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Send a Postcard

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Using Claude Monet's On the Bank of the Seine as inspiration, young artists create their own postcards. During the lesson, learners discuss the techniques used in Monet's painting, as well as the woman in the painting, and...
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The Canadian Expedition

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders research and write a pen pal letter about the geography of a Canadian town. Students create a script for a phone call with their pen pal and perform it with a friend for the class.
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Letter and Word Scramble

For Teachers K - 4th
Students engage in a lesson designed to encourage the identification of letters and their characteristics, as well as moving them using a variety of locomotor skills. This done using the instructional strategy of playing a game.
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Letter Sound Accuracy, Musical Chairs

For Teachers K
Students explore word structure by participating in a game of musical chairs. In this phonics lesson, students discuss the letters of the alphabet and identify words that begin with each letter and the sounds they make. Students...
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Lower Case and Upper Case Cursive Letters

For Students 3rd - 4th
In these two cursive letter writing worksheets, students trace and write the lowercase letters and the uppercase letters from a-z. Students write 156 letters.
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Phonics -- Alphabet Activities for Letters Aa and Ii

For Teachers K
Students practice saying the letters "a" and "i". They examine and identify objects that begin with those letters and sponge paint the letters. They practice with all the letters in the alphabet this way.
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Advocacy Through Letter Writing

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars develop an advocacy plan to address a health-related need for a local, national or global health problem. Students write a detailed letter as part of their advocacy plan.
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Writing Letters for Human Rights

For Teachers 6th - Higher Ed
Students draft and edit a letter regarding human rights. They work in groups to select a cause, follow basic letter writing guidelines and draft a persuasive letter expressing their concerns. Students can also send the letters to a...
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Beginning Sounds Lesson

For Teachers 1st
First graders understand Kid Pix. They use Kid Pix to illustrate beginning sounds. Students are able to change picture files to search for additional pictures. They identify pictures with the same beginning sounds.
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Garden of Letters

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students use locomotor movements, spatial awareness, and letter recognition. They play "Queen Bee of the Garden." Students perform locomotor movements (walk, jump, etc.) called by the teacher as a way to get around the garden.
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B Is For Boy

For Students K - 1st
For this letter B printing worksheet, students trace 10 dotted examples of both upper and lower case printed Zaner-Bloser letter B. Students also practice on their own on the blank primary lines.
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B Is For Band

For Students K - 1st
In this printing letter b worksheet, students trace examples of upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter b and then practice on the blank lines.
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B Is For Bride

For Students K - 1st
In this letter B printing learning exercise, learners trace 10 dotted examples of both upper and lower case printed Zaner-Bloser letter B. Students also practice on their own on the blank primary lines.
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B Is For Buffalo

For Students K - 1st
In this letter B printing worksheet, students trace 10 dotted examples of both upper and lower case printed Zaner-Bloser letter B. Students also practice on their own on the blank primary lines.
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B Is For Brush

For Students K - 1st
In this printing worksheet, students learn to form both upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter Bb. Students trace dotted examples and then practice on the blank primary lines.
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B Is For Bug

For Students K - 1st
In this printing instructional activity, students learn to form both upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter Bb. Students trace dotted examples and then practice on the blank primary lines.
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B Is For Bread

For Students K - 1st
In this letter b printing instructional activity, students trace 10 dotted examples of both upper and lower case printed Zaner-Bloser letter b. Students also practice on their own on the blank primary lines.
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B Is For Boss

For Students K - 1st
In this letter B printing activity, students trace 10 dotted examples of both upper and lower case printed Zaner-Bloser letter B. Students also practice on their own on the blank primary lines.
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B Is For Barber

For Students K - 1st
In this letter b printing worksheet, students trace 10 dotted examples of both upper and lower case printed Zaner-Bloser letter b. Students also practice on their own on the blank primary lines.
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Final Sounds: B

For Students K - 2nd
In this word and letter recognition worksheet, students examine 6 words that are missing letters. Students fill in only the blanks with the letter b that should end in letter b. Picture clues are included. Students also practice tracing...
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Name & Word Wall Activities, Building Blocks: Literacy, Letter Recognition,

For Teachers K
Students use the word wall to learn letters, their names, develop print awareness and many other literacy skills.
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World War I: Letters from the Front

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students reesearch life on the home front and the front lines during World War I. They use primary and secondary sources to write letters. Students role-play as soldiers writing letters home and then assume the role of the person...
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B Is For Bowl

For Students K - 1st
In this letter b printing worksheet, students trace 10 dotted examples of both upper and lower case printed Zaner-Bloser letter b. Students also practice on their own on the blank primary lines.
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B Is For Barn

For Students K - 1st
For this letter b printing worksheet, students trace 10 dotted examples of both upper and lower case printed Zaner-Bloser letter b. Students also practice on their own on the blank primary lines.