The art of writing a letter has not been lost to email and texting! Teach kids how to format a friendly letter with a presentation about the parts of a letter, as well as prompting them to write a letter about their favorite holiday.

Concepts

friendly letters, parts of a letter, letter writing

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Project the presentation onto a whiteboard with a document viewer, allowing kids to note and label the parts of the letter with a dry erase marker
• Encourage kids to write and send their friendly letters to each other, family members, or other people they want to communicate with
• Use in a pen pal program or when writing letters to Santa

Classroom Considerations

• The slides are in a PDF format instead of a slideshow, which may make it tricky to show in class

Pros

• Demonstrates the proper way to set up a friendly letter, complete with heading, body, and signature
• Encourages kids to synthesize what they have learned in their own friendly letter
• Includes a list of citations and credits, as well as a collection of relevant books
• Comes with a grading rubric for the lesson

Cons

• None