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Postcard Creator
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| Grades | K – 8 |
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| URL | http://www.readwritethink.org /files/resources/interactives /postcard/ |
Activities & Projects
Grades 3 – 5 | Activity & Project
Send Postcards From the Concert
Have children practice combining sentences using initial impressions of music. The finished message goes on an illustrated postcard.
Grades 6 – 8 | Activity & Project
Write Letters to Friends and Family
Invite young adults to write letters to classmates, postcards from travels, and e-mails to family and friends.
Grades 6 – 8 | Activity & Project
Invite children and teens to create a travel brochure to share information about a special place with others.
Grades 3 – 5 | Activity & Project
Children can enjoy a community-building experience by meeting with friends to choose, read, and discuss books together.
Grades 3 – 6 | Activity & Project
While enjoying a book that features a journey, children write postcards from the perspective of the main character for each stop along the trip.
Grades 3 – 5 | Activity & Project
After enjoying an online book about traveling west on a wagon train, children create postcards from the point of view of the main character for one or more stops on the journey.
Printouts
Grades K – 2 | Printout | Writing It Out
Channel children’s fondness for talking about their own lives into a creative project by helping them write an autobiography.