Letter Writing

We've spent the past few days talking about letter writing. The kids have been hard at work writing letters to friends, family, authors, singers, athletes, and politicians. We stopped to reflect on all the reasons we had for writing these letters. They included:

Thanking someone
Making a request
Congratulating someone
Telling someone we miss them
Seeing how someone is doing
Saying hello
Letting someone know we are a fan
Catching someone up on all that we've been doing
Asking what someone has been doing lately
Sharing an opinion
Making a suggestions
Asking questions

That's quite a list. Today we talked about the need to stop and reread what we have written from time to time to make sure that it makes sense and has capital letters, endmarks, and correct spelling. This is really challenging for a good number of the kids.

We also shared out some of the creative closings we have been writing in our letters. The kids offered:

Miss you
Yours truly
Your #1 fan
Love
Pals forever
See ya
Your BFF
Your small head coach
Yeehaw
Your friend
From

Everyone really seems to be enjoying writing these letters. They can't wait to send them off in hopes of receiving replies. Before sealing them the kids will each select one of their favorite letters to photocopy for their writing portfolio.