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Postcard Safety
Grades 3-4

Postcard example

Objective

  • Students will create safety messages on postcards to send to family members and friends.

Core Subject Integration

  • Language arts, health and safety, art

Materials

  • one 4" x 6" white flashcard per student
  • crayons, colored pencils, and markers
  • pens and pencils

Procedure

  1. Give each student a 4" x 6" white flashcard.
  2. Have each student create their own safety message and write it on the top right corner of the blank side of their flashcard.
  3. Have each student illustrate his/her safety message on the blank side of the flashcard.
  4. On the lined side of the flashcard, have each student practice their language arts skills by creating a letter to a family member or friend, using the correct postcard format.
  5. Once the class is finished creating their postcards, they are ready to be sent out to spread the word of safety!

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