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Letter Writing With the Jolly Postman
Students need to know how to write a greeting letter.
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Writing
Pupils write on a topic of their choice once a week. After they have finished writing, they have a small conference with the teacher about their writing.
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Writing Freely in the Elementary Classroom
Once a week, students are given free time to write on a topic of their choice. When they have finished writing, they have a small conference with their teacher about their writing for that day.
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The Evolution of Arkansas Elementary Education
Fourth graders interview older citizens to discover earlier educational history. They write essays based on their interviews.
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Journalism - The Attention Grabbing Topic Sentence
Students act as journalists to grab audience attention with the topic sentence for their writing. They write paragraphs in quantities appropriate to grade level.
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"Charlotte's Web" - Transfer of Learning Across the Curriculum: From Literature to Science
Young scholars research and write about the parts of a spider's body using educational software. They draw spiders using computer software.
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Poetry in Weather
Students observe and identify the various types of clouds. They compare clouds to clouds on a chart, and in small groups compose and present a group poem about clouds and weather.
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Civil War Letter
Students develop a question they are interested in researching about the Civil War. After completing a webquest on the war, they write a letter to their partner using the information they gathered. They use peer editing to check for...
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Memorization Should Not Be a Lost Art
Isn't it only fair that we share some of the tricks that we learned years ago?
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Internet Brochure
Students research the Fort St. Louis webpage. They work together to create a brochure to promote public support in the fort. They share their brochure with the class.
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Creating a Children's Book
Students create a studenT book following an introduction to the publication process. Through exposure to several sources, students learn the steps involved in publishing a book.
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Animal Classification
Present information about the classification of animals. After participating in the teacher-led discussion about scientific names, small groups devise their own way of classifying everyday objects present in the classroom, developing...
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ESL: World Kidney Day
In this ESL holiday worksheet, students read 2 paragraphs about World Kidney Day, then complete a variety of comprehension word activities related to the article. Page is on a site with links to additional activities.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: On Track English I Writing: Editing
This site offers links to each section of Writing, Module 8, Lessons 1-9 and Practices 1-3. Students write legibly and use appropriate capitalization and punctuation conventions in their compositions; spell correctly; and edit drafts for...
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Schoolexpress.com: Long and Short Vowel Worksheets
Teachers will find an assortment of detailed worksheets that engage students learning in vowels.
Better English Lessons
Pearson and Caroline Brown: Better English Lessons: There There
Fill in the blanks in twenty sentences by choosing the correct spelling of there, their, or they're according to the context of each sentence. Answers are marked right or wrong with each choice, and a total percentage score is tallied...