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Parts of a Friendly Letter
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.
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Letter to Santa
In this writing a friendly letter to Santa worksheet, students write the body and signature of a friendly letter on holiday stationary. Students write one friendly letter.
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Dear Santa Claus
Students watch the video Santa Claus is Coming to Town and create letters asking questions to Santa Claus. Other students answer the letters of their classmates.
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WHAT EL CHUPACABRAS MEANS TO ME
Students explore hispanic ficticious characters and compare them to the anglo culture.
Children's Theatre of Cincinnati
A Charlie Brown Christmas Study Guide
Bring A Charlie Brown Christmas to social studies, language arts, math, science, and art class! Learners ponder the meaning of Christmas trees, write about Christmas during the original release of the television special, research holiday...
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The Elf Project
Third graders research elves and create their own elf description which they use to write back to the first graders Santa letters.
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RESILIENCE
First graders watch a clip of Winnie the Pooh and his friends encountering obstacles like losing their letter to Santa. They discuss the concept of reslilience and examples they recall of people overcoming obstacles.
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RESILENCE-"WINNIE THE POOH AND CHRISTMAS TOO"
First graders view a clip of Pooh and his friends encountering obstacles like losing their letter to Santa. They disucss the problem and ask students to predict what happen next, and they briefly summarize the story line.
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Christmas Words - Worksheet
Students discover that the words in the given list are out of order and they need to unscramble the letters to form words that relate to Christmas. They then work on the worksheet independently.
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Letter Writing With the Jolly Postman
Students need to know how to write a greeting letter.
Bulgarian Creative Writing Competition
Creative Writing Prompts For Every Season and Month
Winter, spring, summer, and fall! Every season is covered in a 14-page list of writing prompts. Included are story starters, reflection questions, poetry topics, and more.
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Christmas Fun Word Jumble
For this word jumble worksheet, students unscramble the letters to spell words associated with Christmas. Students spell 40 words.
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Families, holidays, and the United States
For this families, holidays, and the United States worksheet, students fill in the blanks to sentences about families, holidays, and the United States. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions.
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Completing a Christmas Story
Students discuss with teacher how to complete a short story and the elements necessary: characters, settings, themes, and plots. They then use the worksheet to complete the short story.
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Idea Generator
Second graders listen to a story about gift giving and letter writing and generate a class list of presents they have received.