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Manuscript Letter Writing Eliminating Reversals

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners practice their writing by writing their name. They complete a timing exercise everyday on the letters they are having trouble with. They correct any mistakes they made each day.
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Using Pictures and Slogans to Persuade an Audience!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students discuss how writers use various techniques to persuade an audience and examine examples used in the media. They interpret their thoughts and feelings about pictures, symbols and slogans and create an advertisement using the...
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The Fly Swatter Game

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Young scholars are placed in small groups to participate in the "Fly Swatter Game" to reinforce phonetic sounds of letters.
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Put That in Writing

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers identify life situations which require various writing responses, use the power of the written word to obtain results, practice writing responses to real-world events, and demonstrate the skills needed to recognize and...
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Let's Write Invitations for our Class Celebration

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students examine the parts of a letter and a written invitation. They write letters inviting family members to a classroom celebration.
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First Class Mail

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students read The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and write a friendly letter to Elizabeth George Speare, the author, discussing their points of interest in the novel with her.
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Alphabet Recognition Game

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students play game to identify letters in the alphabet.
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Our Class Alphabet Book

For Teachers K
Students identify letters in the alphabet, pronounce letters correctly, generate words that begin with the letter, and use KidPix to create a class alphabet book.
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Alphabet Madness

For Teachers K - 1st
Starting with letter "A", call out each letter of the alphabet, and a corresponding word or phrase that begins with that letter. The teacher can expound on the word/phrase to create an image and to promote movement.
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Pen Pal Project

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write letters to a pen pal in proper letter form. In this writing lesson, 2nd graders discuss why they would write to a pen pal, brainstorm the elements that should appear in their letters, then write the letters. To close...
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Critical Literacy in the 21st Century: Sitti's Secrets

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders write persuasive letters. In this letter writing instructional activity, 4th graders read Sitti's Secrets by Naomi Shihab Nye and discuss their areas or topics of concern. Students select a person to write a letter to and...
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Good and Bad Emails

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
In this ESL worksheet, students read good and bad examples of formal and casual emails. Students cut apart emails into strips and assemble them. There are no logical directions for what to do on these five pages.
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Dig Into the Dictionary

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore their vocabulary by participating in a dictionary word find activity.  In this vocabulary lesson, 2nd graders locate words in a dictionary based on the beginning letter which must match the teacher's instructions....
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The Letter Dd

For Teachers Pre-K - K
Young scholars explore the concept of the letter Dd.  In this letter recognition lesson, students are engulfed with items, movement, and music that begin with the letter Dd.  Young scholars create crafts that help them learn and...
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T is for Turtle

For Students 3rd
In this forming words worksheet, 3rd graders make 10 turtle words on the lines provided. Students must first read a fact about box turtles then create words out of the letters in "box turtle". 
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Alphabetizing Words Beginning with I and J

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students demonstrate how to alphabetize words. In this word study lesson, students are introduced to putting words into alphabetical order. Students complete a worksheet, specifically addressing how to alphabetize words that begin with I...
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School-Home Links 13

For Students K - 1st
In this letter recognition worksheet, students point to the "j" at the beginning of the story and draw a box around the first word in the story. Students underline all the "c's" and circle each word in the story.
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School-Home Links: Sounds Letters Make

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this letter sounds worksheet, students have a family member read each line to their child. The students then tell the letter for the sound he or she hears at the beginning of the word.
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Matching Upper and Lower Case Letters

For Students K
In this letter matching worksheet, students match upper case U, V, and W to the lower case letter in 3 examples. They choose between three lower case letters.
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Traceable Alphabet Letter B Worksheet

For Students K - 1st
In this printing letter b worksheet, students trace 10 dotted examples of upper and lower case Zaner-Bloser letter b. Students color 3 letter b pictures.
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Word Search #2

For Students 1st - 2nd
Through this simple word search, learners can practice their reading skills. This 7 question activity requires students to take a letter puzzle and form words.
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Handwriting - d

For Teachers Pre-K - K
In this handwriting worksheet, students practice writing the letter d. First, they identify the small letter d and various items that begin with the letter d. Then, students read the sentence given, naming all the d words found. Finally,...
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Series 1 Letters and Sounds Camera Words

For Students 1st - 4th
In this letters and sounds worksheet, students practice in pairs pronouncing and using in context thirty six sight words for mastery.
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The Squiggly Snake says: "ssssss...."

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students identify the sound the letter /s/ makes. They associate the /s/ sound with the letter symbol and practice finding the /s/ in words. As a class, students make the /s/ wound, draw the letter symbol. They read a book, "James and...