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Pen pals
Students explore the idea that where you live affects the way you view the world. They get to know people as individuals breaks down stereotypes.
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E-Mail Mentor Project
Students use e-mail to introduce themselves, ask for and receive advice and information on certain school concerns, and share information on activities they enjoy with other students from other schools.
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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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Penpal Story Problem Puzzle
In this story problem worksheet, 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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Metric Cookies
Sixth graders convert English to Metric units. For this converting English to Metric units lesson, 6th graders convert a cookie recipe in English units to Metric units. Students write a letter to a pen pal in England where they convert...
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Paragraph Writing
Third graders write paragraphs. In this paragraph lesson, 3rd graders discover the parts of a paragraph as they are compared to the pieces of a sandwich. They write their own paragraph to a foreign pen-pal describing our country.Â
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Faster, Faster!
Students practice reading faster, smoother and more expressively by exercising the strategy of reading and rereading text to become more familiar with word recognition. They participate in reading a page or two of "Pen Pals" to...
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Excellent Elephants
Students study the /e/ by repeating the words "excellent elephants" several times to determine the proper sound. They make words using Elkonin letterboxes before listening to a book talk for the book "Pen Pals." Next, they read the book...
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Internet: Writing Friendly Letters Via Email
Students view a Powerpoint presentation on writing and sending email. After examining a Website about the parts of a friendly letter, they compose and send their own letters via email. Teachers set up an email/pen pal account so...
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Postcard Template
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.
PBS
Around the Block
Arthur and his friends help children explore the concepts of family, community, and diversity in a fun series of activities. From performing peer interviews to mapping out the different places students have lived or visited, this...
Ed Galaxy
Postcard Template
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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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.
Dearborn Public Schools
10 Tips for Incoming Freshman in High School
Everyone entering high school could use some helpful hints for their first few weeks. A list of ten tips guide new freshmen through social interactions, classroom dynamics, and extracurricular activities.
Apple State University
Friendly Letter Mini-Lesson
This mini-lesson about informal letter writing is packed with a lot of information about writing a friendly letter. Class members begin by working in pairs to answer questions after reviewing letter models. Then, take part in a grand...
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Let's Mail Away!: Writing Letters
Scholars watch a video or listen to a story about writing letters, then discuss their importance. A scavenger hunt challenges them to identify common elements of friendly letters and create an anchor chart. Pupils write letters to a...
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Netiquette Etiquette
Students use the Internet to locate, read and comprehend information the Internet's code of etiquette. They create a slideshow or poster, or apply their knowledge by corresponding to an online pen pal.
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All About Me
Students create a collage from magazines, and the internet that is reflective of themselves and write a friendly letter via email to a pen pal. They take their letters through the writing process and write their final draft on Microsoft...
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Nativist and Racist Movements in the U.S. and their Aftermath
Students examine the nativist and racist movements in the history of the United States. In groups, they analyze the reactions of religious and ethnic groups to these movements and create a chart to compare the goals of each group. To...
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Friendly Letter
Students work with partner to look at and read pen pal letters. Students identify, highlight, and discuss five parts of friendly letter, including heading, salutation, body, closing, and signature, and write their own friendly letters.
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American Indian Reservations
Fifth graders examine life on American Indian reservations, and discuss how confinement on the reservations affected American Indians. They visit the Bureau of Indian Affairs website, and develop positive and negative impact charts about...
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Keypals
Learners discover how to write and send e-mail messages/letters. They correspond with other students of same age level in another geographic area on a social level.
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How Different Are We from Other Students?
Fifth graders make bar graphs from data that they have collected. They have been writing to pen pals in Spain for a couple of months and received a survey back from them. They put all the data together that they collected.
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Cans Make a Difference
Students work with their pen pals to plan a service learning project. They locate local organizations who collect canned goods. They use a graph to show the progress of the donations.
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