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The 3 Little Pigs

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders create new endings to The Three Little Pigs. They read and discuss The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and compare it to the original version. After comparing the two versions, they write a friendly letter to the wolf...
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Writing letters

For Teachers 1st
First graders participate in a teacher demonstration lesson plan of the five main parts of a friendly letter including the heading, the salutation, the body, the closing, and the signature. They write a friendly letter to their parents...
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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 instructional activity, 2nd graders discuss sending friendly letters and view examples of the letter format....
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Dog Gone

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Learners write friendly letters. In this language arts lesson, students discuss the parts of a friendly letter. Learners compose a friendly letter. Students share their letters with small groups and draw a picture to go with the letter.
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Where in the World is Flat Stanley?

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders analyze the proper form of a friendly letter and send flat Stanley letters all over the United States. In this letter writing lesson plan, 2nd graders read the book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown and create their own Flat...
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The Relatives Came: A Family Read-Along

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students read the book, 'The Relatives Came' by Cynthia Rylant to revive memories about their own summer vacations and family customs. They write a friendly letter about a fantasy summer vacation--"What I Wish I Did on My Summer...
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Letter Format Outline

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
In this letter writing worksheet, students study the blank lines to learn the proper format of a friendly letter. Students write a letter.
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Letter Writing Basics

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Students write a business letter with information regarding specific writing mechanics. In this writing lesson, students learn to write a business letter and they focus on one area of concern. Students follow a business letter template...
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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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Saline Area Schools

Moving Home: A Map Skills Project

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
You have just been informed you are moving, but you have the choice of three locations. Where do you go? This is the question class members answer in a map skills project. Learners examine three locations using maps, gather information...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Off to Adventure!: Challenge Activities (Theme 1)

For Teachers 3rd Standards
Off to Adventure! is the theme of an English language arts unit comprised of a variety of challenge activities. Scholars enhance skills and reinforce concepts by taking part in a grand book discussion, giving an oral report, and writing...
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The Great Mail Race

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students explore the art of letter writing. In this writing skills lesson, students examine the format of friendly letters and business letters. Students create mail race surveys and practice writing letters according to the formats...
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Starfall

Grandparents Day

For Students K - 2nd
In this letter writing worksheet, pupils write a letter to someone special using a simple, friendly letter template. Then students will draw a picture to go with the letter.
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PBS

Dear Pen Pal

For Teachers 1st - 6th Standards
Explore cultures from around the world with an engaging pen pal resource. Through a series of classroom activities and written correspondence, children learn about the favoritec pastimes, schooling, geography, and weather that is...
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EngageNY

Letters as Informational Text: Comparing and Contrasting Three Accounts about Segregation (Promises to Keep, Pages 38–39)

For Teachers 5th Standards
Letters ... a lost art or good resource? Scholars add letter writing to their informational text chart and describe the features of a letter. They then look at page 38 in Promises to Keep and complete a Perspectives Venn diagram. To...
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Wise Owl Factory

Mother's Day Coloring and Writing Pages

For Students Pre-K - 2nd Standards
Coloring pages and a fill-in-the-blank letter make up five printable sheets designed to celebrate Mom. Coloring pages feature pictures of flowers, hearts, and sweet treats. Scholars fill in the blanks using a word bank to compose a...
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Abigail and John in Love

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The second lesson in the series asks groups to analyze an exchange of love letters between Abigail and John Adams. Scholars identify the many allusions and references in the letters and consider what they can infer about the writers.
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Abigail at Seventeen

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Young historians analyze a letter 17-year-old Abigail Adams wrote to her cousin and identify the aphorism Adams used. Participants select a line from the letter and create an illustration of the aphorism.
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Abigail and Her Sisters

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The 10th lesson in this series has researchers examining a packet of letters from Abigail Adams to her sisters. Scholars note examples of the themes that appear throughout the letters.
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Modern Day Editing

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
Abigail Adams' letters reveal how the English language has changed and become more standardized over the last 200 years. To underscore this point, pupils edit one of Adams' letters
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Abigail as Political and Historical Observer

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Lesson five in the series asks scholars to examine letters Abigail Adams wrote about her experiences during American Revolutionary War battles, her thoughts on slavery, and her concerns for her husband.
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Abigail in Childbirth

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Childbirth has never been easy and is not without risk, even in the 21st century. Young historians gain insight into the travails of 18th-century childbirth as they read letters between Abigail Adams and her husband about their loss of a...
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Abigail in Mourning

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed Standards
People deal with grief in different ways. The series of Abigail Adams' letters in this lesson reveals how she dealt with losing her mother, father, and community members. The included worksheet helps young scholars identify the tone and...
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Frog and Toad Are Friends

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders complete pre reading, writing, during reading, and interdisciplinary activities for the book Frog and Toad are Friends. In this reading lesson plan, 2nd graders complete journal entries, go over vocabulary, answer short...

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