Personalized Pen Pals

Explore cultures from around the world with an engaging pen pal resource. Through a series of classroom activities and written correspondence, children learn about the favoritec pastimes, schooling, geography, and weather that is...

Practice writing short letters with postcards. The resource includes two pages to make four postcards. The first page has space for drawing, and the second includes a place to write, address lines, and stamp spaces.

Sixth graders write e-mail messages to pen pals using a template file. In this pen pal instructional activity, 6th graders culminate a unit on writing friendly letters by designing a template using graphic art and a word processing...

Students write to a pen pal and learn about their lives. In this pen pal lesson, students learn about a person from another country. Students develop an understanding that they have many things in common with people from other parts of...

Pupils discover the benefits of writing letters to multigenerational pen pals.  In this pen pal lesson, students identify a need for communication among the generations.  Pupils begin a pen pal program with the elders in the community. 

Students acquire a pen pal in a foreign country and write letters at least twice a month throughout the year to exchange with them. At the end of the year, they write an essay that compares one important difference and one important...

Students use ePALs to communicate with a class in a European country they have researched. Students obtain information such as holidays, favorite foods, traditions, sports, music, and pets. Students add additional slides to their...

Students write a persuasive letter encouraging a friend to be sun safe. They identify safety precautions that can prevent injury from UV rays. Students circle the most effective sun safety items from the list on the board. They discuss...

Students practice using a new language by reading letters.  In this foreign language instructional activity, students read a fictional letter by a young person from the target language's country.  Students read the letters separately,...