8th English Language Arts
Writing

Grade 5 Writing Prompts

Virginia Department of Education
Looking for something to write about? Try out one of the prompts from three and a half pages of ideas. The list includes a variety of different topics that you can pick and choose from when planning a writing assignment or unit.
3rd - 5th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Send a Postcard

Art Institute of Chicago
Using Claude Monet's On the Bank of the Seine as inspiration, young artists create their own postcards. During the lesson, learners discuss the techniques used in Monet's painting, as well as the woman in the painting, and...
2nd - 3rd English Language Arts
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Writing a Monologue

Poetry Class
The works of Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet and Britain's 2009 poet laureate, serve as a model for a writing activity that asks class members to select a character card, brainstorm lists of words, phrases, actions, and items associated...
4th - 9th English Language Arts
Handout

Writing a Friendly Letter

T. Smith Publishing
Just because kids today are well-versed in texting and emails doesn't mean they shouldn't learn how to write a friendly letter! Reinforce their letter-writing skills with a lesson focused on the elements of a friendly letter, as...
1st - 3rd English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
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Travel Printable for Kids

Homeschool Encouragement
Help make children's vacations a little more meaningful with this collection of writing materials. Offering numerous writing paper templates, writing prompts, and coloring pages, this resource engages children in creating a written...
1st - 5th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
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Vocabulary Cards 1st Grade M-Z

Granite School District
Clarify key math vocabulary terms with this series of printable cards. Three different versions of each term are provided; one with only the word, one with the word and a picture, and one with the word, a picture, and a definition. Note...
K - 2nd Math
Worksheet

Another Argument at the Dinner Table?

Curated OER
Here is an interesting learning exercise on discursive text. Learners read a short essay that expresses two opinions regarding choices of foods to eat by young people. After reading the text, pupils must fill out the learning exercise....
4th - 6th English Language Arts
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