Writing & Editing for the Good of Education
Distance Learning Resources
Early Elementary Lessons
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Research and write about benchmarks in world history
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Skills: history, language arts and research, some math
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Estimated completion time: 2 hours or more
Preschool Lessons
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Write and draw about events in world history
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Skills: counting and coloring
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Estimated completion time: Less than 1 hour
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Write letters to grandparents and other relatives
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Skills: history, language arts and family research
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Estimated completion time: 30 minutes
Optional field trip: visit gravesites or places that were important to the people you researched.
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Write notes to grandparents and other relatives
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Skills: history, writing, drawing
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Estimated completion time: 30 minutes
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Consider points of view & characters in classic art
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Skills: language arts, art history
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Estimated completion time: 1 hour or more
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Consider characters in classic art
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Skills: writing and drawing
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Estimated completion time: Up to 1 hour
Optional field trip: visit museums to look for characters. If museums are closed, take a virtual tour.
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Fill in blanks of a poem to write your own
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Skills: language arts, imagination
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Estimated completion time: 1 hour or more
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Trace numbers and fill in blanks: all the way to 100!
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Skills: counting and writing
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Estimated completion time: Up to 1 hour
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Brainstorm character and plot details to write your own fairy tale
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Skills: language arts, imagination, organization
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Estimated completion time: 1 hour or more
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Brainstorm character details to draw your own fairy tale character
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Skills: language arts, imagination, art
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Estimated completion time: Up to 1 hour
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Use Latin roots to create unique Harry Potter spells
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Skills: etymology, imagination, synthesis
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Estimated completion time: unlimited
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Use letters and letter combinations to create as many new words as you can!
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Skills: sight words, letter sounds
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Estimated completion time: 1 hour or more
Optional extension: Use as many Latin roots as you can to create even more new words and creative spells.
Then do the same with Greek roots, too! Find a great list of Latin and Greek roots here.