Parts of a Friendly Letter MR. BRINSER 5TH GRADE Parts of a Friendly Letter

5 PARTS OF A FRIENDLY LETTER The Heading The Greeting The Body The Closing The Signature

HEADING Heading ---> 334 South Grant Street Palmyra, Pennsylvania 17078 September 16, 2010 The heading of a letter should contain the return address, which includes the street address on one line, followed by the city, state and zip code on the next line. The third line is the date.

GREETING Dear Joshua, <--- Greeting The greeting means “hello”. Usually, all of the words, which are a part of the greeting, are capitalized. A comma follows the greeting.

BODY Let me tell you some of the reasons I hope you will come to our picnic.……  Body The body of the letter contains the main text or message. Each paragraph should be indented.

CLOSING Closing ---> Sincerely, The closing means “good-bye”. The first word of the closing begins with a capital letter. A comma follows the closing

SIGNATURE Signature ---> The signature tells who wrote the letter.

FRIENDLY LETTER 334 South Grant Street Palmyra, Pennsylvania 17078 Dear Joshua, Let me tell you some of the reasons I hope you will attend our picnic . …… Sincerely,

I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND AND KNOW THE 5 PARTS OF A FRIENDLY LETTER NOW!!!