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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Letter Writing and Abigail Adams

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders learn the importance of letter writing for communication. In this letter writing lesson, 3rd graders identify how letter writing was important in the life of Abigail Adams. Students understand what a primary source is and...
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Lesson Plan
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Letter to Self: A Personal Time Capsule

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify the parts of a friendly letter and write a letter to themselves as a part of a time capsule. In this letter writing lesson, 7th graders identify the five parts of a letter and write a friendly letter to...
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Lesson Plan
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Prehistoric Pen Pals

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read online information and identify relevant information about a particular dinosaur species, assume the personality of a specific dinosaur species, and write online "getting to know you" letters to other student-dinosaurs in...
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Lesson Plan
Civil War Trust

Civil War Slang

For Teachers 5th - 7th Standards
Introduce a instructional activity on Civil War slang to your class of fresh fish. After looking at pictures from the Civil War and examining the list of slang terms, young historians write a letter to a family member as if they are a...
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Curated OER

To Whom It May Concern! Writing for a Variety of Audiences

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Elementary learners write friendly letters with the same subject to two contrasting readers or audiences. They choose words and phrases that will be the most effective for the audience they are trying to reach. They read both letters and...
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Lesson Plan
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Dear President Obama

For Teachers K - 8th
Students write letters to the president as he begins his term. In this letter writing lesson, students discuss goals they hope the president will consider, and send good wishes to the president and his family. After the letters are...
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Letter Writing

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students read and review business letters and informal letters and evaluate the different components necessary for each type of letter. They write a business and an informal letter then convert a business to an informal letter and vice...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Capital Letters and Small Letters

For Teachers K
Students identify capital and lowercase letters. In this writing lesson plan, students work independently to write lowercase letters and capital letters and practice writing the alphabet in order.
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Printables
Progressive Phonics

Short Vowel “A”

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Support your phonics instruction with this beginner reading book that focuses on the short vowel /a/. The book is divided into four chapters based on the word families at, ad, an, and am. Letters and words used are c, a, t, s, m, n, d,...
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Worksheet
Progressive Phonics

Short Vowel “A” Activity Worksheets

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
24 activities make up this phonics activity book that focuses on the short vowel /a/.  Early readers take part in tracing, filling in the blanks, coloring, finding differences in pictures, and completing mazes while using letters s, r,...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Body Parts Worksheet: Ears

For Teachers K - 1st
Hre is an ESL and printing practice worksheet. Learners trace six examples of the word "ear" before forming their own words on the primary lines. They color the pictures of the ears.
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Photo Pen Pals

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students learn to write a descriptive friendly letter to a pen pal.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Civil War Slang

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars inquire about slang language used during the Civil War. In this writing lesson, students recieve a handout of slang words used by soldiers. Young scholars view pictures of Civil War to get a visual idea of what it was like...
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K12 Reader

Adventures with Alliteration! - Nouns

For Students 2nd - 3rd Standards
Create poetry with a instructional activity based on alliterative phrases. After reviewing ten nouns, kids add an adjective to each based on the first letter of the noun. They then rewrite five sentences to involve more alliteration.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Five Part Phonics: Blends

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a variety of activities that feature the consonant blend 'st'. They read "Stan the Squid" and "Stella Started for the Station", answer comprehension questions for the stories, manipulate beginning sounds and...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Department of Archives and History

How Would You Feel? The Bravery of Civil Disobedience

For Teachers 6th - 8th
As part of their study of the US Civil Rights Movement and the Montgomery bus boycott, class members read Dr. Martin Luther King's "Integrated Bus Suggestions." They then craft a short story about the first week of Montgomery bus...
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Lesson Plan
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Pen Pal Party

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders write letters to students in other areas of the state, country or world focusing on using the correct friendly letter form. They describe their lives and ask questions to explore someone else's life.
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Lesson Plan
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You Are Uniquely You; Reflecting and Sharing

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students write a letter as a culminating activity to a service project. In this reflection project, students draw something that occurred during the project and attach words to their drawings. Students pair share to edit their work.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Capitalization in Sentences

For Students 2nd - 5th
Woah, these sentences need some capitals! Learners examine 10 incorrect sentences to determine which letters should be capitalized. They circle names, restaurants, sentence-starters, titles, planets, days of the week, locations, and...
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Worksheet
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Conditional Exercise 6

For Students 5th - 10th
English language learners review the present and past conditional tense. For the 15 sentences provided, they conjugate the verbs in parentheses. The best part is that they can access a hint when they're confused! Simply scroll down, hit...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Grammar Sentences

For Teachers 3rd
In this grammar worksheet, 3rd graders correct the capitalization, parts of speech, and more in sentences. Students complete 20 multiple choice questions.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Language Arts Review for Grade 3 (3.2)

For Teachers 3rd
In this language arts review for grade 3 (3.2) worksheet, 3rd graders answer 25 multiple choice questions in standardized test format about punctuation, parts of speech and grammar, with answer key.
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Lesson Plan
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Valentine Cinquain

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students review parts of speech by using Inspiration. They brainstorm vocabulary that fit a Valentines theme. Students watch as the teacher demonstrates the parts of a cinquain poem. Students write their own poem and create a KidPix...
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Activity
Illustrative Mathematics

Use Cavalieri’s Principle to Compare Aquarium Volumes

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Learners are designing a stunning new water feature for an aquarium, but they soon discover that more than just a pretty home for their fishy friends is required.  From calculating the volume of a composite shape through the abstract...