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Arizona ELA Standard: 3.WF.1

Demonstrate and apply handwriting skills.

Halloween Worksheets
Halloween Worksheets
Crosswords, image analysis, and writing prompts for Halloween!
Gr 1-8
Writing Haiku in Primary
Writing Haiku in Primary
Your youngest students will learn to write Japanese Haiku poetry.
Gr 1-8
Squiggles Collection 3
Squiggles Collection 3
Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?
Gr 1-8
Squiggles Collection 1
Squiggles Collection 1
Everyone starts with the same squiggle. No two drawings end up the same. What do you see?
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8
New Uses For A Pencil
New Uses For A Pencil
So, what can a pencil be used for other than writing and drawing?
Gr 1-8
Pig Pen Cipher (Codes Part 2)
Pig Pen Cipher (Codes Part 2)
Let’s encode some secret messages with a cipher that was actually used during the American Civil War!
Gr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8
Drawing An Impossible Triangle
Drawing An Impossible Triangle
Here’s how you can draw The Penrose Triangle, an example of an impossible shape.
Gr 1-2
Drawing Knots, Level 3
Drawing Knots, Level 3
How to draw the final version of the twisty Henri Matisse knot!
Gr 1-2
Drawing Knots, Level 2
Drawing Knots, Level 2
How to draw a more complex version of this twisty Henri Matisse knot!
Gr 1-2
Drawing Knots, Level 1
Drawing Knots, Level 1
How to draw a simple version of this twisty Henri Matisse knot!
Gr 1-2
Writing in Pilish
Writing in Pilish
Pi can go beyond circles! What if you wrote using the digits of pi as your guide?
Gr 1-8
Cram
Cram
Try this a simple (but surprisingly strategic) grid-filling game!
Gr 1-8
Self Portraits: Text Art
Self Portraits: Text Art
What if a students’ self-portrait was made of words that describe the student!?
Gr 1-4
An Escher-Style Tessellation Project
An Escher-Style Tessellation Project
Create a piece of repeating art in the style of MC Escher!
Gr 1-8
Self Portraits Part One: Line Drawings
Self Portraits Part One: Line Drawings
Anyone, yes anyone, can create a (somewhat) realistic self-portrait using these steps. Anyone!
Gr 1-2
“Its Big Day” – A Children’s Story About Its and It’s
“Its Big Day” – A Children’s Story About Its and It’s
Let’s spice up a typically dull lesson about the difference between “its” and “it’s” by asking students to write a children’s story about the adventures of a critter named It.
Gr 1-8