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Dear Future Writing Assignment
Learners write a letter to future residents of their town to complete a time capsule activity. In this letter writing lesson plan, students discuss the ideas of past, present, and future and review writing conventions. Learners study...
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Success Criteria for Writing a Formal Letter
In this letter writing worksheet, students write a letter using the checklist on the worksheet for writing a formal letter.
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Focus on Writing a Persuasive Letter
In this persuasive writing worksheet, learners combine sentences to help them write a persuasive letter. Students complete three activities for sentence combining.
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School-Home Links: Writing Letters
For this formal letter writing worksheet, students write a letter to their teacher to thank him or her for helping them learn. Students then have their family member reread the letter and make any necessary changes. Parents or guardians...
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Model Letter
In this model letter worksheet, students review the best format to contact their musical career mentors as they follow the format provided.
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Letters to Parents and Caregivers
In this sample letter worksheet, teachers are provided with a sample letter to parents/caregivers that describes an upcoming assignment and requires a signature of acknowledgment.
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Penpal Story Problem Puzzle
In this story problem activity, students solve the 6 story problems and then match each answer with the corresponding letter from the table at the bottom of the page. When all of the problems are solved, students will know the city in...
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Letter Writing
In this writing worksheet, students compose a rough draft version of a letter. The worksheet provides lines that help guide students in writing their letter.
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Upper Case Printed Alphabet Tracing
In this writing worksheet, students trace upper case letters of the alphabet. Letters are pre-printed in a grey dashed line format.
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Mechanics Help Using the Comma with Formal Letters
In this worksheet, students analyze different parts of a letter and insert the appropriate punctuation including a comma, period, colon, question mark and semicolon.
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Presenting Your Case
Students research a famous person of their choice in this lesson. They research the person's life, feelings, and character through a series of written activities. They compile their research into a creative project called a character's...
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E-Mail Pen Pals
Students write an e-mail message about what they have been doing in their physical education class. They break in to groups of 3 or 4 students and use the teacher's e-mail account to send an e-mail to their Pen Pal. They then read posted...
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Travel Buddies
A travel buddy is some sort of animal or stuffed character that is transported from one school to another and another. A journal accompanies the buddies and the students make journal entries as if they were written by the buddy at each...
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Writing for Fun
Students receive instruction in a variety of dance skills. Upon completion of the dance unit, they write a Pen Pal letter to describe their personal experience during the dance unit. They do their own research to explore 2 dances of...
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A Letter from a Shipmate
Students review muster records from the British fleet at Trafalgar and discuss the men who took part in the battle. They then discuss the many ethnic groups that Nelson's fleet consisted of. Finally, they write a letter from the point of...
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Adopt a Highway
Third graders write a letter to a community company asking for a donation to their adopt a highway project. In the letter, they include the reasons they want to adopt the highway and thank they store for their time. They word process the...
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Color
Students locate something in the classroom that is the same color that is written on the card they were given and go stand by it. They share what they found and place their card on a color posted next to the correct color. Finally,...
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A Soldier's Valentine
Learners 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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Dear Abby- Colonial Style
Young scholars review the Colonial period in American history and read literature from this era. They assume the roles of a colonial young person and an adult to compose letters from each and communicate their ideas through the letter...
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The Persians and the Phoenicians
Seventh graders take notes on a teacher lecture and PowerPoint presentation on the rise of the Persian and Phoenician Civilizations. They compare the Phoenician alphabet with our alphabet. They use the Phoenician alphabet to write a...
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From Ground to Water
Students explore groundwater and issues relating to groundwater. They discus the problems involving groundwater. Students write a newspaper story addressing groundwater problems. They create a comic strip addressing groundwater...
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Who Is Responsible For Repairs?
Students discuss household problems that may be eligible for repair by their landlord. As a class, students discuss the portions of their lease that require their landlord to repair damages and which damages they may be responsible for...
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Dear Congressperson...
Students identify their local, state, and national officials. They create a short blurb about each official and their function in office. Students choose an issue of concern they would like to write to their local official about,...
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Computer Pals
Students have a pal from a different part of the country or world. They create introduction letters to send to their pals. They write a story about activities occurring at school and then current events in the community to inform their...