Today I'm going to show you how
Little Miss Organized's 2nd graders
write Friendly Letters.
I realize that Friendly Letters are not a main writing staple in our Common Core for 2nd graders; however, I feel it is imperative they write them for the knowledge thereof, as well as any time you can incorporate more writing, the better off the students are!!
I always use 2 Essentials:
Every student has his/her own writing folder
Tip: (extras are made up for when new students come)
I make writing templates of how to write a friendly letter (it's a sample letter I wrote to Junie B. Jones)
copy it on card stock
copy other templates about:
transition words
color choice words
onomatopoeia (sound words)
a double-sided drawing template:
one side is people (sooo important)
the other side is nature/habitats
My writing schedule:
Mon: Read Aloud Story & Caveman Plan on writing topic
Tues.-Thurs.: Write our stories, moving one paragraph at a time, per day or so
Fri.: Friendly Letters
When we write our friendly letters, we all write to the Star Student of the week.
The Star Student gets to write to anyone of his/her choice.
When we are finished writing, we draw underneath.
Sometimes I put up a directed draw on an overhead, like this one in their sample writing.
Other times, they pull out their drawing templates and choose pics to draw on their own!
We have been incorporating our adjectives into our Friendly Letter writing, from our practice in,
A Week's Worth Of Work Learning Contracts:
It's filled with nothing but language conventions for daily practice. This is why we do it right, to incorporate it into our writing!
Click below to find out more about these weekly packets:
In the end, it all pays off, because they have writing that looks beautiful (and we will be working on adding more adjectives):
Happy Friendly Letter Writing!
I always use 2 Essentials:
Every student has his/her own writing folder
Tip: (extras are made up for when new students come)
I make writing templates of how to write a friendly letter (it's a sample letter I wrote to Junie B. Jones)
copy it on card stock
copy other templates about:
transition words
color choice words
onomatopoeia (sound words)
a double-sided drawing template:
one side is people (sooo important)
the other side is nature/habitats
My writing schedule:
Mon: Read Aloud Story & Caveman Plan on writing topic
Tues.-Thurs.: Write our stories, moving one paragraph at a time, per day or so
Fri.: Friendly Letters
When we write our friendly letters, we all write to the Star Student of the week.
The Star Student gets to write to anyone of his/her choice.
When we are finished writing, we draw underneath.
Sometimes I put up a directed draw on an overhead, like this one in their sample writing.
Other times, they pull out their drawing templates and choose pics to draw on their own!
We have been incorporating our adjectives into our Friendly Letter writing, from our practice in,
A Week's Worth Of Work Learning Contracts:
It's filled with nothing but language conventions for daily practice. This is why we do it right, to incorporate it into our writing!
Click below to find out more about these weekly packets:
Remember I was talking about how I was pulling my hair out??
Well, this was part of that hair pulling process!!
This was one page in the packet: PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT!
Happy Friendly Letter Writing!
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Wow! Their writing samples look amazing!
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Thank you so much! We work hard at it! I'll pass this compliment on to the kids!
DeleteWow, you really ARE Little Miss Organized! Your writing folders and student work look amazing. I am so impressed!
ReplyDeleteCindy
Granny Goes to School
Thank you for the sweet compliments! I love what I do! I'll tell the kids about your compliment on their writing!
DeleteThis looks so wonderful! I want to come be in your class! You kids are doing some amazing work!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, I have wonderful kids who love to write!
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