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Friendly Letter
Learners write friendly letters. In this friendly letters lesson, students write a friendly letter on the given template after being given direct instruction on how to write a friendly letter.
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Where in the World is Flat Stanley?
Second graders analyze the proper form of a friendly letter and send flat Stanley letters all over the United States. In this letter writing lesson plan, 2nd graders read the book Flat Stanley by Jeff Brown and create their own Flat...
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Anonymous Card Delivery
Students make cards as a form of good will. In this card making activity, students brainstorm a list of people who would benefit from an anonymous card. Students deliver the cards anonymously and observe the reaction of the recipients.
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Appeal for the Meal
Students investigate advertising. In this advertising instructional activity, students read the book Good Lemonade by Frank Asch and identify the advertising practices from the story. Students create ads for snacks using advertising...
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Write a Friendly Letter
In this friendly letter template worksheet, students compose a letter to someone they know. Students include the date, a greeting, a body, a closing, and their signature.
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Friendly Letter: CLOZE
In this writing worksheet, students learn to write a friendly letter about where they live. The letter has a CLOZE format to guide the beginning writer.
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The Relatives Came: A Family Read-Along
Students read the book, 'The Relatives Came' by Cynthia Rylant to revive memories about their own summer vacations and family customs. They write a friendly letter about a fantasy summer vacation--"What I Wish I Did on My Summer...
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The 3 Little Pigs
Second graders create new endings to The Three Little Pigs. They read and discuss The True Story of the Three Little Pigs and compare it to the original version. After comparing the two versions, they write a friendly letter to the wolf...
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Writing: Teacher Appreciation Week
Students celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week by writing letters to former teachers. They brainstorm ideas and memories to include in their letters.
they include special greetings and random thoughts of kindness.
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"Write-a-Letter-to-the-Teacher" Book Report
Learners practice writing a friendly letter to the teacher as a method of reviewing a book. They write a three paragraph report on a book that they read in friendly letter format.
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Letters from the Road
Students examine and differentiate between rural, urban, and suburban communities. They describe their local areas, view and discuss the images on the West Virginia Quarter, and write a friendly letter describing a camping trip.
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Alien Pen Pals
Students write a friendly letter to an Alien Pen Pal including details about the planet Earth.
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Writing a Letter to Johnny Appleseed
Third graders write a letter to Johnny Appleseed describing how they use technology in their daily life and the advantages and disadvantages of using technology.
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Letter to Self: A Personal Time Capsule
Seventh graders identify the parts of a friendly letter and write a letter to themselves as a part of a time capsule. In this letter writing activity, 7th graders identify the five parts of a letter and write a friendly letter to...
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A Soldier's Valentine
Students create Valentine's for soldiers in Iraq. They review how to write a friendly paragraph and discuss the military and duties of soldiers in Iraq. They create postcards and write reasons why they are rpoud of the military and how...
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Letter from the Chateau
Students write a friendly letter based on their observations of a painting by Poussin.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: A Genre Study of Letter With the Jolly Postman
In this instructional activity outline based on The Jolly Postman by Janet and Allan Ahlberg, students learn about parts of a letter, the different genres of mail, and letter attributes by studying the letters included in the book.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Learn to Write a Friendly Letter: Friendly Letter Creator
Featuring the five parts of a friendly letter students will create their own personalized letter with the Friendly Letter Creator.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: I Wanna What?
This lesson is centered on word choice and vocabulary and the book, I Wanna Iguana, by Karen Kaufman Orloff. Young learners learn to grasp the difference between begging and persuading and apply this knowledge to their own persuasive texts.
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: Creative Convincing
In this lesson, students will create a friendly letter taking on the persona and voice of a persuasive animal.
Other
Teaching Heart: Fairy Tale Lessons & Ideas
Geared toward grades K-3--offers objectives, materials, procedures, discussion questions and evaluations. Online lesson plans for introducing and teaching basic literary criticism skills.
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Read Write Think: E Pals Around the World
Contains plans for three lessons that teach about writing friendly letters and parts of e-mails by asking learners to write to pen-pals around the world. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...