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Postcard Creator

Grades	K – 8
Interactive Type	Writing & Publishing Prose
Tech Requirement
URL	http://www.readwritethink.org /files/resources/interactives /postcard/

ABOUT THIS INTERACTIVE

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Lessons That Use This Interactive

Overview

The Postcard Creator helps students learn to identify all the typical parts of a postcard, and then generate their own postcard messages by typing information into templates. Students fill in the address, details on the postcard's artwork, and the postcard message. The finished postcard can then be previewed, edited, and printed. After printing their texts, students can illustrate the front of their postcards in a variety of ways, including drawing a picture, creating a collage of images, or printing and pasting clipart in place.

The tool is easy to use, made even easier with the Postcard Planning Sheet, a printable PDF students can use to draft and revise their work before creating and printing their final postcards on the computer. See a completed sample Postcard based on Where the Wild Things Are for details on what a student's work might look like. For additional ideas on how to use this tool, see Tips for Using Postcard Creator.