1. First Grade Level Friendly Letters

2. GPS and PLO Matthew Crews Friendly Letters Prewriting GPS: ELA2W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The student e. Begins to use appropriate formatting conventions for letter writing (e.g., date, salutation, body, closing). PLO: The students will demonstrate their understanding of friendly letters in the prewriting stage by correctly filling out a graphic organizer.

3. Form Of Writing Friendly letters are not something that you will only see in school. We can write and receive friendly letters to and from our parents, friends, and neighbors. Friendly letters are short notes or letters that have a main point and not a lot of detail.

4. Stage of Writing We are going to focus on the prewriting stage while writing our friendly letters. In prewriting we are developing our ideas and thoughts about what we want to say in our letters. One way we can collect our thoughts is by using a graphic organizer. This is a piece of paper that organizes our thoughts and ideas. An example of a graphic organizer can be found on the next slide.

5. Graphic Organizer Name_______________________________________ Date__________________________ Grade________ Whom are you writing? _________________ ________________ What will you say to your friend? ________________ Why are you sending this letter? ________________ What response are you looking for? ________________

6. Name_______________________________________ Date__________________________ Grade________ Whom are you Writing to? My best friend Charlie What will you say to your friend? I like to hang out We are best friends It is okay to argue sometimes Why are you sending this letter? To be nice Tell my friend thanks What response are you looking for? I hope he tells me that he likes me too APA: Crews, M (2008). Graphic Organizer. Valdosta, Georgia Mr. Crews' graphic organizer for his friendly letter.

7. Practice Activity On the Dry Erase Board, I will draw a graphic organizer of my own much like the one we have used previously. Next, as a whole group, we will decide to whom we will write, and the things we will say in the letter. Point out to students that we are not writing in complete sentences, but short phrases.

8. Assessment Activity For the assessment activity, I will have the students complete their own graphic organizer much like I have on the slide before. I will be looking for short simple phrases, a main idea, and the receiver of the letter. Also, all boxes must be completed.

9. GPS and PLO Megan Karel GPS: ELA2W1 The student demonstrates competency in the writing process. The student e. Begins to use appropriate formatting conventions for letter writing (e.g., date, salutation, body, closing). PLO: The student will use his/her prewriting graphic organizer to create a draft of a friendly letter.

10. Form of Writing Friendly letters are not something that you will only see in school (ex. notes to friends). We write and receive friendly letters to our parents, friends, and neighbors. Friendly letters are short notes or letters that have a main point and not a lot of detail. They are meant to say “hello”, or tell a quick point.

11. Stage of Writing Drafting: Teacher will explain that drafting involves several items. First, Drafting uses the graphic organizer from Prewriting as a guide. Secondly, Drafting uses complete sentences. Additionally, students should include a date, salutation, body, closing sentences. However, students should only focus on content, not spelling or punctuation.

12. Drafting Graphic Organizer January 10, 2008 Dear Ms. Principal, I am writing to tell you about some of the exciting things that are going on in our classroom. The students are working hard on their animal picture books. They have a lot of details and really great drawings. Last week we made snow cones with real snow and maple syrup! Soon a visitor is coming to our class to tell us all about life in Japan. Now you can see why I am so excited about our class. Sincerely, Mr. Goodteacher Retrieved December 11, 2008, from www.free-reading.net Web site: http://www.free- reading.net/images/8/8b/FreeReading_LetterSample.pdf

13. Practice Activity Teacher will use Mr. Crews’ completed graphic organizer which tells about hanging out with his friend, Charlie. Teacher will model examples of each requirement of the Drafting process. These include: complete sentences date salutation body closing sentence While modeling with examples one at a time, teacher will be prompting students for their own ideas for examples. Teacher will write examples on the Dry Erase Board.

14. Assessment Activity Teacher will assess students by his/her completion of the graphic organizer for Drafting with his/her individual work. This Includes: complete sentences date salutation body closing sentence