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Writing a Letter to a Friend

For Teachers 1st
First graders practice their letter writing skills by writing to a fictional character.  In this formal writing lesson, 1st graders read the books The Jolly Postman and Frog and Toad are Friends to examine the different parts of a...
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Letter to the President

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders practice letter writing by writing an e-mail to the President.  In this U.S. Government lesson, 3rd graders express their concerns about issues taking place at public schools by writing an e-mail to the President of...
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Dragon Land

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Help writers recognize how word order affects meaning, discover new words, and confirm or check meaning writing. They will explore how punctuation helps a reader understand what is written and the connections between punctuation,...
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My Name Is...

For Teachers 1st
First graders write four simple sentences about themselves. In this simple sentences lesson plan, learners insert a picture of themselves into Microsoft Word. Everyone writes four simple sentences about themselves. These pictures and...
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Key Pals

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders analyze the proper form of friendly letters and write emails to a key pal. In this friendly letters and email lesson, 2nd graders discuss sending friendly letters and view examples of the letter format. Students then...
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What Begins With Bb?

For Teachers 1st
First graders match letter sounds to pictures they represent. In this matching letter sound lesson plan, 1st graders use the computer program Kidspiration to match the letter sounds to the corresponding pictures. This can be used for 1...
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Alphabet Letter B

For Students K - 2nd
In this online interactive worksheet, students form the uppercase and lowercase alphabet letter B with their mouse. Students trace and write the uppercase and lowercase letter B 10 times each.
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Pirate Ship Handwriting Worksheet

For Students K - 2nd
In this online interactive writing worksheet, students personalize the letters to the words pirate ship and then print off their worksheets. Students trace the letters they chose and then write the words on the line provided.
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Handwriting Worksheet

For Students K - 2nd
For this online handwriting worksheet, students personalize the letters that spell pepper and then print off their worksheets. Students trace the letters in the word pepper. Students write the word pepper on the line provided.
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S is for Stork

For Students K - 2nd
In this alphabet letter S online interactive activity, students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter S with their cursor. Students trace the uppercase and lowercase alphabet letter S 8 times and write the letters 10 times on their...
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A is for Arm

For Students K - 2nd
In this online interactive learning exercise, students form the letter A with their mouse and curser. Students trace and write the uppercase and lowercase alphabet letter A 10 times a piece.
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S is for Swing

For Students K - 2nd
In this alphabet online interactive worksheet, students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter S with their mouse. Students trace the uppercase and lowercase alphabet letter S 8 times and write each letter 10 times on their own on the...
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T is for T (ASL)

For Students K - 2nd
In this letter T online interactive worksheet, students trace the letter S with their mouse. Students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter T 8 times and then write each letter 10 times on their own on the lines provided.
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T is for Tie

For Students K - 2nd
For this alphabet letter T online interactive worksheet, learners trace the letters T with their mouse. Students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter T 8 times and then write each letter 10 times on their own on the lines provided.
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T is for Tiger

For Students K - 2nd
In this letter T online interactive worksheet, students trace the letters T with their mouse. Students trace the uppercase and lowercase letter T 8 times each and then write each letter 10 times a piece on their own on the lines provided.
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School Handwriting Worksheet

For Students K - 2nd
In this online handwriting worksheet, students personalize the letters that spell school and then print off their worksheets. Students trace the letters to the word school and then write the word school on the lines provided.
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Handwriting Worksheet

For Students K - 2nd
In this online handwriting activity, students customize the letters to the two words eighteen wheels and then print off their activity. Students trace the letters and then hand-write the two words on the lines provided on their own.
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Why Are Thinning Trees Important?

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students investigate thinning trees and why they are important to the forest.  In this sustainable environment lesson, students role-play as if they are trees in the forest and simulate the overcrowding and inability to move spaces,...
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Story Mapping A Favorite Book

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a diagram of a story by using the computer program Kidspiration. In this diagramming lesson plan, 1st graders will pick a book to write about. They then will plug in story elements of the book into the computer...
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Time for All Ages

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover time keeping by analyzing technological advances in history.  For this time lesson, 4th graders create and complete a KWL chart based on their research of a famous timekeeping invention, such as a sundial....
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The Patchworker-Sentences Making Sense

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students are introduced to the activity by writing some sentences with words in the wrong order. They are told that the patchworker needs help to get things in the right order. Students are asked to read the list of words on the...
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Postcards from Somewhere

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Students correspond with e-pals about their community. In this cross curriculum geography, technology, and literacy lesson, students complete a postcard webquest about their home location including local photographs. Students e-mail...
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Nouns in a Story

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students, assessing a variety of formatting tools with Microsoft Word, utilize a bank of vocabulary words to make a personal dictionary of nouns. They classify nouns for people, places, things and ideas and separate them into common and...
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Basically Acids

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Base your lesson plan on acids and bases on an informative resource. The first installment of a five-part module on the science behind Harry Potter has individuals investigate acid/base chemistry with the use of invisible inks. They also...